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Does the twitching of an eye,eyelid or an eyebrow considered as a bad omen?

· 17 Rabiʻ I 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 28067English

Question

Would you be kind enough to tell me does the twitching of an eye,eyelid or an eyebrow considered as a bad omen/a sign which tells that something bad is going to happen in Islam ? And if so can you tell me the remedy for it ?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

There is no basis for any bad omens in Islam.

Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said:

Translation: Abu Hurairah (Radiyallahu Anh) narrates that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said: ... (There is) no bad omen , nor is there any Haamah (bad omen from owls), nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Zakariya Memon

Student Darul Iftaa
Chatham, Canada

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «… لاَ طِيَرَةَ، وَلاَ هَامَةَ وَلاَ صَفَرَ» صحيح البخاري (7/ 135)

Answered by
Zakariya Memon
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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