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Is it bad luck to grow plants with thorns?

· 19 Jumada I 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 28660English

Question

Are we allowed to plant rose in our front garden or any other plants with thorns on it? Will planting thorns around around the house will bring in bad luck?

Answer

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

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

It is permissible to plant any plant with thorns in one’s garden. The concept of bad luck has no basis in Islam[1].

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Immad Bin Arshad

Student Darul Iftaa
California, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ، وَيُعْجِبُنِي الفَأْلُ» قَالُوا: وَمَا الفَأْلُ؟ قَالَ: «كَلِمَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ

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Answered by
Immad Bin Arshad
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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