247 – “Do not make use of the hide of a dead animal, nor of its sinews.”
Narrated by Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasā’ī, and Ibn Mājah on the authority of ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Ukim.
Weak: Takhrīj al-Mishkāh (508).
Later graded sound: Irwā’ al-Ghalīl (38).
248 – “Do not derive any benefit whatsoever from a dead animal.”
Narrated by al-Bukhārī in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr on the authority of ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Ukim.
Weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍa‘īfah (118).
Later graded sound: Irwā’ al-Ghalīl (38).
249 – “The Prophet saw me leaning against a grave and said, ‘Do not harm him.’”
Narrated by Aḥmad on the authority of ‘Amr ibn Ḥazm.
Weak: Takhrīj al-Mishkāh (1721).
Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (2960).
250 – “There is nothing to the superstition of the hāmah; the evil eye is real; and the truest omen taken from birds is optimism.”
Narrated by al-Bukhārī in al-Adab al-Mufrad and in al-Tārīkh, by al-Tirmidhī, and by Aḥmad on the authority of Abū Hurayrah.
In the first edition of Ḍa‘īf al-Jāmi‘ (Islamic Office print) it appeared as “lā shay’a fī al-bahā’im,” which al-Albānī pointed out as a misprint in al-Ṣaḥīḥah (6: 1091).
Weak: Ḍa‘īf al-Jāmi‘ (6309), first edition.
Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (2949).