42 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Abu Khaythamah, Zuhayr ibn Harb, narrated to us; Wakiʿ narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from ʿIsa ibn ʿAsim al-Asadi, from Zir, from ʿAbd Allah, who said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Taking omens is shirk (polytheism)”—he repeated this three times—“and there is none among us except that something of it touches him, yet Allah removes it through tawakkul (placing one’s trust in Him).”