عَنْ معاويَةَ بنِ الحَكَم رضي اللّه عَنْهُ قَال: قُلْتُ يا رسُول اللّه إنّي حَدِيثُ عهْدٍ بِجاهِليَّةٍ، وقدّْ جَاءَ اللّه تعالى بالإسْلام، وإنَّ مِنَّا رجالًا يأتُونَ الْكُهَّانَ؟ قَال: «فَلا تَأْتِهِم» قُلْتُ: وَمِنَّا رجالٌ يتَطَيَّرُونَ؟ قال: «ذلكَ شَيءٌ يجِدُونَه في صُدُورِهِمْ، فَلا يَصُدُّهُمْ» قُلْتُ: وَمِنَّا رِجَالٌ يَخُطُّونَ؟ قَالَ: «كَانَ نبيٌّ مِنَ الأنْبِيَاءِ يَخُط، فَمَنْ وَافَقَ خَطَّهُ، فَذاكَ» رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Muawiyah ibn al-Hakam (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, I am recent in my ties to the Days of Ignorance, and Allah the Exalted has now brought Islam. Among us are men who go to the soothsayers? He said: "Then do not go to them." I said: And among us are men who take evil omens? He said: "That is something they find in their breasts, so let it not deter them." I said: And among us are men who draw lines? He said: "There was a prophet among the prophets who drew lines; so whoever's line coincides with his, that is permissible." Reported by Muslim.
الشرح · explanation
يأتون الكهان: أي يسألونهم عن أمور مغيبات ذلك شيء يجدونه في صدورهم: أي أمر خلقي بحسب الطبع لا يكلفون برفعه. فلا يصدهم: لا يعيقهم عن فعل ما عزموا عليه، فهم مكلفون ألّا يعملوا بمقتضاه.
"Go to the soothsayers": that is, they ask them about hidden matters. "That is something they find in their breasts": that is, an innate matter by natural disposition which they are not charged with removing. "So let it not deter them": let it not hinder them from doing what they have resolved upon; they are charged with not acting according to its dictate.
الدروس · lessons
أنّ ما يطرأ على المسلم من تشاؤم لأول وهلة لا يؤاخذ عليه، وإنّما يدفعه ولا يستسلم له أو يعمل بمقتضاه. هناك نوع من الخطّ لا يحرم والظاهر أنّه ما ليس فيه ادعاء غيب، بل هو معرفة أمور بناء على مقدمات وأسباب معلومة.
That the pessimism which comes over the Muslim at first instance is not held against him; rather he repels it and does not surrender to it or act according to its dictate. There is a kind of line-drawing that is not forbidden; apparently it is that which involves no claim to the unseen, but is rather knowing matters based on known premises and causes.