It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the jinn used to listen to the revelation and, after hearing one thing, would add ten things to it. Whatever they had heard was true, but what they added from themselves was false. Before the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, shooting stars did not fall. When the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was sent, whichever jinn came to his place, the shooting star that struck him would burn him. They complained about this to Iblis. He said: Surely, some new situation has arisen, that is why this is happening. He spread out his armies to investigate. Suddenly, they saw that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was performing prayer between two mountains in the valley of Nakhlah. They came to Iblis and informed him of this. He said: This is the event that has newly occurred on the earth.

It is narrated from the wife of the Prophet, Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), that people asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) about soothsayers. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to them: They have no reality. They said: O Messenger of Allah! Sometimes they say something that turns out to be true. He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: That is a true word which a jinn snatches, then he cackles it into the ear of his friend like a hen does, and they mix a hundred lies with it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah and Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever goes to a soothsayer or a fortune-teller and affirms what he says, has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates from one of the wives of the Messenger of Allah that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and affirms what he says, his prayers will not be accepted for forty days.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Muawiyah bin Hakam Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): What is your opinion about those matters which we used to do in the days of ignorance, for example, we used to take omens? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is a thing which you may feel in your heart, but it should not prevent you from your work. He said: O Messenger of Allah! We also used to go to soothsayers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not go to soothsayers.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud Uqbah bin 'Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the price of a dog, the fee of a prostitute, and the payment to a soothsayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that they set out on a journey with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the people split into groups and camped at a place, one group with so-and-so, another group with so-and-so. I was in the group of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). There was also a Bedouin with us. We camped near the house of some villagers, among whom was a pregnant woman. The Bedouin said to this woman: "Would you like to give birth to a boy? If you give me a goat, a boy will be born in your house." So the woman gave him a goat, and the Bedouin spoke to her in rhymed phrases and slaughtered the goat. When the people sat down to eat, a man said: "Do you know what kind of goat this is?" Then he told them the real story behind it. I saw Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) forcing himself to vomit in order to express his aversion to that food.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Quraysh went to a soothsayer woman and said: Tell us who among us is most deserving and worthy of the station of Prophethood? She said: If you spread a sheet over this soft ground and walk over it, I will tell you. They spread the sheet, then the people walked over it, and she saw the traces and signs of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: He is the most deserving of the station of Prophethood among you. Not even twenty years, or close to that, had passed after this incident when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was appointed as a Prophet.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burdah Zufari, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: A man from among the soothsayers will appear, he will recite the Noble Qur'an in such a manner that after him no one will recite like him.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A prophet used to draw lines, so whoever’s knowledge coincides with his, that knowledge will be correct.