It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that once some people asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) about "soothsayers." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "They have no reality." The people said, "O Messenger of Allah! Sometimes what they say turns out to be true?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The statement that turns out to be true is something that a jinn snatches by overhearing from the angels, then he conveys it into the ear of his companion like the sound of a rooster, and then the soothsayer mixes more than a hundred lies with it and narrates it further."