I asked Saad bin Abu Waqqas about evil omens. He rebuked me sharply and said, "Who told you about this?"I disliked telling him who had spoken to me about it.He said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no contagion, no evil omen, and no bad luck from the owl. If there were an evil omen in anything, it would be in the horse, the wife, and the house. When you hear of plague in a land, do not enter it, and if it strikes a land while you are in it, do not flee from it."
حدثنا إسماعيل أخبرنا هشام الدستوائي عن يحيى بن أبي كثير عن الحضرمي بن لاحق
سألت سعد بن أبي وقاص عن الطيرة فانتهرني وقال من حدثك فكرهت أن أحدثه من حدثني قال قال رسول الله ﷺ لا عدوى ولا طيرة ولا هام إن تكن الطيرة في شيء ففي الفرس والمرأة والدار وإذا سمعتم بالطاعون بأرض فلا تهبطوا وإذا كان بأرض وأنتم بها فلا تفروا منه
Its isnad is sahih. The first part of it has already appeared at through the route of Yahya bin Abu Kathir from Hadrami bin Lahiq. The other part, concerning the plague, has already appeared at
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with two other chains of transmission. See also
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.His statement, "Yahya bin Abu Kathir, Hadrami bin Lahiq," is as it appears in the original sources, meaning he said, "Hadrami narrated to us," or "Hadrami said," or something similar.