Burayda, father of “Ibn Burayda” (report 2276)

Related to us: Zakariyyā ibn Yaḥyā ibn Kathīr al-Aṣbahānī; he said: related to us: Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān ibn Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī; he said: related to us: my father; he said: related to us: al-Nuʿmān ibn ʿAbd al-Salām; he said: related to us: Abū Ḥanīfa, from ʿAlqama ibn Marthad, from Ibn Burayda, from his father, who said: They discussed ill omen in the presence of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him. The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, said: “Ill omen is in three things: a woman, a house and a horse. A woman’s ill omen is to be ill-tempered and barren. A house’s ill omen is to be cramped with bad neighbours. A horse’s ill omen is to be headstrong and refuse to be ridden.”