Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَوْفٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَيَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَطَنُ بْنُ قَبِيصَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ مُخَارِقٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الْعِيَافَةُ وَالطِّيَرَةُ وَالطَّرْقُ مِنْ الْجِبْتِ قَالَ الْعِيَافَةُ مِنْ الزَّجْرِ وَالطَّرْقُ مِنْ الْخَطِّ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us: Awf narrated to me: Hayyan narrated to me: Qatan ibn Qabisah narrated to me from his father Qabisah ibn Mukhariq, that he heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say: Bird-omen reading, ill-omen taking, and ground-line divination are from idol worship. He said: Bird-omen reading is from soothsaying, and ground-line divination is from writing [geomancy].