Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَأَلَ أُنَاسٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْكُهَّانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحْيَانًا بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنْ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الْجِنِّيُّ فَيُقِرُّهَا فِي أُذُنِ وَلِيِّهِ قَرَّ الدَّجَاجَةِ فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ كَذْبَةٍ.
English Translation
Bishr ibn Shu'ayb told us: My father told me: Muhammad said, and Yahya ibn Urwah informed me that he heard Urwah say: A'isha, wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Some people asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about fortune-tellers. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to them: "They are nothing." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, but sometimes they tell of something which turns out to be true." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "That word of truth is snatched by the jinn, who then whispers it into the ear of his friend like the clucking of a hen, and they mix into it more than a hundred lies."