The following verses relate to various Arab superstitions as
this group were the first recipients of the Quran. However,
the general principles are still appropriate. In these
examples special significance was associated with entrance
into a home, movements of the moon, animals and their
appearances etc. All such superstitions are falsely attributed
to Allah and goes against the teachings of the Message of
Allah.
12.1 Superstitions are suggested by Satan
“(Satan said) I will mislead them, and I will create in
them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of
cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by Allah.”
Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes Satan for a friend, has
clearly suffered a great loss.Ch 4: V 119.
12.2 Superstitions are not from Allah
It was not Allah who instituted (superstitions like those
of) a slit-ear she- camel, or a she-camel let loose for free
pasture, or idol sacrifices for twin-births in animals,
or stallion-camels freed from work: it is blasphemers
who invent a lie against Allah. But most of them lack
wisdom.
When it is said to them: “Come to what Allah has
revealed; come to the Messenger: They say: “Enough
for us are the ways we found our fathers following.”
What! Even though their fathers lacked knowledge and
guidance?Ch 5: V106-107
12.3 Superstitions are lies attributed to Allah - a serious
crime
...of camels a pair, and oxen a pair; say, has He
forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the
young) which the wombs of the two females enclose?
Were you present when Allah ordered you such a
thing? But who does more wrong than one who
invents a lie against Allah, to lead astray men without
knowledge? For Allah guides not people who do
wrong.Ch 6: V144
12.4 Fear Allah instead of following superstitions to be
prosperous
They ask you concerning the new moons. Say: They are
but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of)
men, and for pilgrimage. It is no (special) virtue if you
enter your houses from the back: it is virtue if you fear
Allah. Enter houses through the proper doors: and fear
Allah that you may prosper.Ch 2: V 189