Four [affairs] of Jāhiliyyah that the people will not leave: Wailing over the dead; reviling ancestors; tying rain to the rising or setting of stars, and contagion.
False worship and false religion are based upon certain assumptions and beliefs on the basis of which servitude, devotion and enslavement are shown to deities besides Allāh.
The foundation of al-eemaan (faith) in Allah whose belief is obligatory upon the creation in affirmation of of belief in Him is [comprised of] three things.
That which is correct in our view is what is authentically reported from him [sas] that he said: “There is no contagion” and that nothing will afflict a soul except what has been written for it.