And if anyone should mention the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah from the Prophet (رحمه الله): “There is no contagion, no omen [in the flight of birds] and flee from the leper as you would flee from the lion.” Then its meaning is like the saying of Allāh the Exalted: “Do whatever you will” ^[1], meaning, [go ahead], flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion, (for its meaning) is that there is no contagion, he will not pass [his leprosy] to you, and your fleeing from what has been decreed for you will not benefit you. And had this not been its meaning, then the last part of the ḥadīth would contradict the first part of it, and this is impossible.