WE RELATE FROM the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from Ibn Mas‘ūd
who reported: “We were ordered not to follow falling stars with our gaze but to say: As Allah wills. There is no power except by Allah.” [1].
Mā shā’a-llāh, lā quwwata illā bi-llāh.
References
[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (658) and al-Futūḥāt (4/281). Its chain of transmission includes ‘Abd al-A‘lā, whose transmission is very weak and who has been accused of lying.