The Ruling on Reading Horoscopes and Inferring Future Events
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a Muslim to read horoscopes and infer future events from them without believing in their truth?
Answer:
I ask Allah for well-being. This is not permissible. It is not permissible to believe in horoscopes, stars, and planets regarding events. This is astrology. Whoever takes a branch from the stars has taken a branch from shirk (associating partners with Allah), and it increases as it increases. Allah created the stars for three purposes: as adornment for the heavens, as projectiles against the devils, and as signs by which one is guided in the darkness of the land and the sea. Whoever interprets them in any other way has lied and wasted his share. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a Muslim to read horoscopes and infer future events from them without believing in their truth?
Answer:
I ask Allah for well-being. This is not permissible. It is not permissible to believe in horoscopes, stars, and planets regarding events. This is astrology. Whoever takes a branch from the stars has taken a branch from shirk (associating partners with Allah), and it increases as it increases. Allah created the stars for three purposes: as adornment for the heavens, as projectiles against the devils, and as signs by which one is guided in the darkness of the land and the sea. Whoever interprets them in any other way has lied and wasted his share. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (209) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1441-07-11] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:07)
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