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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on messages that say: Share this with more than one person and you will hear good news

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The questioner:
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah have mercy on you, a message has spread via mobile phone, in which it is written: Say "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), send it to ten people, and you will hear news that will make you happy, truly and from experience. What is the ruling on sending this message?

The Shaykh:
This is misguidance. This is misguidance, and they use these tricks to mislead people. This is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and has no basis. It is obligatory to denounce this thing to the one who does it. If you know someone who does this, denounce it to him. Yes.

The presenter:
He says: Honorable Shaykh Ahmad, may Allah preserve him.

The questioner:
And he claimed

The Shaykh:
knowledge of the unseen. This is a claim of knowledge of the unseen. He says you will see and hear. This is a claim of knowledge of the unseen. This is not permissible. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [767 -1024] حكم الرسائل التي يقال فيها: انشرها لأكثر من شخص وستسمع خبرًا سارًا - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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