The Ruling on Visiting Fortune-Tellers and Sorcerers
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on frequently visiting fortune-tellers and sorcerers? And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding a man who seeks treatment from a suspicious man? This man goes to this person and gives him some treatment, and asks about his mother and father. Is it permissible to frequently visit such people, may Allah reward you?
Answer:
Sorcerers and fortune-tellers are those who claim knowledge of the unseen, and that is by the descent of Shaytan upon them, and informing them of things they do not know, but rather Shaytan reveals them to them and they inform them of it, and in it is much lying, as He the Exalted and Sublime said:[Ash-Shu'ara 26:221-223]. These are the fortune-tellers. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned us against them, and against going to them, and against seeking treatment from them.
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5669Da'if (Darussalam) Narrated by Muslim.
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:741 And this hadith is in the Sunan. So it is not permissible to go to fortune-tellers, nor to ask them, nor to believe them, nor to seek treatment from them. And this one who asks about the mother of the sick person and her father, and takes some of her clothes, this is a fortune-teller, this is a fortune-teller, this is the mark of fortune-tellers. So the Muslims should avoid them and beware of them, and they should not be allowed to remain in the lands of the Muslims. It is obligatory that the Shari'ah ruling be applied to them to deter them from misleading the Muslims and messing with their beliefs. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on frequently visiting fortune-tellers and sorcerers? And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding a man who seeks treatment from a suspicious man? This man goes to this person and gives him some treatment, and asks about his mother and father. Is it permissible to frequently visit such people, may Allah reward you?
Answer:
Sorcerers and fortune-tellers are those who claim knowledge of the unseen, and that is by the descent of Shaytan upon them, and informing them of things they do not know, but rather Shaytan reveals them to them and they inform them of it, and in it is much lying, as He the Exalted and Sublime said:
(221) Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend? (222) They descend upon every sinful liar. (223) They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَHe (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that: The Prophet [SAW] said: "Whoever drinks Khamr and puts it in his belly, Allah will not accept his Salah for seven (days), if he dies during them" - Muhammad bin Adam (One of the narrators) said: "he will die a Kafir. If he was too intoxicated to offer any of the obligatory" - Ibn Adam said: "or recite Qur'an, his Salah will not be accepted for 40 days, and if he dies during them," And Ibn Adam said: "He will die a Kafir."
من أتى كاهنا لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين يوما.He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and believes him in what he says, he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
من أتى كَاهِنًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6926- حكم الذهاب إلى الكهان والمشعوذين - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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