Ruling on visiting fortune-tellers and those who practice divination
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Q 148: This questioner says: I have a friend who sits and listens to fortune-tellers and women who practice divination, and those who read luck and palms. He does not believe in the truth of what they say, but it is out of curiosity and a desire to know about these matters. What is the ruling on that?
A 148: It is not permissible for him to do that, and it is forbidden for him to go to them,
sit with them, or listen to what they say. In the hadith:. As for if he believes them, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 639Hasan (Darussalam).
A 148: It is not permissible for him to do that, and it is forbidden for him to go to them,
sit with them, or listen to what they say. In the hadith:
And whoever goes to them without believing in them, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days.
ومن أتاه غير مصدق له، لم يقبل له صلاة أربعين يوماًor who goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.
من أتى كاهناً فصدقه بما يقول، فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد
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