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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does what psychologists do by posing questions to a patient to determine his personality fall under fortune-telling?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. The father heard the questioner ask: Does what some psychologists do, where one poses several questions and asks a person to answer them, fall under fortune-telling? May Allah reward you. Does fortune-telling, fortune-telling, fortune-telling—may Allah reward you—include what some psychologists do, where they pose several questions and ask a person to answer them, and based on the answers, determine the respondent's personality: is it aggressive, or is it calm, or something like that?

Answer:
What we have heard is that they ask the person to write or sign, and then they look at it and determine the person's psychology from his writing. This is undoubtedly part of this; there is no doubt that it is part of physiognomy and claiming knowledge of the unseen, and it is among superstitions. This is among superstitions. It is like palm reading and cup reading, and the like of such fabrications. It is a claim of knowledge of the unseen. No one knows the souls except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. No one knows what is in the souls and what is in the hearts except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. And no one knows what will happen to a person in the future except Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So this is a claim of knowledge of the unseen, and saying about Allah without knowledge, and it is sorcery. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2582- 4717] هل يدخل في الكهانة ما يفعله علماء النفس من وضع أسئلة للمريض لتحديد شخصيته؟ — youtube.com

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