Obtaining What Is Sought from a Fortune-Teller or a Grave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, sometimes, while believing that doing so is disbelief (kufr), some people go to a fortune-teller or to one of the graves and ask for something they need, and then it happens that that thing is realized for them. What is the response to such a trial (fitnah) that befalls some people?
Answer:
The occurrence of a thing does not indicate its permissibility. It may be a luring from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The criterion is the evidence found in the Book and the Sunnah. As for the occurrence of a thing for one who supplicated to other than Allah or supplicated at a grave, this is a luring from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and abandonment of this person. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Honorable Shaykh, sometimes, while believing that doing so is disbelief (kufr), some people go to a fortune-teller or to one of the graves and ask for something they need, and then it happens that that thing is realized for them. What is the response to such a trial (fitnah) that befalls some people?
Answer:
The occurrence of a thing does not indicate its permissibility. It may be a luring from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The criterion is the evidence found in the Book and the Sunnah. As for the occurrence of a thing for one who supplicated to other than Allah or supplicated at a grave, this is a luring from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and abandonment of this person. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (178) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1438-12-28] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (14:43)
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