Does one who watches sorcery and fortune-telling channels fall under the warning of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that his prayer will not be accepted for forty days?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Does merely watching sorcery and fortune-telling channels, without asking them questions, fall under the warning of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that his prayer will not be accepted for forty days?
Answer:
He is in danger, yes, he is in danger. If he looks at them and sees them, this is like sitting with them. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[An-Nisa 4:140] So, does he watch them as if he were sitting with them? Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Does merely watching sorcery and fortune-telling channels, without asking them questions, fall under the warning of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that his prayer will not be accepted for forty days?
Answer:
He is in danger, yes, he is in danger. If he looks at them and sees them, this is like sitting with them. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them.
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [127 -858] هل من يشاهد قنوات السحر والكهانة يدخل في وعيد النبي ﷺ أنه لا تقبل له صلاة أربعين يوما؟ — youtube.com
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