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What is the ruling on naming the months after the animals of the zodiac signs?

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Question:
What is the ruling on naming the months after animals, where every animal has specific traits, and everyone born in that month possesses the traits that distinguish that animal, which is what is called the zodiac signs?

Answer:
By Allah, I do not know this. This is from the beliefs of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تسمية الأشهر بالحيوانات الأبراج؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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