The ruling on reading magazines that claim to know one's fortune
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Regarding reading what is called some magazines, like "Your fortune today," just for entertainment.
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is a claim of knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah. Fortunes and what befalls the servant—no one knows this except Allah. So whoever writes in newspapers or elsewhere that he knows people's fortunes, this is a claim of knowledge of the unseen. And it is obligatory to prevent these newspapers or these papers from publishing such things. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Regarding reading what is called some magazines, like "Your fortune today," just for entertainment.
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is a claim of knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah. Fortunes and what befalls the servant—no one knows this except Allah. So whoever writes in newspapers or elsewhere that he knows people's fortunes, this is a claim of knowledge of the unseen. And it is obligatory to prevent these newspapers or these papers from publishing such things. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (081) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-03-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (23:38)
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