What is the ruling on reading palms
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Question : The questioner says: I heard that palm reading is a skill acquired through learning, so we would like the Honorable Shaykh to provide a guiding answer regarding this question?
Answer : Yes, indeed. Palm reading, as they claim, is a form of sorcery, and it is forbidden. It is not permissible for anyone to go to someone who reads palms. And whoever knows that a certain person reads palms, he should advise him and warn him against it. If he stops, that is what is required. If he does not stop, then another path should be taken with him: he should inform the authorities so that they can put a stop to him.
Because this is playing with people’s minds, and it has no basis, neither in the Qur’an nor in the Sunnah nor in the practice of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Rather, it is from the sorcerers or the magicians. So do not pay attention to it. And…
And what is attributed to me in this matter is a false error. And how much is attributed to scholars of statements that a person knows with certainty they did not say.
But either it is an error in the questioner’s understanding, meaning he did not understand the answer well, or it is an error in presenting the question to the scholar, so the scholar answers according to what appeared to him from the question, or it is that the one transmitting from the scholar has a bias and an objective, wanting to justify what he does, so he says, “So-and-so issued a fatwa for me that this is permissible,” or it is that he has an even worse objective, which is to tarnish the reputation of the scholars. In any case, I hope that every person who hears something attributed to a scholar that is strange, meaning what is attributed to this scholar is strange and reprehensible, should contact the scholar and ask him about what was attributed to him, so that people may be clear about the matter.
Answer : Yes, indeed. Palm reading, as they claim, is a form of sorcery, and it is forbidden. It is not permissible for anyone to go to someone who reads palms. And whoever knows that a certain person reads palms, he should advise him and warn him against it. If he stops, that is what is required. If he does not stop, then another path should be taken with him: he should inform the authorities so that they can put a stop to him.
Because this is playing with people’s minds, and it has no basis, neither in the Qur’an nor in the Sunnah nor in the practice of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Rather, it is from the sorcerers or the magicians. So do not pay attention to it. And…
And what is attributed to me in this matter is a false error. And how much is attributed to scholars of statements that a person knows with certainty they did not say.
But either it is an error in the questioner’s understanding, meaning he did not understand the answer well, or it is an error in presenting the question to the scholar, so the scholar answers according to what appeared to him from the question, or it is that the one transmitting from the scholar has a bias and an objective, wanting to justify what he does, so he says, “So-and-so issued a fatwa for me that this is permissible,” or it is that he has an even worse objective, which is to tarnish the reputation of the scholars. In any case, I hope that every person who hears something attributed to a scholar that is strange, meaning what is attributed to this scholar is strange and reprehensible, should contact the scholar and ask him about what was attributed to him, so that people may be clear about the matter.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 10- ما حكم قراءة الكف #العقيدة #ابن_عثيمين #سؤال_على_الهاتف — youtube.com
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