What is the ruling on conducting interviews in newspapers with those who claim to predict what will happen this year in terms of deaths and accidents?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This question says: With the start of every Gregorian year, some newspapers interview some predictors who tell them what will happen in that year, such as deaths, accidents, or wars. Some of what they guess may actually happen. How should students of knowledge deal with that?
Answer:
This is a terrible abomination. It is a claim to knowledge of the unseen and believing those who claim knowledge of the unseen. This is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is disbelief: the one who claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever, and so is the one who believes him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Musnad Ahmad 657, 658Lts isnad is Da'if because Abu Muwarri’ is unknown], lts isnad is Da\'if because Abu Muwarri\' is unknown and it is repeat of previous report] (Darussalam) Therefore, it is not permissible to go to them or to believe them. Rather, it is obligatory to denounce them. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This question says: With the start of every Gregorian year, some newspapers interview some predictors who tell them what will happen in that year, such as deaths, accidents, or wars. Some of what they guess may actually happen. How should students of knowledge deal with that?
Answer:
This is a terrible abomination. It is a claim to knowledge of the unseen and believing those who claim knowledge of the unseen. This is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is disbelief: the one who claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever, and so is the one who believes him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated that ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was at a funeral and he said: `which of you will go to the city and not leave in it any idol but he will break it, or any grave but he will level it, or any image but he will spoil it?` A man said: “I will, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).` So he went, but he was afraid of the people of the city, so he came back, `Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: I will go, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: “Go.` So he went then he came back and said: O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I did not leave in it any idol but I broke it, or any grave but i levelled it, or any image but I spoiled it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever goes back to doing any of that has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.` Then he said: `Do not be a cause of division or show off or be a merchant except a good one, for those are the ones who are lagging behind in good deeds.` It was narrated from Al-Hakam that A man from Basra whom the people of Basra called Abu Muwarri’ and the people of Koofah called Abu Muhammad, said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was at a funeral... and he mentioned a similar Hadeeth, but he did not say that ‘Ali said: `or any image but he will smear something over it.` And he said: I did not come to you, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), until I did not leave any image but i spoiled it.` And he said: `Do not be a cause of division or show off.`
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [291 -858] ما حكم إجراء المقابلات في الصحف مع من يدعون التنبؤ بما سيحصل هذا العام من موت وحوادث؟ — youtube.com
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