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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on writing in newspapers about horoscopes and predicting weather conditions

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Question:
He says: In recent times, there has been a lot of writing in newspapers about horoscopes and what revolves around them. Some say that on such-and-such day, a severe cold wave will come, and on such-and-such day, rain will come, and on such-and-such day, heat will come, and so on. Is there a word to say about that?

Answer:
Yes, this is not permissible. This is a type of claiming knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah. It is a type of claiming knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah. So it is not permissible to publish such matters because they confuse people’s plans. Also, more severe than this is when he says: If your zodiac sign is such-and-such star, then you are happy, and if you were born in such-and-such zodiac sign, then you are miserable and such-and-such will befall you. This is a false matter, and it is obligatory to disapprove of the one who does that or publishes it in the newspapers. A fatwa was recently issued on this subject regarding what is published in the newspapers about zodiac matters, and it will be published, if Allah wills. Yes.

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May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-027-الرقية الشرعية أحكام وضوابط|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (35:26)

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