The saying of al-Jawza' (the Pleiades) regarding the intensity of the heat
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We hear the elderly say that when the heat becomes intense in the summer, they say, "This is the heat of al-Jawza' (the Pleiades)." What is the ruling on this saying?
Answer:
He means that the time of the heat is when al-Jawza' (the Pleiades) rises. If they mean that al-Jawza' is what caused the heat, this is not permissible; it is the belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) held by the astrologers. But if they say that this is the time of the heat when al-Jawza' rises, or when the stars rise, and the weather becomes hot, this is a custom that Allah has established, and this time is a time of heat; there is nothing wrong with it. If this is a matter of timing, there is no harm. But if it is a matter of belief, then it is not permissible, and this is astrology.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We hear the elderly say that when the heat becomes intense in the summer, they say, "This is the heat of al-Jawza' (the Pleiades)." What is the ruling on this saying?
Answer:
He means that the time of the heat is when al-Jawza' (the Pleiades) rises. If they mean that al-Jawza' is what caused the heat, this is not permissible; it is the belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) held by the astrologers. But if they say that this is the time of the heat when al-Jawza' rises, or when the stars rise, and the weather becomes hot, this is a custom that Allah has established, and this time is a time of heat; there is nothing wrong with it. If this is a matter of timing, there is no harm. But if it is a matter of belief, then it is not permissible, and this is astrology.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-12 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:25)
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