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Is the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) punishment carried out on a fortune-teller who claims knowledge of the unseen?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ibn Sayyad, "You are only a fortune-teller." Was the hudud punishment carried out on this fortune-teller, or is the hudud punishment not carried out on a fortune-teller, but only on a sorcerer?

Answer:
If it is established that a fortune-teller claims knowledge of the unseen, he is killed. The one who claims knowledge of the unseen is killed, unless he repents. Yes, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has exclusive knowledge of the unseen. No one knows the unseen except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 564- هل يُقام الحد على الكاهن الذي يدّعي علم الغيب؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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