The Ruling on Believing in Stars and Constellations
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Question:
And I move on to another questioner. The questioner from Riyadh, Badr, says: What is the ruling on beliefs concerning stars, constellations, months, days, and places? Is this invalid? And does it undermine the faith of the Muslim?
Answer:
This is among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Believing in omens, stars, winds, and so on, all of this is among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance are forbidden, and it is not permissible to do them or act upon them. Yes.
And I move on to another questioner. The questioner from Riyadh, Badr, says: What is the ruling on beliefs concerning stars, constellations, months, days, and places? Is this invalid? And does it undermine the faith of the Muslim?
Answer:
This is among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Believing in omens, stars, winds, and so on, all of this is among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Four things in my Ummah are from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance: they do not leave them: slandering lineages, boasting about ancestry, seeking rain through the stars, and wailing over the dead.
أَرْبَعٌ فِي أُمَّتِي مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لا يتركونهم الطعن في الأنساب، الفخر بالأحساب، والاستسقى بالنجوم، والنياحة على الميت.
Source
نور على الدرب 02-06-1438هـ — af.org.sa (6:31)
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