The Ruling on Working with Horoscopes in Newspapers
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), is the one who works with the horoscopes in the newspapers a disbeliever, like the one who goes to the fortune-teller and believes what he says?
Answer:
Astrology. This is the work of the astrologers. What is in the newspapers says: "Such and such a zodiac sign will have such and such happen in it, misfortune or good fortune, or whoever marries in it will be blessed with children, and whoever marries in such and such a star or zodiac sign will not be successful." This is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is astrology. And the one who believes it is like them. He says, "This is true." He says, "This is an art." He calls it an art. He calls it... This one is like them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), is the one who works with the horoscopes in the newspapers a disbeliever, like the one who goes to the fortune-teller and believes what he says?
Answer:
Astrology. This is the work of the astrologers. What is in the newspapers says: "Such and such a zodiac sign will have such and such happen in it, misfortune or good fortune, or whoever marries in it will be blessed with children, and whoever marries in such and such a star or zodiac sign will not be successful." This is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is astrology. And the one who believes it is like them. He says, "This is true." He says, "This is an art." He calls it an art. He calls it... This one is like them. Yes.
Source
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