The ruling on going to fortune-tellers for treatment, followed by repentance
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Someone might say, "I will go to the fortune-tellers for treatment, and then I will repent after the treatment," knowing that he is aware of the ruling on those he visits. How should one respond to such a person?[Yusuf 12:9] Or one of you who is righteous, meaning they return through repentance afterward. This is not valid. And the one who knows that you have complained may be prevented from repenting.
Answer:
You may be prevented from repenting. This is from Shaytan, that a person commits a sin and says, "I will repent afterwards." How do you know that you will be given time to repent? Death may come to you while you are in this state. Also, even if you remain, do you not fear that Allah will punish you and that Allah will turn your heart away so that you do not repent? This is not permissible; it is a plan of Shaytan. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Someone might say, "I will go to the fortune-tellers for treatment, and then I will repent after the treatment," knowing that he is aware of the ruling on those he visits. How should one respond to such a person?
Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after
اقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ أَوِ اطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا مِن بَعْدِهِAnswer:
You may be prevented from repenting. This is from Shaytan, that a person commits a sin and says, "I will repent afterwards." How do you know that you will be given time to repent? Death may come to you while you are in this state. Also, even if you remain, do you not fear that Allah will punish you and that Allah will turn your heart away so that you do not repent? This is not permissible; it is a plan of Shaytan. Yes.
Source
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