Their parents used to consult fortune-tellers and believe them, so is it permissible to make du'a for them?

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The second question of Fatwa number ( 21675 )
Q 2: My parents used to consult fortune-tellers and believe them, and my father has passed away. Is it permissible to make du'a for them?
A 2: Whoever consults fortune-tellers and diviners and believes their claims of knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever; because he is denying the Qur'an in the statement of Allah the Exalted:

Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah

قُلْ لاَ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلا اللَّهُ

[An-Naml 27:65]

It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:

or who goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.

من أتى عرافًا فصدقه بما يقول فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد

Sunan Ibn Majah 639Hasan (Darussalam)

It was narrated by Imam Ahmad and the people of the Sunan with a sound chain. If the situation of your parents is as you described, then it is not permissible to make du'a for them or to give charity on their behalf, except if one of them repented. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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