The Ruling on the Fortune-Teller, the Astrologer, and the One Who Divines by Lots
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you taught us in the previous chapters that the sorcerer is killed for disbelief and is not asked to repent, which is the correct of the opinions as you mentioned, may Allah preserve you. But we did not know the ruling on the fortune-teller, the astrologer, and the one who divines by lots, and those who do what they do. Are they killed as disbelievers and not asked to repent like the sorcerer, or are they asked to repent, or are they killed for apostasy, not for disbelief?
Answer:
They mentioned that it is with gratitude. These people were asked to repent. If they repent with a valid repentance, let them go. Yes. And if they do not repent, they are killed for apostasy. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you taught us in the previous chapters that the sorcerer is killed for disbelief and is not asked to repent, which is the correct of the opinions as you mentioned, may Allah preserve you. But we did not know the ruling on the fortune-teller, the astrologer, and the one who divines by lots, and those who do what they do. Are they killed as disbelievers and not asked to repent like the sorcerer, or are they asked to repent, or are they killed for apostasy, not for disbelief?
Answer:
They mentioned that it is with gratitude. These people were asked to repent. If they repent with a valid repentance, let them go. Yes. And if they do not repent, they are killed for apostasy. Yes.
Source
حد الكاهن والمنجم والرمال — alfawzan.live
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