Combining the Hadiths of the Diviner and the Fortune-Teller
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: It is reported in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad from the hadithRiyad as-Salihin 1669 and it is reported in Sahih al-Bukhari that whoever visits a fortune-teller and believes him Jami` at-Tirmidhi 135Hasan (Darussalam). The question is: How do you combine these two hadiths? Even though both hadiths mention believing the diviner and the fortune-teller, the punishment differs.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: It is reported in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad that whoever visits a diviner and believes him, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days. And it is reported in Sahih al-Bukhari that whoever visits a fortune-teller and believes himJami` at-Tirmidhi 135Hasan (Darussalam). So how do you combine these two hadiths?
The Shaykh:
I know that this hadith is in Sahih al-Bukhari. I think I was told that the hadith is in the Sunan. But if the questioner has seen that it is in Sahih al-Bukhari, I do not know. In any case, it is from the category of warning. It is all from the category of warning. That he disbelieves in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and that his prayer will not be accepted for forty days. Both punishments apply to him, may Allah protect us from that.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: It is reported in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad from the hadith
He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the Unseen and believes in him, his Salat (prayers) will not be accepted for forty days.
من أتى عرافا فصدقه لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين يوما.then he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.
فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمدThe Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: It is reported in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad that whoever visits a diviner and believes him, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days. And it is reported in Sahih al-Bukhari that whoever visits a fortune-teller and believes him
then he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.
فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمدThe Shaykh:
I know that this hadith is in Sahih al-Bukhari. I think I was told that the hadith is in the Sunan. But if the questioner has seen that it is in Sahih al-Bukhari, I do not know. In any case, it is from the category of warning. It is all from the category of warning. That he disbelieves in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and that his prayer will not be accepted for forty days. Both punishments apply to him, may Allah protect us from that.
Source
عقوبة تصديق العراف والكاهن — alfawzan.live
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