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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Suffering from a problem and wanting to go to fortune-tellers: what is the advice?

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Question:
Is there a repentance for the one who goes to fortune-tellers, or is there not? I am suffering from a problem, and I have gone to many a shaykh, and for fifteen years I have not gotten a result, and I am suffering from a problem. And does the one who goes to a fortune-teller have a [repentance] or not? Okay, thank you.

Answer:
My brother, going to a fortune-teller is not permissible. Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). This is in the hadith. So it is not permissible to go to fortune-tellers, but rather to turn to Allah the Exalted. Do not despair, and
do not despair of the mercy of Allahلَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ
[Az-Zumar 39:53]
and seek treatment through permissible means with doctors, whether psychiatric doctors or doctors using known medications.
And through the Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and the morning and evening adhkar (remembrance of Allah), and increasing the remembrance of Allah, and increasing the recitation of the Qur'an, and supplicating to Allah the Exalted and Mighty more than anything, for
Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ
[Hud 11:61]
, and do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1636 - يعاني من مشكلة ويريد الذهاب إلى الكهان، ما النصيحة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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