What is the ruling on saying “This is the heat of the Pleiades” when the heat is intense in the summer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: We hear the elderly say when the heat becomes intense in the summer, “This is the heat of the Pleiades.” What is the ruling on this statement?
Answer:
Meaning, the time of heat is when the Pleiades rise. If they intend that the Pleiades are the cause of the heat, then it is not permissible to hold this belief; it is the belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and the astrologers. But if they are saying that this is the time of heat, that when the Pleiades rise the weather becomes hot, or when the Kafilayn or al-Mirzam rise, this is a custom that Allah has established, and this time is a time of heat, there is nothing wrong with it. If this is a matter of timing, there is no harm. But if it is a matter of belief, then it is not permissible, and this is astrology.
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: We hear the elderly say when the heat becomes intense in the summer, “This is the heat of the Pleiades.” What is the ruling on this statement?
Answer:
Meaning, the time of heat is when the Pleiades rise. If they intend that the Pleiades are the cause of the heat, then it is not permissible to hold this belief; it is the belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and the astrologers. But if they are saying that this is the time of heat, that when the Pleiades rise the weather becomes hot, or when the Kafilayn or al-Mirzam rise, this is a custom that Allah has established, and this time is a time of heat, there is nothing wrong with it. If this is a matter of timing, there is no harm. But if it is a matter of belief, then it is not permissible, and this is astrology.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم قول «هذه لهائب الجوزاء» عند شدة الحر في الصيف؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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