The ruling on one who reads in the horoscope magazine and believes it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the magazine contains the view that one who reads in it will have his prayer not accepted for forty days.
Answer:
If he reads it and believes it, his ruling is the ruling of one who believes the fortune-tellers: his prayer is not accepted, and he has committed disbelief in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). As for one who reads it but does not believe it and denies it, this ruling does not apply to him. One who reads it and lies about it and does not believe it, this ruling does not apply to him.
Honorable Shaykh, the magazine contains the view that one who reads in it will have his prayer not accepted for forty days.
Answer:
If he reads it and believes it, his ruling is the ruling of one who believes the fortune-tellers: his prayer is not accepted, and he has committed disbelief in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). As for one who reads it but does not believe it and denies it, this ruling does not apply to him. One who reads it and lies about it and does not believe it, this ruling does not apply to him.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في الكهان ونحوهم — islamhouse.com (52:12)
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