The ruling on purchasing newspapers containing astrology and horoscopes
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is purchasing newspapers that contain astrology and horoscopes, and linking happiness and misery to them, considered asking the fortune-tellers?
Answer:
It is not permissible to purchase them, nor to sell them, nor to allow them to enter the lands of the Muslims, because they spread evil and shirk (associating partners with Allah) among the people, especially the ignorant. Therefore, it is not permissible to bring them into the house. One should not buy them unless his intention is to denounce their entry and to speak to the authorities to prevent their entry, and to send them a copy. This is permissible. However, if he buys them and throws them in his house among his children and his women and leaves them there, this is haram (forbidden) and not permissible.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is purchasing newspapers that contain astrology and horoscopes, and linking happiness and misery to them, considered asking the fortune-tellers?
Answer:
It is not permissible to purchase them, nor to sell them, nor to allow them to enter the lands of the Muslims, because they spread evil and shirk (associating partners with Allah) among the people, especially the ignorant. Therefore, it is not permissible to bring them into the house. One should not buy them unless his intention is to denounce their entry and to speak to the authorities to prevent their entry, and to send them a copy. This is permissible. However, if he buys them and throws them in his house among his children and his women and leaves them there, this is haram (forbidden) and not permissible.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في التطير — islamhouse.com (1:09:36)
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