The Ruling on Reading Horoscopes and Determining Personality Through Them
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Question:
This is a question stating that reading horoscopes to determine a person's character based on their birth month has become widespread among young men and women. Also, some websites pose questions, and after answering them, they produce a result describing the respondent's character based on their answers. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
This is part of astrology and deriving evidence from the conditions and paths of the stars, and this is polytheism.. Some of the Salaf said that the stars are creations that possess neither good nor evil. They are merely creations that are subjugated. As for good and evil, it is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). These astrologers are a people of disbelief, or misguidance, or ignorance, and one does not rely on their sayings. Yes.
This is a question stating that reading horoscopes to determine a person's character based on their birth month has become widespread among young men and women. Also, some websites pose questions, and after answering them, they produce a result describing the respondent's character based on their answers. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
This is part of astrology and deriving evidence from the conditions and paths of the stars, and this is polytheism.
Whoever takes a branch from the stars has taken a branch from disbelief, and whatever he increases, he increases.
من اقتبس شعبة من النجوم فقد اقتبس شعبة من الكفر زاد ما زاد
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-085-مسؤولية الشباب تجاه دينهم ووطنهم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:48)
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