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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does watching sorcery channels fall under the hadith (whoever visits a fortune-teller or soothsayer), knowing that they do not affect him?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We have been afflicted recently with the emergence of channels specialized in sorcery, and sometimes I find them at some of my relatives' places, and I may watch them without asking them. The question is: Am I included in the hadith
Whoever visits a fortune-teller or a soothsayer,من أتى كاهنا أو عرافا،
knowing that they do not affect me? And what is the ruling on watching them in general?

Answer:
You said, "They do not affect me." This is self-praise, and it is not permissible. Do not feel safe from them affecting you. It is not permissible for you to sit with them. If they close them down and stop, you may sit with them. But if they refuse to stop and continue, do not sit with them. Stay away from them. Do not say, "They do not affect me."
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [132 -858] هل من يشاهد قنوات السحر يدخل في حديث (من أتى كاهنا أو عرافا) علما بأنها لا تؤثر عليه؟ — youtube.com

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