The Ruling on What Is Called the Fatimah Game and the Claim of Knowledge of the Unseen

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. Among the common people, there is widespread what they call "striking," and sometimes they call it the Game of Fatimah, from our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The description of this is that a mat and a reed mat are placed on the surface of a mountain, and then it is looked at on the ground, and there are people from the officer's entourage who watch the officer and what he does. The officer says, "This is for such and such, and this is for such and such, and it will become such and such." Did they act upon this?

Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah, and Allah has cleared Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), of this ugly, vile act. This is a claim of knowledge of the unseen, and this is among the beliefs of the Batiniyyah and the Fatimiyyah Shi'ah, who attribute to Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) things from which she is innocent.