Can fortune-tellers inform about what will happen, such as death, disasters, and the like?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do we answer the one who says that the diviners and astrologers inform about future things, and they happen as they informed, such as the death of someone, or the occurrence of distress and incidents, and others?
Answer:
What happens of death or the occurrence of disasters is not due to the news of the astrologers, but rather it is by the divine decree and destiny of Allah. So we believe in the divine decree and destiny of Allah, and we attribute this to the divine decree and destiny of Allah, and we do not attribute it to the news of the fortune-tellers and astrologers. Nor do we believe them in this; rather, we deny them. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do we answer the one who says that the diviners and astrologers inform about future things, and they happen as they informed, such as the death of someone, or the occurrence of distress and incidents, and others?
Answer:
What happens of death or the occurrence of disasters is not due to the news of the astrologers, but rather it is by the divine decree and destiny of Allah. So we believe in the divine decree and destiny of Allah, and we attribute this to the divine decree and destiny of Allah, and we do not attribute it to the news of the fortune-tellers and astrologers. Nor do we believe them in this; rather, we deny them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [620- 4717] هل يمكن للكهان الإخبار بما سيحصل من موت وكوارث ونحوها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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