Treating Oneself with Forbidden Things and Going to Sorcerers and Fortune-Tellers
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Fatwa No. ( 6291 ):
Q: First: In some areas of our country, some individuals treat their patients with the flesh of wild beasts, birds, and livestock, whether the flesh is lawful or forbidden. What is the ruling on this practice, whether it has been tried several times or not? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you. Second: What is the ruling on going to sorcerers, fortune-tellers, and astrologers .
A: First: Everything that is a predator with fangs, such as the lion, the wolf, and the tiger among wild beasts, and everything that has a talon with which it preys, such as the kite and the falcon among birds, and such as the wild donkey and the mule among livestock — eating it is forbidden, because
it is established from Abu Thalhah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 11:282 It was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 3806Da'if (Al-Albani) , and these hadiths specify the generality of the verse: [Al-An'am 6:145] Or it is said: The hadiths came to forbid what is mentioned in them, in addition to what Allah had previously forbidden in
the Meccan verses, and since these are forbidden, it is not permissible to treat oneself with them or with any other forbidden things. As for what is lawful to eat, it is permissible to treat oneself with it. Second: It is not permissible to go to sorcerers, nor to fortune-tellers and astrologers, nor to believe them; because of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 2230 Narrated by Muslim in his Sahih, and the diviner encompasses the fortune-teller, the astrologer, and the sorcerer, and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 639Hasan (Darussalam) Narrated by the people of the Sunan. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: First: In some areas of our country, some individuals treat their patients with the flesh of wild beasts, birds, and livestock, whether the flesh is lawful or forbidden. What is the ruling on this practice, whether it has been tried several times or not? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you. Second: What is the ruling on going to sorcerers, fortune-tellers, and astrologers .
A: First: Everything that is a predator with fangs, such as the lion, the wolf, and the tiger among wild beasts, and everything that has a talon with which it preys, such as the kite and the falcon among birds, and such as the wild donkey and the mule among livestock — eating it is forbidden, because
it is established from Abu Thalhah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating the flesh of any wild beast that has fangs
نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن أكل كل ذي ناب من السباعevery fanged beast of prey, and every bird with a talon
نهى عن أكل كل ذي ناب من السباع، وكل ذي مخلب من الطيرSay, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah
قُلْ لاَ أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلا أَنْ يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا مَسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنْـزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِthe Meccan verses, and since these are forbidden, it is not permissible to treat oneself with them or with any other forbidden things. As for what is lawful to eat, it is permissible to treat oneself with it. Second: It is not permissible to go to sorcerers, nor to fortune-tellers and astrologers, nor to believe them; because of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted.
من أتى عرافًا فسأله عن شيء لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين ليلةor who goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.
من أتى كاهنًا فصدّقه بما يقول فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد
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