Are the stars a sign of changing circumstances?
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The questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : This is a mistake. Many people nowadays, when winds occur or something similar happens at the rising of a star, assume that it is due to the star. This is an error and is not correct. However, it is true that stars are signs of changing weather, meaning, for example: winter stars, summer stars, autumn stars, and spring stars; they all appear in their respective seasons. But to consider them a cause is incorrect, and one is forbidden from doing so, especially regarding the Pleiades, because that implies that the Pleiades are the ones who blew the wind, and it does not occur to him that they are the ones who did it.
The questioner : Minor shirk
The Shaykh : Minor, yes.
The Shaykh : This is a mistake. Many people nowadays, when winds occur or something similar happens at the rising of a star, assume that it is due to the star. This is an error and is not correct. However, it is true that stars are signs of changing weather, meaning, for example: winter stars, summer stars, autumn stars, and spring stars; they all appear in their respective seasons. But to consider them a cause is incorrect, and one is forbidden from doing so, especially regarding the Pleiades, because that implies that the Pleiades are the ones who blew the wind, and it does not occur to him that they are the ones who did it.
The questioner : Minor shirk
The Shaykh : Minor, yes.