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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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How did Heraclius use the observation of the stars to infer the emergence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

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The questioner : How did Heraclius use the observation of the stars to infer the emergence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The Shaykh : Yes, the Shayatins (Satan) depicted that to him, and the Shayatins know that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent, so they depicted that to him. For this reason, the knowledge of the stars is part of the knowledge of sorcery, and the knowledge of sorcery is from the Shayatins.
If anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology, he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so. من اقتبس شعبة من النجوم فقد اقتبس شعبة من السحر زاد ما زاد
Sunan Abi Dawud 3905Hasan (Al-Albani)
, Yes, son of David.

The questioner : When he asked Abu Sufyan, he said to him:
Does he betray? He said: No, and we are in a period, we do not know what he will do. أيغدر، قال : لا ، ونحن في مدة، ما ندري ما هو فاعل
When he answered him, he said:
I asked you whether he had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative وسألتك هل يغدر، فذكرت أن لا
Sahih al-Bukhari 7
Did he answer with something other than what he meant, and the King interpreted it differently from how Abu Sufyan answered?

The Shaykh : No, no, but the King did not care about this nuance. He said at first that he does not betray, but he wanted to include something, so his saying:
we do not know what he will do in it ولا ندري ما هو فاعل؟
Sahih al-Bukhari 7
. We and the King say: He knows, yes. If he does not know, we know that he will fulfill it.

The Shaykh : Yes.
Source alathar.net

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