Are the practitioners of divination considered among the knowers?
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The questioner : According to al-Baghawi’s definition of the diviner... what is measured.
The Shaykh : No, these matters of divination are tangible; they are not hidden. One infers from the trace. As for what is mentioned, one infers from abstract matters, hidden matters that are not tangible.
The questioner : The preliminaries...
The Shaykh : These preliminaries are not preliminaries for knowing the trace, because the trace is tangible. The preliminaries mean, for example, he does things like drawing in the ground, tying knots, performing certain movements, and the like.
The Shaykh : No, these matters of divination are tangible; they are not hidden. One infers from the trace. As for what is mentioned, one infers from abstract matters, hidden matters that are not tangible.
The questioner : The preliminaries...
The Shaykh : These preliminaries are not preliminaries for knowing the trace, because the trace is tangible. The preliminaries mean, for example, he does things like drawing in the ground, tying knots, performing certain movements, and the like.