The Ruling on Visiting Fortune-Tellers and Sorcerers
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Question:
The first message in this episode is from one of our brother listeners, who indicated his name with the letters (A. M. D). Our brother’s message is two pages long, and the question in these two pages is about fortune-tellers and sorcerers, whose practice has spread even among students during exams and among those who are looking for work but cannot find it. These people write papers for them and order them to do various things, believing that these actions will bring them employment. They ask the Shaykh for guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance.
As for what follows: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified the ruling regarding fortune-tellers, astrologers, diviners, and those in their category who claim knowledge of events and the future through astrology, casting lots, or other hidden methods they claim reveal knowledge of the unseen. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that the ruling regarding these people is that it is not permissible to visit them, ask them, or believe them. It is established in Sahih Muslim from one of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sahih Muslim 2230 This authentic hadith indicates the prohibition of asking them, even without believing them, so how much more so if one believes them? Therefore, it is not permissible to ask fortune-tellers, visit them, or believe them.
In the second hadith, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 639Hasan (Darussalam) It was narrated by the people of the Sunan with a sound chain. He also said (peace and blessings be upon him): .
Those who claim knowledge of the unseen, or of luck, or of the hand, or when so-and-so will succeed, or when he will be accepted for a job, or anything similar to these people—all of this is among what Allah has forbidden: asking them, resorting to them, or believing them. The believer asks his Lord for success, facilitation, and ease. He asks his Lord to fulfill his need, whether it is success in an exam, obtaining a beneficial job, or anything else. As for visiting fortune-tellers who claim knowledge of the unseen by any method, it is not permissible to visit them, ask them, or believe them, due to the authentic hadiths established regarding them, some of which have been mentioned previously. And Allah is the source of help. Yes.
The presenter: And Allah is the Helper, may Allah reward you with good.
The first message in this episode is from one of our brother listeners, who indicated his name with the letters (A. M. D). Our brother’s message is two pages long, and the question in these two pages is about fortune-tellers and sorcerers, whose practice has spread even among students during exams and among those who are looking for work but cannot find it. These people write papers for them and order them to do various things, believing that these actions will bring them employment. They ask the Shaykh for guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance.
As for what follows: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified the ruling regarding fortune-tellers, astrologers, diviners, and those in their category who claim knowledge of events and the future through astrology, casting lots, or other hidden methods they claim reveal knowledge of the unseen. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that the ruling regarding these people is that it is not permissible to visit them, ask them, or believe them. It is established in Sahih Muslim from one of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
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 ليلةIn the second hadith, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
or who goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.
من أتى كاهنًا فصدقه بما يقول فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد ﷺIt is not one of us who performs sorcery, or has sorcery performed for him, or divines, or has divination done for him, or takes an omen, or has an omen taken for him
ليس منا من سحر أو سحر له أو تكهن أو تكهن له أو تطير أو تطير لهThose who claim knowledge of the unseen, or of luck, or of the hand, or when so-and-so will succeed, or when he will be accepted for a job, or anything similar to these people—all of this is among what Allah has forbidden: asking them, resorting to them, or believing them. The believer asks his Lord for success, facilitation, and ease. He asks his Lord to fulfill his need, whether it is success in an exam, obtaining a beneficial job, or anything else. As for visiting fortune-tellers who claim knowledge of the unseen by any method, it is not permissible to visit them, ask them, or believe them, due to the authentic hadiths established regarding them, some of which have been mentioned previously. And Allah is the source of help. Yes.
The presenter: And Allah is the Helper, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
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