What is the ruling on the hadith: "The astrologers are liars, even if they tell the truth"?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I would like to ask our Shaykh about the saying: "The astrologers are liars, even if they tell the truth." Is this a hadith or what?
The Shaykh : This is not a hadith at all.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is a saying that is made, and it is a correct saying.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the astrologers do not know the unseen.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Allah says:[An-Naml 27:65].
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And some of the astrologers have connections with the world of the jinn.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the world of the jinn, being part of the unseen.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is possible that they lie to the humans, and this has come in authentic hadiths.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it is possible that they throw stones at the unseen and guess close to what the people of meteorology do today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They say, for example, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the weather will be rainy or clear, or so on, and then the facts prove them wrong, even though this is based on knowledge, meaning material, and is mostly accurate. As for the astrologers mentioned in that saying, they are mostly a group of charlatans.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Their words are not to be trusted.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the word is not a hadith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is all.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah keep you safe, if Allah wills, O people.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I would like to ask our Shaykh about the saying: "The astrologers are liars, even if they tell the truth." Is this a hadith or what?
The Shaykh : This is not a hadith at all.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is a saying that is made, and it is a correct saying.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the astrologers do not know the unseen.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Allah says:
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قُلْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And some of the astrologers have connections with the world of the jinn.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the world of the jinn, being part of the unseen.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is possible that they lie to the humans, and this has come in authentic hadiths.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And it is possible that they throw stones at the unseen and guess close to what the people of meteorology do today.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They say, for example, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the weather will be rainy or clear, or so on, and then the facts prove them wrong, even though this is based on knowledge, meaning material, and is mostly accurate. As for the astrologers mentioned in that saying, they are mostly a group of charlatans.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Their words are not to be trusted.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the word is not a hadith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is all.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may Allah keep you safe, if Allah wills, O people.
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