What is the ruling on seeking treatment from sorcerers and fortune-tellers?
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Question:
This is a letter we received from Khamis Mushait from the listener 'Abd ibn Hamd. He says in his letter: Is it permissible to seek treatment from a sorcerer or a fortune-teller? And is this considered shirk (associating partners with Allah) that invalidates one's deeds, or not?
Answer:
It is not permissible to seek treatment from sorcerers and fortune-tellers; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade going to fortune-tellers and sorcerers. He said: And he said -may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him-: Sahih Muslim 2230 Narrated by Muslim in the Sahih. The term "diviner" (al-'arraf) is applied to the fortune-teller, the astrologer, the sorcerer, the palm reader, and their like. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 639Hasan (Darussalam) -may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him-. He said: .
Therefore, it is not befitting for a believer to go to diviners, or fortune-tellers, or astrologers. Rather, he should avoid them with the utmost caution. It is not permissible to ask them, nor to believe them. Asking them is blameworthy (munkar), and it is not shirk, but it is blameworthy. And believing them regarding knowledge of the unseen, if one believes them that they know the unseen, this is major shirk; because knowledge of the unseen belongs to Allah . So whoever claims that anyone knows the unseen, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or otherwise, he is a disbeliever; because knowledge of the unseen belongs to Allah . Allah the Exalted said: [Surah al-Naml: 65]. So the unseen is with Him , not with anyone else. Yes.
This is a letter we received from Khamis Mushait from the listener 'Abd ibn Hamd. He says in his letter: Is it permissible to seek treatment from a sorcerer or a fortune-teller? And is this considered shirk (associating partners with Allah) that invalidates one's deeds, or not?
Answer:
It is not permissible to seek treatment from sorcerers and fortune-tellers; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade going to fortune-tellers and sorcerers. He said:
Do not go to them
لا تأتوهمHe 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 يومًاor 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 محمدHe is not one of us who practices sorcery or has sorcery performed on him, and he is not one of us who practices divination or has divination performed on him.
ليس منا من سحر أو سُحر له، وليس منا من تكهن أو تُكهن لهTherefore, it is not befitting for a believer to go to diviners, or fortune-tellers, or astrologers. Rather, he should avoid them with the utmost caution. It is not permissible to ask them, nor to believe them. Asking them is blameworthy (munkar), and it is not shirk, but it is blameworthy. And believing them regarding knowledge of the unseen, if one believes them that they know the unseen, this is major shirk; because knowledge of the unseen belongs to Allah . So whoever claims that anyone knows the unseen, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or otherwise, he is a disbeliever; because knowledge of the unseen belongs to Allah . Allah the Exalted said:
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قُلْ لا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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