SECOND REMINDER. Yaum Ar-Raaba'a 5th day of Zul-Qa'âdah (Wednesday 18th July). SEEKING ANY FORM OF HELP FROM FORTUNE TELLERS/ SOOTHSAYERS ETC IS FORBIDDEN. BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first reminder; Practitioners of occult arts, who claim to reveal the unseen and predict the future, can be divided into two main categories: 1.  Those who have no real knowledge or secrets but depend on telling their customers about general incidences which happen to most people. They often go through a series of meaningless rituals, and then make calculated general guesses. Some of their guesses, due to their generality, may come true. Most people tend to remember the few predictions that come true and quickly forget the many which do not. This tendency is a result of the fact that after some time, all the predictions tend to become half-forgotten thoughts in the subconscious until something happens to trigger their recall. For example, it has become common practice in North America to publish, at the beginning of each year, the various predictions of famous fortune-tellers. When a survey was taken of the various predictions for the year 1980CE, it was found that the most accurate fortune-teller among them was only twenty-four percent (24%) accurate in her predictions! 2. The second group are those who have made contact with the Jinn (another creation of Allah whom humans can't see but they can see us and can turn into other living and non living things such as snakes, dogs etc). This group is of most importance because it usually involves the grave sin of Shirk (associating others with Allah), and those involved often tend to be fairly accurate in their information and thus present a real Fitnah (trial and temptation) for both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Not only is the practice of astrology Haraam (forbidden by Islamic Law), but so are visiting an astrologist and listening to his predictions, buying books on astrology and reading one’s horoscope. Since astrology is mainly used for predicting the future, those who practice it are considered fortune-tellers. Consequently, one who seeks his horoscope comes under the ruling contained in the Prophet’s statement: "The daily prayers of whoever approaches a fortune-teller and asks him about anything will not be accepted for forty days and nights." [Saheeh Muslim]. To be continued in Shaa ALLAH. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge. Aameen.