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THIRD 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 and second Reminders. The punishment in the Hadeeth mentioned in the second reminder is simply for approaching and asking the astrologist, even if one is in doubt about the truth of his statements. When one is in doubt about the truth or falsehood of astrological information, this entails that he is in doubt about whether or not others know the unseen and the future besides ALLAH. This is a form of Shirk, because Allah has clearly stated (what means): "And with HIM [i.e., Allah] are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except HIM." [Quran 6:59] As well as (what means): "Say (O Muhammad): 'None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except ALLAH…'" [Quran: 27:65]. Going to these fortune tellers and pastors etc indirectly means you don't trust what ALLAH and HIS Messenger said AstaghfirulLah. If, however, one believes in the predictions of their horoscopes, whether spoken by an astrologist or written in books of astrology, he falls directly into Kufr (disbelief) as stated by the Prophet: "Whoever approaches an oracle or fortune-teller and believes in what he says, has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad." [Ahmad & Abu Daawood]. Like the previous narration, this one literally refers to the fortune-teller and it is just as applicable to the astrologist. Both claim knowledge of the future. The astrologist’s claim is just as opposed to Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) as the ordinary fortune-teller. He claims that people’s personalities are determined by the stars, and their future actions and the events of their lives are written in the stars. The ordinary fortune-teller claims that the formation of tea leaves at the bottom of a cup, or lines in a palm, tell him the same thing. In both cases, individuals claim the ability to read in the physical formation of created objects, knowledge of the unseen. True Muslims are, therefore, obliged to stay far away from these areas. Thus, rings, chains, etc., which have the signs of the Zodiac on them should not be worn, even if one does not believe in them. They are part and parcel of a fabricated system which propagates Kufr and should be done away with entirely. No believing Muslim should ask another what his star-sign is, or attempt to guess what it is. Nor should he or she read horoscope columns in newspapers or listen to them being read. Any Muslim who allows astrological predictions to determine his actions should seek Allah’s forgiveness and renew his Islam. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge. Aameen.  

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