Soothsayers, Fortune-Tellers, Diviners and Astrologers in Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah

DescriptionAbu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wahid Alam | Salafi PublicationsIt has been reported through numerous authentic narrations that the one who visits the fortune-teller, soothsayer or astrologer and asks him concerning an affair from the unseen or the future, and believes in that which he says, then such a person is considered to have disbelieved in that which was revealed upon the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) and the Prophets before him.The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever comes to a fortune-teller and asks him regarding an affair, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days.”He also (Peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever comes to a soothsayer [or fortune-teller] and believes in that which he says, then he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.”This treatise is based on al-‘Allamah Ahmad Ibn Yahya an-Najmi’s (may Allah have mercy on him) explanation of Shaikh Al-Islam Muhammad ‘Abdul-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) Kitab at-Tawhid with rearrangement and additional notes by Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wahid.