Warning against those who call themselves Fortune Tellers
التحذير ممن يدّعون عِلم الغيب
Among the obligations of the heart is to rely on Allah:
Reliance on Allah means to believe firmly that Allah is the One Who creates both the benefit and the harm; no one can benefit you with anything except that which Allah willed for you, and no one can inflict any harm on you if Allah did not will for that matter to happen to you.
As a result of this belief, one relies on Allah to get one’s own sustenance and any other benefit and to be safe from illnesses.
Consequently, it is sinful to leave out relying on Allah and instead go to the sorcerers and the so called fortune tellers in order to seek benefit or to alleviate harm or even just to know about the future.
Whoever goes to a so called fortune teller to ask him about something believing that such a person knows the whole unforeseen (al-ghayb) commits blasphemy.
Many people nowadays wait for such people on New Year’s Eve. Do not be tempted and deceived by them. Only Allah knows the whole unforeseen.
Know that the one who goes to them believing that they know about the unforeseen, has belied Allah and His Messenger, for none knows about the unforeseen except Allah, the Exalted.
{قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ}
Sourat An-Naml, Ayah 65 means:[Say, no one in the heavens and earth knows the unforeseen except Allah]
Fortune telling
Dear brothers in Islam,
Among the obligations of the heart is to rely on Allah. Reliance on Allah means to believe firmly that Allah is the One Who creates both the benefit and the harm; no one can benefit you with anything except that which Allah willed for you, and no one can inflict any harm on you if Allah did not will for that matter to happen to you. As a result of this belief, one relies on Allah to get one’s own sustenance and any other benefit and to be safe from illnesses, to be safe from harm, and to be relieved from different calamities. Consequently, it is sinful to leave relying on Allah and instead one would go to the sorcerers and the fortune tellers in order to seek benefit or to alleviate harm or even just to know about the future. Whoever goes to a soothsayer or a fortune teller to ask him about something believing that such a person knows the whole unforeseen (al-ghayb) commits blasphemy. Do not be tempted and deceived by some imposters who might tell some truthful information about your life because such people would have connection with some devils who might provide them with some information which they know about you and which they might have heard from the angels.
A fortune-teller (kahin) is a person who claims the ability to foresight the future, such as the ones who befriend some of the Jinn and rely on their sayings in which they spread and portray as the future. On the other hand, a ^arraf is a person who claims the ability to ascertain past events, such as knowing about stolen goods.
Know that the one who goes to either a kahin or a ^arraf, believing that they know about the unforeseen, has belied Allah and His Messenger, for none knows about the unforeseen except Allah, the Exalted. Surat An-Naml, Ayah 65 means: [Say, none in the heavens and earth knows the unforeseen except Allah]. The one who thinks that what they have been told has the possibility of either occurring or not occurring, does not commit blasphemy, however, he is sinful for merely asking them.
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