Ruling on Fortune-Telling

23-11-2000 | IslamWeb

Question:

On saturday I met a sister who was forfune-telling (after a coffee drink, she took the cup and return back to the plate and after few minutes, she took the cup and said a lot of things, related to the person who drank the coffee). I reacted by saying "Such things are innovation! She told me that Hz Fatima (r.a) had done so. It is the first time that I heard such things. Could you clarify me this please?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Fortune-telling is a kind of Kehaanah (soothsaying) which is forbidden. The reader claims to know past and future events while Allah Says (what means): {Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected."} [Quran 27: 65]

Far be it from Faatimah or any other companion of the Prophet to do such an evil deed which is synonymous to polytheism.

For more benefit on fortune-telling, please refer to Fataawa 225778, 228358, 328561 and 360988.

Allah knows best.