Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about something and believes him, his prayer wil…

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Authenticity grade : Authentic

Hadith text: Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about somethi…

عن بعض أزواج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً».

Some of the Prophet's wives reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about something and believes him, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights."

Explanation of the hadith: Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about somethi…

Lessons: Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about somethi…

• It is prohibited to go to fortune tellers and ask them about matters related to the unseen.
• One may be deprived of the reward for an act of piety as a punishment for the commission of a sin.
• This Hadīth also applies to horoscopes, palmistry, and coffee reading, even if only for merely getting information, for all this falls under divination and the claim of knowing the unseen.
• If this is the punishment for one who goes to a soothsayer, then what about the punishment for the soothsayer himself?
• The prayers of the forty days are valid and should not be offered again, but there is no reward for those prayers.

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