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Question 72: There are people who take omens for us from the Quran, give information about a person, and sometimes claim that we are cursed. They write a prayer and tell us to carry it to remove the curse, charging money for their services. What is the ruling on visiting these individuals and the validity of their actions?

✅Answer: The actions of these individuals and seeking them out have been condemned in numerous narrations. Here are a few:

عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْکُوفِیِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ قَابُوسَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ یَقُولُ الْمُنَجِّمُ مَلْعُونٌ وَ الْکَاهِنُ مَلْعُونٌ وَ السَّاحِرُ مَلْعُونٌ...

📚Al-Khisal, Vol. 1, p. 296

Translation: Nasr ibn Qabus said: I heard Imam Sadiq (AS) say: 'The astrologer (who claims to predict and determine fate based on stars) is cursed, the soothsayer (who claims to reveal past, future, and hidden matters) is cursed, and the magician is cursed…'

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ شُعَیْبِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ زَیْدٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ فِی حَدِیثِ الْمَنَاهِی أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله نَهَی عَنْ إِتْیَانِ الْعَرَّافِ وَ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَاهُ وَ صَدَّقَهُ فَقَدْ بَرِئَ مِمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ صلی الله علیه و آله

📚Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih, Vol. 4, p. 6

Translation: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) forbade going to a soothsayer and said: 'Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes him has disbelieved in what Allah has revealed to Muhammad (PBUH).'

Explanation: A 'soothsayer' refers to someone who claims to reveal past, future, and hidden matters, or guides people to lost things, etc.

فِی الْخِصَالِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِی بَصِیرٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَنْ تَکَهَّنَ أَوْ تُکُهِّنَ لَهُ فَقَدْ بَرِئَ مِنْ دِینِ مُحَمَّدٍ

📚Al-Khisal, Vol. 1, p. 19

عَنْ شُعَیْبٍ الْعَقَرْقُوفِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی بَصِیرٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِالرُّقَی مِنَ الْعَیْنِ وَ الْحُمَّی وَ الضِّرْسِ وَ کُلِّ ذَاتِ هَامَّةٍ لَهَا حُمَةٌ إِذَا عَلِمَ الرَّجُلُ مَا یَقُولُ لَا یُدْخِلْ فِی رُقْیَتِهِ وَ عُوذَتِهِ شَیْئاً لَا یَعْرِفُهُ

Translation: Imam Sadiq (AS) said: 'Whoever claims to reveal past, future, or hidden matters, or allows such things to be done for him, has disbelieved in the religion of Muhammad (PBUH).'

📚Tibb al-A’immah, p. 48

Translation: Imam Sadiq (AS) said: 'There is no harm in using protective prayers (ta'weez) for the evil eye, fever, toothache, or venomous bites, provided the person knows what he is reciting and does not include anything unknown in it.'

عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَیْمُونٍ السَّعْدِیِّ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَیْدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ کَثِیراً مِنَ التَّمَائِمِ شِرْکٌ

Explanation: Most prayer writers have no authentic sources for their prayers, making their practice an innovation. Moreover, they often include unclear symbols and words, which have been condemned in the above narration and others. One must understand what is included in a prayer.

📚Tibb al-A’immah, p. 48

Translation: Imam Sadiq (AS) said: 'Indeed, many amulets (written charms worn for protection) are a form of polytheism.'

✅It is evident that seeking out soothsayers, astrologers, and those who claim to reveal hidden matters—such as the location of stolen items—is severely condemned. The fact that their statements occasionally turn out to be correct does not validate their practice, as stated in narrations. The instructions and prayers they prescribe have no religious basis and are often unclear.

Moreover, fortune-telling and predicting the unseen remain forbidden regardless of whether one claims to derive it from the Quran, from jinn, or by any other means. In summary, none of these practices are valid or Islamic.

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