The Salah of whoever approaches a fortune teller and asks him about anything will not be accepted for 4- days and nights (Reported by Hafsa and collected by Muslim) Is this hadith correct?
Question
The Salah of whoever approaches a fortune teller and asks him about anything will not be accepted for 4- days and nights (Reported by Hafsa and collected by Muslim)
Is this hadith correct?
Answer
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalāmu ῾alaykum wa Rahmatullāhi Wabarakātuh
The hadith mentioned is authentic and is found in Al Saheeh Al Muslim.
“Whoever approaches a fortune teller and asks him anything, his salaah will not be accepted for forty nights.”
(Al Saheeh Al Muslim V-2, P-233 Rasheediyah)
And Allāh Ta῾āla Knows Best
Wassalāmu ῾alaykum
Ml. Ebrahim Desai,
Student Dārul Iftā
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Dārul Iftā
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
حدثنا محمد بن المثنى العنزي حدثنا يحيى ( يعني ابن سعيد ) عن عبيدالله عن نافع عن صفية عن بعض أزواج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال من أتى عرافا فسأله عن شيء لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين ليلة
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- Ml. Ebrahim Desai
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- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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