Is it wrong in Islam, to know about the general characteristics of people belonging to each zodiac sign.
Question
We know that reading about future is prohibited, but what about just the characteristics? Jazakallaah khair
Answer
The zodiacal signs evolve from the ancient Babylonia and moved into China , India, the West etc. They in turn added their traditions and practices
to it .So being conceptulized by man and based on traditions and myths that are man made cannot be used to make a judgement that people born under the same sign share the same or similar
characteristics.
Zodiocal signs being the tools of fortunetellers and soothsayers rules out the use of these
signs as Stated in a HAdith " Whoever goes to a fortuneteller or soothsayer and believes in what he says then he has disbelived in what has been revealed to Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam).
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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