Observation

The question was popular among the candidates and most of them who attempted it performed below expextation, they could not give some necessary Qur’ānic quotations that negate the practice of fortune-telling. To get good mark, candidates were expected to mention the following points:

Fortune-telling is the act of predicting future events. (Introduction)

1. Fortune- telling is regarded as a form of Shirk in Islam.
2. It involves the prediction of future occurrences and events.
3. It implies competition with Allah Who is the only Knower of the unseen (6:59, 72.26).
4. It is capable of corrupting one’s faith in Allah.
5. A fortune- teller is an agent of Shayṭān and Jinn.
6. Whoever believes the prediction of a fortune-teller will have his Ṣalāt not accepted for forty days according to the Prophet (S.A.W.).
7. Such predictions often turn out to be false.
8. Whatever comes true as predicted by a fortune- teller is with the wish of the Almighty (Q.18:22).
9. The stars are designed to scare the agents of Shayṭān from spying His Divine Decrees which they eventually use to create confusion and enmity among people who consult them (Q.37:6-10).
10. The unseen comprises five events which no other person shares with Allah (Q.31:34).
11. One of the events is the knowledge of what is in the womb.
12. The knowledge of the Hour is only known to Him.
13. Where one will be buried is an exclusive knowledge of Allah.
14. What will become of man in the next moment is only known to Him.
15. Whoever lays claim to the knowledge of these events is a liar and a pure disbeliever.
16. The Prophet (S.A.W.) discouraged Muslims from consulting fortune –tellers.
17. Whoever goes to a soothsayer or fortune-teller and believes in what he says has disbelieved in what has been revealed to Muhammad (S.A.W.) (Hadith).