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مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq
كتاب المرضٰي و الطبBook of the Sick and Medicine
Believing fortune-tellers is equivalent to denying Allah's commands
Hadith 672
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ، نا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ خِلَاسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا أَوْ كَاهِنًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ)).
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "Whoever goes to a physiognomist or a soothsayer and affirms what he says (considers him truthful), then he has denied that which was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits:
In the Arabic language, a fortune-teller is called "al-‘arraaf," which literally also means "kahin" (soothsayer). ‘Urwah bin Hizam said: ((فَقُلْتُ لِعَرَّافِ الْيَمَامَةِ دَاوِنِي فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أَبْدَأْتَنِي لَطَبِيبٌ.)) "I said to the soothsayer and fortune-teller of Yamamah: Treat me, for if you cure me, then indeed you are a physician." (Lisan al-‘Arab: 9/238)
However, in the aforementioned hadith, by "‘arraaf" is meant a fortune-teller or physiognomist (qiyafah shanas), who claims knowledge of the unseen (‘ilm al-ghayb), which Allah Ta‘ala has reserved exclusively for His own knowledge. In Kitab al-Tawhid it is stated: Al-Baghawi rahimahullah said: A kahin or ‘arraaf is a person who claims to know matters through certain premises and introductions, by which he deduces the location and place of stolen or lost property, etc.
And in its marginal notes it is said: A kahin or ‘arraaf is a person who informs about various incidents, gives news about stolen goods and the thief, and likewise tells about lost things and their location. He claims to know these things through some causes and premises, false analogies, and satanic thoughts. Sometimes, devils also come to them, and the filthy breaths of the astrologer (najjum) mingle with the filthy breaths of their devilish brothers. (Hashiyah Kitab al-Tawhid by ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Qasim: p. 206)
In the Arabic language, a fortune-teller is called "al-‘arraaf," which literally also means "kahin" (soothsayer). ‘Urwah bin Hizam said: ((فَقُلْتُ لِعَرَّافِ الْيَمَامَةِ دَاوِنِي فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أَبْدَأْتَنِي لَطَبِيبٌ.)) "I said to the soothsayer and fortune-teller of Yamamah: Treat me, for if you cure me, then indeed you are a physician." (Lisan al-‘Arab: 9/238)
However, in the aforementioned hadith, by "‘arraaf" is meant a fortune-teller or physiognomist (qiyafah shanas), who claims knowledge of the unseen (‘ilm al-ghayb), which Allah Ta‘ala has reserved exclusively for His own knowledge. In Kitab al-Tawhid it is stated: Al-Baghawi rahimahullah said: A kahin or ‘arraaf is a person who claims to know matters through certain premises and introductions, by which he deduces the location and place of stolen or lost property, etc.
And in its marginal notes it is said: A kahin or ‘arraaf is a person who informs about various incidents, gives news about stolen goods and the thief, and likewise tells about lost things and their location. He claims to know these things through some causes and premises, false analogies, and satanic thoughts. Sometimes, devils also come to them, and the filthy breaths of the astrologer (najjum) mingle with the filthy breaths of their devilish brothers. (Hashiyah Kitab al-Tawhid by ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Qasim: p. 206)
Source: Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwayh, Page: 672
