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  • Predicting future looks of babies through aging pictures

    Shaikh, with technological advantages, some people are making pictures of future adult/teenager/old-aged faces of a person who is a baby or an infant at present based on the features of the baby's face. Is this some kind of fortune telling? And if a person who prays shows interest in that, are all their prayers invalid for 40 days? How can they continue.. More

  • Doubting the existence of magic

    I have constant feelings that magic does not exist even though I know that God has mentioned it in the Quran. I tell myself that it is real and that I believe in it, but I feel that I do not really believe and only tell myself this for fear of becoming a disbeliever. One day, I had thought, "If I really believe in magic, can I swear by Allaah that it.. More

  • Allah Almighty only knower of Unseen

    Can something besides Allah hear, see, or know something when they are not there? Does a stone or a tree hear, see, or know what is in the heavens, for example? I often think of such questions; I believe that they come from the devil. Please answer me. .. More

  • Visiting famous palm reader

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Is it forbidden in Islam to visit a palm reader? I intend to visit Ketut Liyer, a palm reader, in Bali. I do not believe in palmistry, nor do I even have a curiosity to know what he might tell me. The purpose of that visit will be to meet Ketut Liyer, who appeared in the movie "Eat, Pray and Love"... More

  • Stopping imposter from deceiving and harming people

    Assalaamu alaykum and Ramadan Mubarak. My question is the following: I found out that a man does Ruqyah (healing through Quran and supplications) and Hijaamah (cupping) for others. However, he works with the jinn; he also has co-workers just for business. I also found out that he touches women and then makes advances later on towards younger girls... More

  • What Abu Hayyaan said about those who claim to know the unseen

    I want to ask about the commentary of Abu Hayyaan Al-Andalusi on verse 188 of Surah Al-A'raf, from Tafsir Al-Bahr Al-Muheet, if not all of it, then please at least tell us a gist of that when he is talking about the people of Egypt regarding their claim of so and so having knowledge of the Unseen. It is very important; I am unable to translate it; I.. More

  • Drinking lot of water to treat magic

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu Shaykh. I was told that drinking water is good for me because sorcery was done on me. I want to know whether I would be doing something against the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,by drinking even when I am full or almost full, as the hadith says, “The son of Adam does not.. More

  • Predicting gender of fetus by ring and thread forbidden divination

    I am pregnant by my husband, and there is an old wives' tale about gender prediction that says that if you hold a ring and thread over your stomach you will know whether it is a boy or a girl because of how the ring moves. My husband, who is Muslim, says that he cannot do this and cannot believe in it because it is a form of divination. To me, it is.. More

  • Saying that the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, sees and hears everything is a false statement

    Is the following statement Shirk (polytheism): Allaah has given the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,special powers, he is all-hearing and all-seeing (omnipresent). With security cameras, we can see different things at the same time; similarly, theProphet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,can see different things at the same time with the powers.. More

  • Refuting some statements of Barelvis

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Shaykh, some of the Barelvis say, “How is it Shirk (polytheism) to say that Muhammed, sallallaahu ʻalayhi wa sallam,knows the Unseen; everything is written in thePreserved Tabletand the Pen and the Preserved Tablet are part of the creation of Allaah, The Exalted, and they know it given that Allaah,.. More

  • He suspects that his son-in-law used magic to marry his daughter

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Black magic: My daughter was engaged to a person for three years, but somehow that ended. Six months before the relation ended, my cousin proposed to my daughter, but as she was already engaged, I rejected that. He insisted that I end her engagement and give my daughter to him, but how could I do that.. More

  • Knowing the Dajjaal's place of death does not contradict Quran 31:34

    Salam alaikum, From the hadith of Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam we know that Dajjal will be killed in Jerusalem. I know ofcourse that Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said this because he got knowledge by Allah about this.Now I have one question which little confuse me. In surah Luqman is said: ....No person knows what he will earn tomorrow,.. More

  • Her mother has become ill after practicing magic unknowingly

    salam, iam a female. am married for 2nd time now. my first marriage was very bad and i had undergone many many problems and ultimately i have to divorce my first husband. My mother was totally broke becoz as my father is not there and no one to look after me and we are 7 sisters and with great difficulty i got married and without thinking anything about.. More

  • A Muslim must not believe anyone who claims to know the Unseen

    Assalam o Alaikum Whenever something precious of ours gets lost, example jewelry or money, there is a maid in my aunt's house who helps us find it (if she can). She has a sort of "Ilm" 1. she tells us an Ayat to keep reciting. 2. She prays at night and goes to sleep, sees something in her dream and tells us "stop looking. it is now lost." or "keep searching.. More

  • Slaughtering a black sacrifice in particular is a sign of magic

    Asalamu Alaikum, a friend of mine told me on phone that He went to one Islamic scholar for prayer and it happened that I was asked to also come for a special prayer, inwhich I'm going to slaughter a Black Goat for Sadakat at the end of the Prayer. However, I refused to accept the invitation because I considered it as Bidiah against Islam. Therefore,.. More