Astrology! Explained in light of the Qur’an and Sunnah

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Astrology is  also a type of magic. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) stated: ” Whoever acquires a branch of knowledge of astrology has certainly acquired a branch of sorcery, increasing in it as he continues with it.” (Abu Dawood)

So this shows that astrology and horoscopes that have become popular in these days are branches of magic, since the writers of horoscopes seek to tell the future, which none knows except for Allah, and is a right that belongs only to Allah, The Mighty, The Majestic. The more a person learns astrology , the more he enters into sorcery. The astrologers  believe that the position of the planets  and stars , the celestial bodies, have an effect on earthy affairs, and human occurrences, such as marriage, divorce,births and deaths.

We must understand that Allah did not divide magic into good magic and evil magic or black magic or white magic as some people think. Rather magic in all its forms is forbidden.

The Prophet pbuh  when asked about repelling one kind of magic with another kind of magic  or with the aid of devils from the jinn, responded: ” It is from the deeds of the  devil.” (Abu Dawood, Ahmad.)

Muslims should know that magic and its effects are repelled by the recital of certain Qur’anic verses and authentic supplications in a manner that brings about cure; this is known as “ruqyah.” The way Ruqyah is carried out must not involve sins or disobedience such as smoking or drinking of intoxicants, idolatry (shirk), such as slaughtering animals to the jinn, the angels, the prophets or the dead.

So we ask Allah swt to give us protection and security from the evil of magic and magicians.

One protects himself and finds cure by the remembrance of Allah (zikr),supplications, and the authentically reported

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recitals.

And from the best cures for the effects of magic is to try to locate the source of magic which sometimes can be buried in mountains, houses or other than that. And if the object used to bring about the magic is found , it should be destroyed so as to make it ineffective.

Muslims should avoid and keep away from soothsayers, so called “peers”, astrologers and other who claim to have knowledge of the unseen or the future, regardless of how they say they have acquired  this knowledge. Likewise one must avoid amulets and charms in their pursuit of seeking cure as all of this opposes clear texts from the Qur’an and the Sunnah.