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Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about something and believes him, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights

عن بعض أزواج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلَاةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً».
Some of the Prophet's wives reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him about something and believes him, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights."
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Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warns us against going to soothsayers - a general term also applying to fortune tellers, astrologers, geomancers, and others who use certain things as means for knowing the unseen - and says that if a person merely asks a soothsayer about anything of the unseen, Allah will deny him the reward for his prayers for forty days, as a punishment for this great sin and misdeed.

Benefits
  1. It is prohibited to go to fortune tellers and ask them about matters related to the unseen.
  2. One may be deprived of the reward for an act of piety as a punishment for the commission of a sin.
  3. This Hadīth also applies to horoscopes, palmistry, and coffee reading, even if only for merely getting information, for all this falls under divination and the claim of knowing the unseen.
  4. If this is the punishment for one who goes to a soothsayer, then what about the punishment for the soothsayer himself?
  5. The prayers of the forty days are valid and should not be offered again, but there is no reward for those prayers.
Reference

صحيح مسلم (4/ 1751) (2230). مسند أحمد (27/ 197) (16638). الجديد في شرح كتاب التوحيد، للقرعاوي (ص238). الملخص في شرح كتاب التوحيد، للفوزان (ص213).

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Do you think that if I perform the obligatory payers, fast Ramadan, treat the lawful as lawful, and treat the unlawful as unlawful,

عن جابر رضي الله عنه: أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ، وَصُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ، وَأَحْلَلْتُ الْحَلَالَ، وَحَرَّمْتُ الْحَرَامَ، وَلَمْ أَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا، أَأَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ»، قَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أَزِيدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا.
Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man said to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): "Do you think that if I perform the obligatory payers, fast Ramadan, treat the lawful as lawful, and treat the unlawful as unlawful, and do not do anything else beyond that, will I enter Paradise?" He said: 'Yes.' He said: "By Allah, I will not do anything more than that."
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Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) points out that if a person performs the five obligatory prayers and does not offer supererogatory ones, fasts Ramadan and does not observe voluntary fasting, and regards the lawful as lawful and acts upon it and regards the unlawful as unlawful and avoids it, he will enter Paradise.

Benefits
  1. A Muslim should be keen on performing obligations and avoiding prohibited things, and his goal should be entering Paradise.
  2. The Hadīth highlights the significance of doing what is lawful and regarding it as lawful and avoiding what is unlawful and regarding it as unlawful.
  3. Fulfilling obligations and avoiding the prohibitions is a means leading to Paradise.
Reference

صحيح مسلم (1/ 44) (15). جامع العلوم والحكم (1/513). شرح الأربعين النووية للعثيمين (ص: 215). فتح القوي المتين في شرح الأربعين للعباد (ص 77).

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