English translation
3726. It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbās that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever learns about the stars, he learns a branch of magic; the more he learns (of the former) the more he learns (of the latter)." (Hasan)
Hadith 3726
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Darussalam · Volume 5
Chapters On EtiquetteSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 3726 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1228
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Source no. 3726 · Volume 8 · Page 226
Hasan
حسن، الصحيحة (٧٩٣)
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Arabic text
3726 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ، اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ»
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a. The forbidden knowledge related to stars is astrology, which is supposedly used to fortell one's future or other matters of the unseen. b. Some people believe that if one is born under such a star, from the twelve stars, he will be of such and such characteristics, and the one who is born under such a star he will be of such qualities. Indeed, such faith is nothing but non-Islamic fantasies, some people consider it as 'the knowledge'. c. Palmists who read lines of a palm and inform people about their future also attribute the different lines of the palm to different stars, and then predicate their future, which is all is false. Therefore, it should be avoided.