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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ozykolla" data-source="post: 31306246" data-attributes="member: 580942">Attempting to predict the future through stars attributes knowledge of the unseen to something other than Allah, which contradicts tawhid (Allah's oneness).The Quran also prohibits related practices like divining arrows (a form of fortune-telling in pre-Islamic times):Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:3 & 5:90) condemns gambling, divination tools, and practices of ignorance that seek luck or decisions apart from Allah.Hadith and Scholarly ConsensusThe Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) explicitly forbade learning or practicing astrology for prediction purposes:He said: “Whoever acquires any knowledge of astrology has acquired a branch of magic (sihr), and the more he acquires, the more he acquires [of sin].” (Abu Dawud – graded Hasan)He stated that going to fortune-tellers (which includes astrologers claiming future knowledge) nullifies prayers for 40 days, and believing them amounts to disbelief in what was revealed to Muhammad (Sahih Muslim, etc.).</blockquote>

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