ANSWER: First of all, istikhara cannot be done for others and anyone claiming to know the unseen is either a liar or a soothsayer. You must advise your mother to stop going to such people as believing in those who claim to know the unseen future takes a person out of the folds of Islam.

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ANSWER: Of course not! Believing in such predictions can nullify a person’s Islam as he is claiming to know the future!  Nobody has this knowledge but Allah and claiming to know this or predicting future events is absolutely prohibited in Islam and what they claim is totally baseless.

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ANSWER: This is absolutely not permissible and this person is a sorcerer who utilizes jinn. Going to such a person and believing in him would take a person out of the fold of Islam. Repent to Allah and never go to such people ever again.   PROTECTION:You must maintain your 5 daily prayers on time without fail. […]

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ANSWER: Believing that names will cause one to become lucky and benefit is a form of shirk.

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ANSWER: I don’t know of such a hadeeth. If an innovator or a mushirk repented before dying, Allah will forgive them.  There is a hadeeth where the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa Sallam had said: Allah had blocked repentance from every innovator.  This doesn’t mean that Allah doesn’t accept his repentance. It means that because […]

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ANSWER: The hadeeth of the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi sa sallam is clear. “Whoever goes to a fortune teller, Allah will not accept his prayers for 40 days” The hadeeth talks about going to a fortune teller. When one reads about this in a novel, he didn’t go to one. It is like someone telling him about his experience […]

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ANSWER: No, It is not permissible as it includes shirk and exaggeration in praising the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam.  Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: The qaseedah or ode al-Burdah is regarded as one of the most famous poems in praise of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), if not […]

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