Does watching a video of an astrologer and believing some of his future predictions after they come true constitute disbelief (kufr), knowing that Allah alone is the Knower of the Unseen?
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Fear Allah and repent to Him, and abandon listening to soothsayers; for it is a grave evil. Going to them can be major disbelief, or lesser than that. Predicting the future does not entirely fall under claiming knowledge of the unseen; rather, there is a detailed explanation regarding it.
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