Is imagining minute details of matters such as parking a car, eating food, brushing teeth, or imagining things from the inside by one's will, considered a type of attempt to know the unseen or divination that leads to polytheism (shirk)? Or does it fall under the sciences of parapsychology, known as out-of-body experiences to know the unseen? And what is the ruling on that?
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Imagining the details of a face and mouth while eating is not an act of polytheism () or fortune-telling (kahana). One should distance themselves from such obsessions, for imagining such exaggerations may indicate a pathological condition that requires treatment. It is advisable to consult a psychiatrist.
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