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What is the ruling on one who believed that horoscopes are a science and did not know that it is a claim to the unseen, so is she excused by her ignorance or does she become an infidel, especially after the hadith reached her: "Whoever comes to a sorcerer or a soothsayer or a diviner and believes him in what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad," and she claimed that she did not know?

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These are whisperings from Satan. There is nothing in your aunt's words that necessitates her disbelief (kufr). Her belief that astrology is a science, like physics and chemistry, is a sound belief. Some sciences may indeed contain elements of disbelief. Furthermore, her statement "I did not know" is not disbelief, as it can be interpreted in many ways. A Muslim does not exit the fold of Islam except with certainty. Therefore, fear Allah and refrain from declaring Muslims disbelievers.

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