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Does the prohibition mentioned in the hadiths regarding visiting soothsayers apply to "al-Mukhawwin" who claim to foretell people's affairs through jinn possessing them?

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Visiting soothsayers and diviners and asking them about anything is forbidden, and a severe warning has been issued against those who do so. If someone goes to a soothsayer and asks them about something, and believes them, their prayers will not be accepted for forty days. And if someone goes to a diviner and believes what they say, they have disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad. A diviner is one who claims to know some hidden matters and asserts that jinn inform them of such. Diviners claim knowledge of the unseen through their devils, but they mix truth with falsehood. It is not permissible to go to sorcerers, diviners, and charlatans, nor to ask them anything. Rather, they must be prevented. Instead, one should go to righteous people known for performing ruqyah (Islamic exorcism) according to the Sharia, and they will perform it for them.

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