What is the ruling on social media applications and websites that report on people's characteristics and relationships, and do they take the ruling of astrology?
There is no evidence to prove the existence of applications that reveal secrets or the extent of friends' loyalty, for only Allah knows such things. If these applications report on a friend's characteristics based on data you input, it is a superficial judgment that does not guarantee the truth. However, if they rely on names, birth dates, or pictures, it is divination and a claim to know the unseen, and it is impermissible to interact with them or believe them, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and asks him about something, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights," and "Whoever goes to a fortune-teller or a soothsayer and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad."
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