Is the narration "and he believed him" established in Sahih Muslim, and how can the hadiths that include this addition be reconciled with the hadiths that do not include it?
The word "فصدقه" (and believed him) is not present in the available versions of Muslim, but it has been attributed to it in some scholarly books such as "Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib" and "Riyadh Al-Salihin". Al-Albani authenticated the with the addition of "فصدقه" and mentioned that it is in Muslim, Ahmad, and Bukhari, while Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdullah refuted its attribution to Muslim in "Tayseer Al-Azeez Al-Hameed". Al-Albani, in "Al-Tawassul", cited the narration without the addition and attributed it to Muslim.
The addition of "فصدقه" is confirmed in sources other than Sahih Muslim, as Imam Ahmad narrated it, and Al-Arna'oot and Al-Albani authenticated its chain of transmission according to Muslim's conditions.
Reconciling the narrations depends on the situation of the one who consults a soothsayer:
1. One who consults him and asks him but does not believe him: His prayers will not be accepted for forty days (according to Sahih Muslim). 2. One who consults him, asks him, and believes him: He is considered a disbeliever, because he is belying Allah's statement: "Say: None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah." 3. One who consults him and asks him to refute him and test him: There is no harm in this; rather, it may be commendable for invalidating falsehood.
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