Is it possible for a girl to know a person's circumstances just by looking at their eyes or their picture, and is what happens to her, such as bruising at night after informing girls of their truths, a normal thing?
What has been mentioned about soothsaying (كهانة) is forbidden by Islamic law and constitutes a claim to knowledge of the Unseen. Islamic law has prohibited going to soothsayers and believing them. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said about soothsayers: "That word is from the jinn; the jinn snatches it and then cackles it into the ear of his protégé like a hen, and they mix with it more than a hundred lies." Imam An-Nawawi also emphasized that soothsaying comprises three types: reporting what is stolen by eavesdropping from the sky (this type became invalid after the Prophet's mission), reporting what happens in the remote parts of the earth (they are sometimes truthful and sometimes lie), and astrologers. All these types are called soothsaying, and Islamic law has forbidden believing them and going to their practitioners. Authentic hadiths have been narrated prohibiting soothsaying and consulting soothsayers, among them his (the Prophet's) saying, peace and blessings be upon him: "Do not go to soothsayers," and "He is not one of us who practices evil omens or has them practiced for him, or who practices soothsaying or has it practiced for him," and "Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad." Therefore, the girl must be advised to desist from this and be guided to the truth, and the school administration should be informed if she does not comply.
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