What is the ruling on the Hadith mentioned in Sahih Muslim concerning Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam's response to the sneezer during prayer, and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) prohibition of people speaking during it, followed by his questioning about divination, augury, and geomancy, and does the part "a prophet among the prophets used to draw lines, so whoever draws lines similar to his, that is it" serve as evidence for the permissibility of astrology by drawing lines on sand?

This fatwa affirms that geomancy and claiming knowledge of the unseen are actions of false soothsayers, and that the prophetic hadith, "There was a prophet among the prophets who used to draw lines, and whoever's line matched his, then that [was permissible]," does not indicate the permissibility of this act, but rather its prohibition. The lines were a specific sign for that prophet, and the condition of permissibility being tied to matching his lines is impossible to fulfill. Scholars have unanimously agreed on the prohibition of geomancy now, and that the hadith is interpreted as a denunciation, or that its permissibility was contingent upon a non-existent condition, or that it was specific to that prophet as an affirmation of his revelation. Prophets do not claim knowledge of the unseen; rather, they convey what Allah has revealed to them. Therefore, whoever claims knowledge of the unseen through geomancy is an impostor.