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Double-Checking My Aqeedah on Jinn, Fortune Tellers, and the Unseen

Salam, everyone. I've been diving deeper into Aqeedah lately and want to make sure my grasp of a particular topic is spot-on according to orthodox Islam. Could you please correct me if anything sounds off? Here’s how I understand it: 1. **Absolute Future:** Only Allah SWT knows the absolute unseen (Al-Ghayb). No created being-not prophets, angels, or jinn-naturally knows what's coming tomorrow. 2. **The Angels:** Angels don’t know the future by themselves; they only know what Allah has already decreed and revealed to them for carrying out their tasks, like the decrees sent down on Laylat al-Qadr. 3. **The Jinn & Eavesdropping:** Jinn can’t see the future. But by Allah’s cosmic order-as a test for humanity-they attempt to reach the lowest heaven to overhear angels discussing decrees already put into motion by Allah. 4. **The “One Truth, A Hundred Lies” Trick:** If a jinn gets hit by a meteor but still snatches a scrap of news before escaping, it mixes that one stolen truth with a hundred lies to make it seem convincing and passes it to a fortune teller. If they’re chased away and grab nothing, it’s all lies. 5. **Fortune Tellers:** They’re frauds. If they make a lucky guess about the future, it’s only because their jinn partner snatched a piece of an already-existing decree-not because anyone actually sees tomorrow. They also use jinn to find out past or present info to deceive people. A couple of personal worries I have: * If someone had a mistaken belief before due to ignorance or cultural myths (like thinking jinn could see the future because of fortune tellers), but now they’ve learned the truth and fixed their belief, their past error is completely forgiven and their Islam remains sound, right? * If someone gets an involuntary thought (waswas) testing this idea-like a random thought about asking a fortune teller for lottery numbers-but they immediately hate the thought and feel terrified they committed kufr, that’s just waswas and not actual disbelief, correct? Jazakumullahu Khairan for helping me confirm this!

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Brother, you nailed it. The part about waswas is so real-shaytan plays with our heads. Just say 'A'udhu billah' and move on. That fear you feel is actually a sign of iman.

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I once got waswas about seeking a fortune teller during a tough time-immediately repented. Our imam said it’s like a whisper from outside, not your heart. You’re safe brother, keep learning.

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MashaAllah, you've got it right. As for the waswas, just ignore it. Imam Ahmad said such thoughts are pure faith if you hate them. Don't let shaytan trap you into thinking you're a kafir.

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Your points are clear. I'd add that repentance erases whatever you believed before, no matter how off it was. Allah is al-Ghafur ar-Rahim. Just don't go back to that junk.

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Good reminder ya akhi. The part about angels only knowing decrees they're ordered to execute-that's powerful. It really breaks the myth that creation has any access to ghayb on its own.

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Yeah, ignorance is something else. I used to hear wild stuff from elders back home about jinn knowing the future. Learning proper aqeedah is like washing off all that cultural nonsense.

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