MEDICAL SECTION · 21 – CONCERNING THE SOOTHSAYER
3904 – It is narrated from Abū Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever goes to someone who claims to give information about the unseen (soothsayer, kāhin)…” (Mūsā, one of the narrators, said: if he affirms what the soothsayer says. Then both narrators agreed on the following words) “…or goes to a woman, Musaddad said: ‘If he has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating or from behind, he has gone outside of what Allah revealed to Muhammad.’” [507]
EXPLANATION
Kāhin (soothsayer): A person who claims to possess knowledge about the future. It is stated that the faith (iman) of those who ask such people for information and affirm the information they give about the future is in danger. It is also stated that those who commit sodomy with their wives will not have a good end.