Are horoscopes and tarot halal?
Haram. Seeking knowledge of the unseen from fortune tellers is prohibited; the hadith says the prayer of one who consults a fortune teller is not accepted for forty nights (Sahih Muslim 2230).
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- Are horoscopes and tarot halal?
- Haram. Seeking knowledge of the unseen from fortune tellers is prohibited; the hadith says the prayer of one who consults a fortune teller is not accepted for forty nights (Sahih Muslim 2230).
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- Halal or Not? rulebook topic “Horoscopes, tarot and fortune telling”, live answer (checked 28 September 2026)
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