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SALAM ALAKUM

I wanted to ask you what to do with the mess I made. I beleive in God, pray and all newly WA AL HAMDULLELLAH.

I made the mistake of going to a fortune teller, and she made soome spells to me for my fiancée because I was always fighting with him. Now, ANA OREAD AN ATOOB, shall I forget all about the things she gave me, or shall I do a certain thing with them.

Tell me what to do.

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Answer:

Cast a spell on my fiancee

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

All Praise is due to Allah Alone, who has guided you to the Straight Path of Islam, and made you aware of the grave error that you have committed in going to a ‘fortune teller’. These ‘fortune tellers’ and the likes of them who claim to know the unseen, and cast spells on people with their self-invented charms, are nothing but frauds and falsehoods, and they have absolutely no basis or authority from Allah Subhanah! No harm and no benefit can come to anyone, without the Will and Permission of Allah Subhanah Alone.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.232 Narrated by Aisha

Some people asked the Messenger of Allah (saws) about the fortune-tellers. The Prophet (saws) said to them, "They are nothing (i.e., liars)." The people said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true." The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinn snatches away by stealing, and then pours it in the ear of his fortne-teller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it a hundred lies."

If all the fotune-tellers and the jinns and the ‘charmers’ can get together, and they want to bring some good or evil unto you, they will not be able to do so, unless it is the Will of Allah Subhanah! Thus, a believer must always put his trust in Allah Alone and abstain from these evil acts of trying to caste a spell on someone, or seek the help of anyone except the Merciful Lord Alone!

Your Question: Now, ANA OREAD AN ATOOB, shall I forget all about the things she gave me, or shall I do a certain thing with them. Tell me what to do.

All Praise is due to Allah Subhanah who has guided you to turn back to Him in sincere Taubah and repentance. Simply discard and reject all the things which were given to you by this lying ‘fortune-teller’, and turn to Allah Subhanah in penitence. Seek sincere Taubah from Allah, and make a solemn covenant with Him that you will never ever do such a thing again. The Merciful Lord will, Insha Allah, not only forgive you your sins, but will also give you a huge reward for seeking repentance and Taubah from Him. Allah is indeed the All Forgiving, All Merciful.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help from anywhere.”

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan