Hadith 79

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 23: Medicine and Spells

Chapter 3

Divination - Section 1

باب الكهانة - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 4595
وعن حفصة قالت : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : . رواه مسلم
" من أتى عرافا فسأله عن شيء لم تقبل صلاة أربعين ليلة "
Hafsa reported God’s messenger as saying:

“If anyone resorts to a diviner (arraf) and asks him about anything prayer will not be accepted from him for forty days.”* Muslim transmitted it. * Literally, Nights.