A--- Soothsayers are considered from among the Taghuts (28) who are helpers of the devils who inspire them as mentioned by Allah the Almighty: {And certainly, the Shayatin (devils) do inspire their friends (from mankind) to dispute with you, and if you obey them (by making AIMaitah (a dead animal) legal by eating it], then you would indeed be Mushrikun (polytheists); [because they (devils and their friends) made lawful to you to eat that which Allah has made unlawful to eat and you obeyed them by considering it lawful to eat, and by doing so you worshipped them; and to worship others besides Allah is polytheism]}. (AlAn-' am, 121)

They descend upon them, disclosing what they may hear and they add to it one-hundred lies of their own. Allah the Almighty says: {Shall I inform you (O people!) upon whom the Shayatin (devils)

descend? They descend on every lying, sinful person. Who gives ear (to the devils and they pour what they may have heard of the Unseen from the angels), and most of them are liars}. (Ash Shu' ra', 221-223)

Narrated `A'ishah (May Allah be pleased with her): Some people asked the Prophet (Peace be upon him) regarding the soothsayers. He said:

"They are nothing." They said: "O Allah's Messenger! Some of their talks come true. "The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: "That word which happens to be true is what a Jinn snatches away by stealth (from the Heaven) and pours it in the ears of his friend (the foreteller) with a sound like the cackling of a hen. The soothsayers then mix with that word, one hundred lies.” (29) (Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah)