حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَا اقْتَبَسَ رَجُلٌ عِلْمًا مِنْ النُّجُومِ إِلَّا اقْتَبَسَ بِهَا شُعْبَةً مِنْ السِّحْرِ مَا زَادَ زَادَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2000
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet said: "No man ever learns anything about astrology but he also learns a branch of witchcraft; whoever learns more (of the former) learns more (of the latter)."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020