Does the one who goes to a fortune teller and asks him about something become a kaafir?

How can we reconcile between the two following hadeeths?
1 – "Whoever goes to a fortune teller and asks him about something and
believes him, his prayers will not be accepted for forty days."
Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh.
2 – "Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes what he says has
disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad." Narrated by Abu
Dawood. The firsthadeeth does not point to kufr whereas the second
hadeeth does.
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no contradictionbetween the two hadeeth. What is meant by the
hadeeth " Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes what he says has
disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad" is that the one
who asks a soothsayer a question, believing that he tells the truth
and that he knows the unseen, has committed an act of kufr, because he
has gone against the Qur'aan in which Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning): "Say: "None in the heavens and the earth knows theGhaib
(Unseen) except Allaah" [al-Naml 27:65]. As for the second hadeeth,
"Whoever goesto a fortune teller and asks him about something and
believes him, his prayers will not be accepted for forty days", which
was narrated by Muslim, it does not contain the words "and believes
him".
Thus we learn that if a person goes to a fortuneteller and asks him
anything, his prayer will not be accepted for fortydays, and if he
believes him, then he has committed an act of kufr.
And Allaah is the source of strength. May Allaah send blessings and
peace on our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. End
quote.
Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azez ibn baaz, Shaykh 'Abd al-Razzaaq 'Afeefi, Shaykh
'Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah li'l-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wa'l-Ifta' (2/48)

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