The Difference Between Sorcery and Fortune-Telling

The questioner:
The questioner asks: What is the difference between sorcery and fortune-telling?

The Shaykh:
Sorcery is not the same as fortune-telling. Fortune-telling is reporting hidden matters through the jinn. This is done through the fortune-tellers. The jinn descend upon the fortune-tellers and inform them of some hidden things. As for sorcery, it is the practice of using something from plants, or something strange, or tying knots and blowing into them to cause harm through the knots. This is real sorcery. There is also imaginary sorcery that has no reality, which is called al-qamrah. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
The scholars say that sorcery consists of incantations, knots, and fumes. They mix medicines to produce the sorcery. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,