Breaking sorcery with sorcery and the meaning of the Salaf's statement
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to break sorcery with sorcery? What is the meaning of the Salaf's statement that sorcery is not broken except by a sorcerer?
Answer:
It is not permissible to practice sorcery, neither to perform it initially nor to use it for treatment, because it is disbelief (kufr). It is not permissible to seek treatment through disbelief. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani) And sorcery is the greatest of what is forbidden (haram) because it is disbelief, and may Allah protect us from it. Allah the Exalted said: "They teach people sorcery" [Al-Baqarah 2:102] So He ruled that they are disbelievers for teaching people sorcery, up to the end of the verses that indicate the disbelief of the sorcerer. Therefore, it is not permissible to use sorcery, neither initially nor as a treatment, because it is disbelief. The Muslim avoids disbelief, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has not made our healing in what He has forbidden to us. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to break sorcery with sorcery? What is the meaning of the Salaf's statement that sorcery is not broken except by a sorcerer?
Answer:
It is not permissible to practice sorcery, neither to perform it initially nor to use it for treatment, because it is disbelief (kufr). It is not permissible to seek treatment through disbelief. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرامIt was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic
وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-008-أصول أهل السنة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:08:54)
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