The ruling on accepting a statement regarding a matter one suspects to be sorcery
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, unfortunately, I found...
The Shaykh:
A moment, my brother, this is a student of knowledge, may Allah guide you. Yes. One does not accept this statement and rely on it, nor does one learn sorcery. Rather, one asks the people of knowledge about this matter: is it sorcery or is it not sorcery? If, however, he leaves off asking and takes this statement as his guide, then he is the one who is in error and the one who is negligent. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, unfortunately, I found...
The Shaykh:
A moment, my brother, this is a student of knowledge, may Allah guide you. Yes. One does not accept this statement and rely on it, nor does one learn sorcery. Rather, one asks the people of knowledge about this matter: is it sorcery or is it not sorcery? If, however, he leaves off asking and takes this statement as his guide, then he is the one who is in error and the one who is negligent. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 40من43 /من قوله وينكرون على المشبهة الذين/شرح الفتوى الحموية/صالح الفوزان/عقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:49)
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