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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to say that breaking sorcery with sorcery is a matter of scholarly disagreement, and that there is no condemnation in the disagreement?

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Question:
Is it permissible to say that breaking sorcery with sorcery is a matter of scholarly disagreement, that there is no condemnation in the disagreement, and that the one who holds this view is a mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings), so if he is correct he has two rewards, and if he is wrong he has one reward, or

Answer:
This is a false statement. It is not a matter of disagreement. This is a false statement according to the majority of scholars, or according to the consensus of scholars. It is not permissible to practice sorcery, neither initially nor for the purpose of treatment, because sorcery is kufr (disbelief), and it is not permissible to seek treatment through kufr. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.تداووا ولا تداووا بحرام
Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani)
It is not permissible to treat oneself with what is haram (forbidden), so how can it be permissible with kufr? Kufr is the most severe of the forbidden things; it is not permissible. The one who said this made a clear error. This is a false statement, and it is not to be relied upon.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز القول بأن فك السحر بالسحر مسألة خلافية ولا إنكار في الخلاف؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com

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