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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one who visits a sorcerer on the pretext that his wife's father forced him to do so

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Question:
May Allah reward you. A young man from among our relatives went to a sorcerer to be treated for infertility. He knows exactly the ruling on going to sorcerers, but he says his wife's father forced him to do it. What should our position be toward him? Do we cut off ties with him or maintain contact?

Answer:
It is not permissible for him to obey his wife's father, and he cannot force him to do this. So he is not excused. Going to sorcerers is disbelief, so it is not permissible, and one does not seek treatment through sorcery, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not seek treatment with what is forbidden." And sorcery is the greatest of what is forbidden because it is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), so it is not permissible for you to obey anyone in this. Yes. And as for you, you must advise him and remind him, so that perhaps he will repent and turn back from this matter. Yes. If he does not turn back, you must boycott him and leave him until he repents to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [114] حكم من أتى ساحرًا بحجة أن والد زوجته أجبره على ذلك - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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