If a person uses sorcery to take someone's money, is he considered a disbeliever for this act?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person uses sorcery to take someone's money, is he considered a disbeliever for this act?
Answer:
If he practices sorcery, he is a disbeliever. This is apostasy; it is considered apostasy. If he practices sorcery while he is a Muslim, he has apostatized from Islam.[Al-Baqarah 2:102] Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person uses sorcery to take someone's money, is he considered a disbeliever for this act?
Answer:
If he practices sorcery, he is a disbeliever. This is apostasy; it is considered apostasy. If he practices sorcery while he is a Muslim, he has apostatized from Islam.
We are a trial, so do not disbelieve
إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1261 /1350] من سحر شخصًا ليأخذ أمواله، هل يعد كافرا بهذا الفعل؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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