What is the ruling on holding circus performances in commercial complexes?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are some performances held in commercial complexes
The Shaykh:
There is what?
The questioner:
There are some performances held in commercial complexes, and the one who performs these shows and this partnership has the characteristics of the righteous, so are they among those who seek the aid of the jinn?
The Shaykh:
There are performances, what?
The questioner:
Held in commercial complexes.
The Shaykh:
What kind of performances? Performances of goods or performances of play and deception? If it is a performance of deception and acrobatics, this is sihr (sorcery) and is not permissible. And if they call it a circus and I do not know how, and that it is sports, this is sihr. Sihr without a doubt. Illusory sihr. Illusory sihr, because sihr is of two types: real sihr, which is what affects the body or the mind, or kills or causes illness; and illusory sihr, which is what is seen by the eyes, seeing other than the truth. One sees that the sorcerer cut off the head of the animal and then restored it, which is a lie. The head of the animal is still there, it did not go.
But it is made to appear to people that he cut it off or killed the person and restored it, returning its head to it, and this is a lie. He did not restore it, nor did he cut off its head. If he had cut off its head, it would have died. He did not cut off its head, and no one can bring the dead to life except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), or one upon whom Allah performed a mu'jizah (prophetic miracle), such as 'Isa (peace be upon him). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are some performances held in commercial complexes
The Shaykh:
There is what?
The questioner:
There are some performances held in commercial complexes, and the one who performs these shows and this partnership has the characteristics of the righteous, so are they among those who seek the aid of the jinn?
The Shaykh:
There are performances, what?
The questioner:
Held in commercial complexes.
The Shaykh:
What kind of performances? Performances of goods or performances of play and deception? If it is a performance of deception and acrobatics, this is sihr (sorcery) and is not permissible. And if they call it a circus and I do not know how, and that it is sports, this is sihr. Sihr without a doubt. Illusory sihr. Illusory sihr, because sihr is of two types: real sihr, which is what affects the body or the mind, or kills or causes illness; and illusory sihr, which is what is seen by the eyes, seeing other than the truth. One sees that the sorcerer cut off the head of the animal and then restored it, which is a lie. The head of the animal is still there, it did not go.
But it is made to appear to people that he cut it off or killed the person and restored it, returning its head to it, and this is a lie. He did not restore it, nor did he cut off its head. If he had cut off its head, it would have died. He did not cut off its head, and no one can bring the dead to life except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), or one upon whom Allah performed a mu'jizah (prophetic miracle), such as 'Isa (peace be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [825 -858] ما حكم إقامة عروض السرك في المجمعات التجارية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.