The Ruling on the Sorcerer and Seeking Treatment from Him
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Question:
This person is asking about the ruling on the sorcerer and seeking treatment from him.
Answer:
The sorcerer is a disbeliever. The sorcerer is a disbeliever, as evidenced by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:102] The two angels say to the one who comes to learn sorcery: "We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve." Sorcery is disbelief, and the sorcerer is a disbeliever. It is not permissible to seek treatment from him or go to him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:741 And the sorcerer is more severe than the fortune-teller.
The sorcerer is more severe than the fortune-teller, so it is not permissible to go to sorcerers or seek treatment from them. Allah has made us self-sufficient with permissible treatment. Allah did not send down a disease without sending down a cure for it. We have the Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) from the Book and the Sunnah. We have permissible medicines. We have treatment in hospitals with doctors. We do not need sorcerers who corrupt our religion and corrupt our beliefs. We must fight them and warn people against them. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
This person is asking about the ruling on the sorcerer and seeking treatment from him.
Answer:
The sorcerer is a disbeliever. The sorcerer is a disbeliever, as evidenced by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic
وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَWhoever goes to a fortune-teller.
من اتى كاهنا.And believes in what he says, has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
فصدقه بما يقول فقد كفر بما انزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلمThe sorcerer is more severe than the fortune-teller, so it is not permissible to go to sorcerers or seek treatment from them. Allah has made us self-sufficient with permissible treatment. Allah did not send down a disease without sending down a cure for it. We have the Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) from the Book and the Sunnah. We have permissible medicines. We have treatment in hospitals with doctors. We do not need sorcerers who corrupt our religion and corrupt our beliefs. We must fight them and warn people against them. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الساحر؟ وما حكم العلاج عنده؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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