Prohibition of Going to Sorcerers and Magicians
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner Abu Mu'adh from northern Sinai, Egypt, says: I am asking about the ruling on going to sorcerers and magicians and seeking treatment from them for a fee?
Answer:
Going to sorcerers, fortune-tellers, and magicians is a matter of distortion, because it is a defect in creed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5669Da'if (Darussalam) It was narrated by Muslim. Therefore, it is not permissible to go to fortune-tellers. When a questioner was asked about fortune-tellers, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Do you not go to them? It is not permissible to go to them; because fortune-telling and sorcery—sorcery is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Al-Baqarah 2:102] Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:102] to learn sorcery [Al-Baqarah 2:102] meaning he has no share in Paradise, and this is evidence of his disbelief. So sorcery is disbelief, and likewise fortune-telling, which is claiming knowledge of the unseen. Claiming knowledge of the unseen is disbelief; whoever claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever, an apostate from Islam. It is not permissible to go to these false prophets and consultants who corrupt the beliefs of people and spread disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Rather, it is obligatory to eliminate them. As for going to them, it is an affirmation of them and encouragement of them, and more severe than that is agreeing with their work and believing them. This is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 135Hasan (Darussalam) And whoever claims knowledge of the unseen is a disbeliever. Likewise, whoever believes him and says that he knows the unseen is a disbeliever. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [An-Naml 27:65] He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Al-Jinn 72:26-27] Allah. So knowledge of the unseen is specific to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and whoever claims it is a disbeliever. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner Abu Mu'adh from northern Sinai, Egypt, says: I am asking about the ruling on going to sorcerers and magicians and seeking treatment from them for a fee?
Answer:
Going to sorcerers, fortune-tellers, and magicians is a matter of distortion, because it is a defect in creed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever goes to a fortune-teller or a diviner and asks him about something and believes him, he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
من أتى كاهنا أو عرافا فسأله عن شيء فصدقه فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم.The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that: The Prophet [SAW] said: "Whoever drinks Khamr and puts it in his belly, Allah will not accept his Salah for seven (days), if he dies during them" - Muhammad bin Adam (One of the narrators) said: "he will die a Kafir. If he was too intoxicated to offer any of the obligatory" - Ibn Adam said: "or recite Qur'an, his Salah will not be accepted for 40 days, and if he dies during them," And Ibn Adam said: "He will die a Kafir."
من أتى كاهنا لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين يوماbut the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve
وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْBut the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا لَمَنِ اشْتَرَاهُwould not have in the Hereafter any share
مَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍthen he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.
وقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد،Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ(26) [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone (27) Except whom He has approved of messengers
عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6264- تحريم الذهاب للسحرة والمشعوذين - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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