The Ruling on Extraordinary Acts in Entertainment Venues
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Question:
He says: There are people in some entertainment venues, especially in certain venues and during vacation periods, who perform acts they call "entertaining," such as placing a knife on their stomach and leaning on it, pulling heavy objects, and bending iron rods with their eyes. Is this sorcery? And what is the ruling on what they do?
Answer:
Illusory sorcery, yes, this is illusory sorcery. It is, as we mentioned, sorcery is of two types: real sorcery and illusory sorcery. This is of the illusory kind: the one who pulls a car with a hair, the one who bends rods with his eyes, the one who walks on embers. All of this is false illusory sorcery that has no reality. Yes.
He says: There are people in some entertainment venues, especially in certain venues and during vacation periods, who perform acts they call "entertaining," such as placing a knife on their stomach and leaning on it, pulling heavy objects, and bending iron rods with their eyes. Is this sorcery? And what is the ruling on what they do?
Answer:
Illusory sorcery, yes, this is illusory sorcery. It is, as we mentioned, sorcery is of two types: real sorcery and illusory sorcery. This is of the illusory kind: the one who pulls a car with a hair, the one who bends rods with his eyes, the one who walks on embers. All of this is false illusory sorcery that has no reality. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-079-قنوات السحر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (42:42)
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