What is the ruling on going to sorcerers to break a spell?
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Question:
He says: One who has been afflicted with sorcery and feels great harm, is it permissible for him to go to a sorcerer to have this sorcery removed from him?
Answer:
O brothers, the Muslims did not know of this, and it is not permissible to go to a sorcerer or to a fortune-teller. It is not permissible to seek treatment with what is forbidden; mere prohibition makes seeking treatment with it impermissible, so how much more so with disbelief? Sorcery is disbelief, and it is not permissible to seek treatment with disbelief. This is not permissible, and it is not fitting for a student of knowledge to utter such words or say them and spread them among the Muslims. So beware of this statement.
He says: One who has been afflicted with sorcery and feels great harm, is it permissible for him to go to a sorcerer to have this sorcery removed from him?
Answer:
O brothers, the Muslims did not know of this, and it is not permissible to go to a sorcerer or to a fortune-teller. It is not permissible to seek treatment with what is forbidden; mere prohibition makes seeking treatment with it impermissible, so how much more so with disbelief? Sorcery is disbelief, and it is not permissible to seek treatment with disbelief. This is not permissible, and it is not fitting for a student of knowledge to utter such words or say them and spread them among the Muslims. So beware of this statement.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الذهاب للسحرة لفك السحر؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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