What is the ruling on using sorcery to remove sorcery out of necessity?

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Question:
What is the ruling on using sorcery to remove sorcery out of necessity, given the report of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib and the hadith of A'ishah, knowing that there are people...

Answer:
The Shaykh: My brother, this is the statement of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib; do not treat it as a hadith. This is his opinion. It is not permissible to remove sorcery with similar sorcery, because sorcery is forbidden and constitutes disbelief. We do not commit disbelief for the sake of treatment. Glory be to Allah! A person commits disbelief for the sake of being treated. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:

but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic

وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ

[Al-Baqarah 2:102]

and He says:

But the two angels do not teach anyone

وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ

[Al-Baqarah 2:102]

meaning the two angels:

unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve

حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ

[Al-Baqarah 2:102]

meaning, do not learn sorcery so that we treat with disbelief. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not treat with what is forbidden." The greatest of what is forbidden is disbelief, shirk (associating partners with Allah), and sorcery, which is disbelief. Therefore, it is not permissible to treat with disbelief, and if it is not permissible to treat with what is forbidden, how is it permissible to treat with disbelief, may Allah protect us from it? Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 241 - ما حكم أن يُحل السحر بسحر مثله لضرورة ذلك؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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