Learning sorcery in order to warn people against it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This person also asks, may Allah preserve you, saying: Is it permissible for a student of knowledge to learn this knowledge, which is the knowledge of sorcery, in order to warn people against it?
Answer:
There is no power and no strength [except with Allah]. He learns it to warn people against it, yet he does not warn himself against it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This person also asks, may Allah preserve you, saying: Is it permissible for a student of knowledge to learn this knowledge, which is the knowledge of sorcery, in order to warn people against it?
Answer:
There is no power and no strength [except with Allah]. He learns it to warn people against it, yet he does not warn himself against it. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 27-06-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:16:03)
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