The Ruling on Learning Sorcery with the Intention of Warding Off Evil

Question:
This questioner says: What is your opinion of one who learns sorcery, and says that he learns it in order to ward off evil, on the basis of "I know evil not for the sake of evil, but to ward it off"?

Answer:
It is not permissible to learn sorcery; it is disbelief (kufr). Learning it and teaching it is disbelief. This is in the Qur'an. They teach people, but Allah the Exalted said: . They accused Sulayman (peace be upon him) of sorcery. Allah denied this of him. He did not say, "And Sulayman did not practice sorcery." He said, "He did not disbelieve." He described sorcery as disbelief. Sorcery is disbelief, whether learning it or teaching it.
This indicates that teaching sorcery is disbelief, and learning it is a trial, so do not disbelieve. The two angels say to the one who comes to them to learn sorcery: We advise him and say to him, "We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve." This means: Do not learn sorcery.
He described learning sorcery as disbelief, which indicates that learning it and teaching it is disbelief, may Allah protect us from that. And this man says, "Do not learn it, it is better," on the basis of "I know evil." But Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: This is disbelief, so do not approach sorcery, neither for learning nor for teaching. Because if you learn it, you will believe in it, enter into it, and use it, and you will be a disbeliever in that. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,