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The ruling on contacting and watching satellite channels specializing in sorcery and magic

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: Recently, some satellite channels have appeared that specialize in matters of sorcery and magic, or where they receive calls from viewers who have problems. The caller is asked for his name and his mother's name, and then he is told what will happen to him in the future. The question, Honorable Shaykh, is: What is the ruling on contacting such channels? And what is the ruling on watching them, even just for entertainment?

Answer:
You know that when evil exists, many people are obsessed with it, and only a few are warned against it. When evil exists, people gather around it, except for whom Allah has mercy. Sorcery is disbelief, disbelief in Allah the Exalted. Therefore, it is not permissible to look at these channels or listen to them. If one contacts them and asks them, he falls under the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
If anyone resorts to a kahin and believes him m what he saysمن أتى كاهنا فصدقه بما يقول
Mishkat al-Masabih 4599
Indeed,
has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammadكفر بما أنزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم
Musnad Ahmad 657, 658Lts isnad is Da'if because Abu Muwarri’ is unknown], lts isnad is Da\'if because Abu Muwarri\' is unknown and it is repeat of previous report] (Darussalam)
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When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about people like these, he said: "Do not go to them." When he was asked about the fortune-tellers and the sorcerers, he said: "Do not go to them, do not go to them." It is not permissible. You have heard the two verses:
And when you see those whoوَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ
[Al-An'am 6:68]
They have been revealed to you. Contacting them and watching them is like sitting with them and being in their company. It is obligatory to warn against this, to prohibit this, and to advise the Muslims regarding this. Their asking about the mother and the father and this is proof that they are magicians and that they are sorcerers. Yes.
Source شرح السنة للبربهاري [21] — alfawzan.live (1:00:16)

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