The Ruling on Declaring a Specific Sorcerer a Disbeliever
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Question:
Is it permissible to declare a specific sorcerer a disbeliever?
Answer:
Yes, a specific sorcerer must be declared a disbeliever. It is not permissible to marry him. He must be declared a disbeliever. It is said to him: Your action is disbelief, and you are a disbeliever if you do not repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) from this matter. Just as it is said to one who intentionally steals from the prayer: You are a disbeliever, unless you repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So whoever is characterized by disbelief is a disbeliever. Yes. It has spread in the world.
Except in one case: if he is ignorant of the ruling, meaning he is excused due to his ignorance because he is far from the lands of Islam. He has not heard that sorcery is forbidden, and it was known in the lands of disbelief and practiced there, and he recently converted to Islam—meaning his Islam is new—and he followed the custom of his country without knowing that sorcery is forbidden. In this case, he is not declared a disbeliever until it is clarified to him. As for the person who lives among Muslims, in the lands of Muslims, and practices sorcery, he is declared a disbeliever because the argument has been established against him. He hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the lessons, and hears the words of the scholars, so this matter is not hidden from him. Yes.
Is it permissible to declare a specific sorcerer a disbeliever?
Answer:
Yes, a specific sorcerer must be declared a disbeliever. It is not permissible to marry him. He must be declared a disbeliever. It is said to him: Your action is disbelief, and you are a disbeliever if you do not repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) from this matter. Just as it is said to one who intentionally steals from the prayer: You are a disbeliever, unless you repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So whoever is characterized by disbelief is a disbeliever. Yes. It has spread in the world.
Except in one case: if he is ignorant of the ruling, meaning he is excused due to his ignorance because he is far from the lands of Islam. He has not heard that sorcery is forbidden, and it was known in the lands of disbelief and practiced there, and he recently converted to Islam—meaning his Islam is new—and he followed the custom of his country without knowing that sorcery is forbidden. In this case, he is not declared a disbeliever until it is clarified to him. As for the person who lives among Muslims, in the lands of Muslims, and practices sorcery, he is declared a disbeliever because the argument has been established against him. He hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the lessons, and hears the words of the scholars, so this matter is not hidden from him. Yes.
Source
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