The Ruling on Spirit Summoning

Question:
What is the ruling on spirit summoning, and is it a type of divination?

Answer:
There is no doubt that spirit summoning is a type of sorcery. These spirits are not the souls of the dead, as they claim, but rather they are devils. The devils take on the form of the souls of the dead, saying, "I am the soul of so-and-so" or "I am so-and-so." This is from the devils. It is not permissible. The souls of the dead cannot be summoned because they are in the grasp of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. , Muslim. The souls are not, as they claim, free to go and come except by the will of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and His deployment of them. They are not free and at will, as they say. Therefore, summoning spirits is false and is a type of sorcery. These things that speak are not the souls, but rather they are devils claiming to be the souls. Sometimes a devil may appear in the image of the dead person, without any films, and he is a lying devil. A devil imagines himself in the image of the dead person. Yes.