The ruling on one who believes a sorcerer in what he says
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person believes a sorcerer in what he says, does that make him a disbeliever? And if the ruling is that he is a disbeliever, does that mean his wife is divorced from him, and that the rulings for disbelievers apply to him?
Answer:
Yes, in the hadith:Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:741 But the matter of the wife is something the judge must look into, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person believes a sorcerer in what he says, does that make him a disbeliever? And if the ruling is that he is a disbeliever, does that mean his wife is divorced from him, and that the rulings for disbelievers apply to him?
Answer:
Yes, in the hadith:
Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
من أتى كاهنا صدقه بما يَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ،
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