The Ruling on Sorcery in Terms of Disbelief and Associating Partners with Allah

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you mentioned in today's lesson that sorcery is disbelief (kufr) and taking an omen is associating partners with Allah (shirk). In previous lessons, we established that a sorcerer must be one who associates partners with Allah; he worships the jinn and associates them with Him. The question is: does sorcery count as shirk?

Answer:
Yes, sorcery is shirk, because every one who associates partners with Allah is a disbeliever, but not every disbeliever is one who associates partners with Allah. The sorcerer is called a disbeliever and is called one who associates partners with Allah. From the aspect that he deals with the devils, he is called one who associates partners with Allah. From the aspect that he claims knowledge of the unseen, he is also called one who associates partners with Allah. And from the aspect of his action, it is called disbelief; his action of sorcery is disbelief, the act itself is disbelief. Yes.