The Ruling on Fear of Sorcery and Sorcerers
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the validity of this statement: "Fear of sorcery and sorcerers is a natural fear; because Musa (peace be upon him) feared the staff when it turned into a serpent."
Answer:
Natural fear does no harm. Natural fear is not harmful; what is harmful is the fear of worship, where one submits to this thing and leaves off something of his religion out of fear of it. That is what is harmful. As for natural fear, one takes the means: he takes the staff, he takes the stone with which he kills the serpent. This is natural fear and it does no harm. Fear of hunger or of cold. What is this, may Allah protect you, about my clothes? What is it that frightens you about the cold? Does this mean it is considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)? It is not shirk. This is fear, and one takes the protective means against it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the validity of this statement: "Fear of sorcery and sorcerers is a natural fear; because Musa (peace be upon him) feared the staff when it turned into a serpent."
Answer:
Natural fear does no harm. Natural fear is not harmful; what is harmful is the fear of worship, where one submits to this thing and leaves off something of his religion out of fear of it. That is what is harmful. As for natural fear, one takes the means: he takes the staff, he takes the stone with which he kills the serpent. This is natural fear and it does no harm. Fear of hunger or of cold. What is this, may Allah protect you, about my clothes? What is it that frightens you about the cold? Does this mean it is considered shirk (associating partners with Allah)? It is not shirk. This is fear, and one takes the protective means against it. Yes.
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