Is the so-called imaginary magic now called visual illusions and sleight of hand? Is one excused for learning it if he does not know that it is magic?

Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: In the contemporary era, some of what is wrong is called by names other than its own to deceive the common people. For example, imaginary magic is called visual illusions and sleight of hand. Is one who watches these things, or practices and learns them, excused by this naming?

Answer:
No, he is not excused. It is obligatory for him to ask the people of knowledge. Yes. He accepts this statement and relies on it, and learns magic. Rather, he should ask the people of knowledge about this matter: is it magic or is it not magic? If he leaves off asking and adopts this claim, then he is the one who is in error and the one who is negligent. Yes.