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What is the ruling on obeying a husband who orders his wife to respond to the words of sorcerers?

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Question:
The questioner says that she is a woman who was told that she is afflicted with sorcery, specifically sorcery of separation, by some reciters who recite the Qur'an. Then her husband went to Yemen to some sorcerers, and the sorcerer told him that he must slaughter a sheep, place the skin on the woman's back for a full night, and put henna on her hands and feet. After that, he is to isolate her from people for a week. During this period, he gave him a folded paper containing some verses and supplications, sealed with her name and her mother's name. The question is: the husband is insistent that she perform this act, but she refused and he threatened her with abandonment or divorce. What should she do? Do you approve of this act?

Answer:
Is it expected from the devils of
the jinn and mankind exceptالْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا
[Adh-Dhariyat 51:56]
to do such wicked deeds? Who expects good from them? The one who goes to them and visits them, they will lead him into shirk (associating partners with Allah), kufr (disbelief), sorcery, misguidance, and lying. Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade visiting fortune-tellers and going to them, and he threatened whoever does so. In the hadith, it is stated that whoever visits a fortune-teller, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days.
The other part: Whoever visits a fortune-teller and believes in what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).الاخر من اتى كاهنا فصدقه بما يقول فقد كفر بما انزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:741

When he was asked about fortune-tellers, he said: Do not go to them. It is not permissible to go to fortune-tellers, sorcerers, astrologers, or magicians. It is not permissible to call them "reciters" or to call them by other names; rather, we call them magicians, devils, and sorcerers. We call them by their true names. We do not say these are reciters, or these are obedient, or such, or shaykhs. This is a lie. This deceives people with them. We must expose their matter and disgrace them. And this woman is not permitted to obey her husband in this matter.
In this matter, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”لا طاعه لمخلوق في معصيه الخالق
Mishkat al-Masabih 3696
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Obedience is only in what is good. So she should rely on Allah, and healing is in the hand of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). It is not with the magicians and the false messiahs. Healing is with Allah. If Allah knows the sincerity of one's reliance on Him and turning to Him, He will heal His servant.
Is not Allah sufficient for His Servantأَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ
[Az-Zumar 39:36]
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم طاعة الزوج إذا أمر زوجته بالاستجابة لكلام المشعوذين؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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