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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is every sorcerer a disbeliever?

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Question:
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding the one who says that not every sorcerer is a disbeliever, and that there may be a Muslim sorcerer who is merely an open sinner?

Answer:
This contradicts the evidence. The evidence does not make this distinction, and although some scholars have held this view, there is no evidence for it. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says regarding
Harut and Marut. Butهَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ وَمَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:102]
knows
anyone unless they say, "We areمِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ
[Al-Baqarah 2:102]
in. The fact that it is not disbelief indicates that learning sorcery is absolute disbelief, with nothing to be excluded from it. And the Companions killed the sorcerers; they killed them. Yes. Perhaps. 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote: "Kill every male and female sorcerer." "Kill every male and female sorcerer," and he did not make a distinction. The narrator said: "So we killed three female sorcerers." So this distinction has no evidence for it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل كل ساحر كافر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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