The Ruling on Breastfeeding an Adult and Treating Illness with Sorcery
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Question:
He grows up. A shipment passed by you. It coincides with sorcery.
Answer:
Breastfeeding an adult, according to the majority of scholars, has no effect and does not establish a prohibition. Some scholars held this view based on the incident of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered his wife to breastfeed him because he was in their service and entered their home, so she was ordered to breastfeed him until he became a prohibited relative to her, and she did so. This is a specific case with no general application, as the scholars have established; it is a specific case limited to this incident only, with no general application like other issues. They call these "specific cases," and this is well-known among scholars. Yes, the correct and true position is that breastfeeding an adult does not establish a prohibition and has no benefit.
As for the second question, which is: Yes, breaking sorcery. Breaking sorcery with sorcery is like it; this is disbelief, because Allah made learning and teaching sorcery disbelief. He the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:102] This indicates that teaching sorcery is major disbelief, and that learning and teaching it is disbelief. Sorcery is disbelief because the sorcerer claims knowledge of the unseen, and this is disbelief in Allah the Mighty and Majestic. This is disbelief in Allah, and because the sorcerer considers permissible what Allah has forbidden; he considers sorcery permissible, and it is among the seven destructive sins. So if he considers it permissible, he has committed disbelief without doubt, and its harm to people is greater than that of others.
So sorcery is disbelief, learning it and teaching it. Allah sent down the two angels to teach sorcery for the sake of trial and testing. Therefore, when someone came to the two angels wanting to learn sorcery, they advised him. They said:[Al-Baqarah 2:102] meaning, do not learn sorcery. Do not commit disbelief, meaning, do not learn sorcery. This indicates that learning sorcery is disbelief.
The Exalted and Majestic is He said at the end of the verse:[Al-Baqarah 2:102] that is, sorcery [Al-Baqarah 2:102] meaning he has no share in Paradise. This indicates his disbelief, because the one who has no share in Paradise is a disbeliever. As for the Muslim, he has a share in Paradise even if he is a sinner. He has a share as long as he has not exited the religion; he has a share in Paradise. Only the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) and the disbeliever are deprived of Paradise. The sorcerer is deprived of Paradise. [Al-Baqarah 2:102] meaning he has no share, which indicates his disbelief. The Exalted and Majestic is He said: [Al-Baqarah 2:102] [Al-Baqarah 2:102-103] "Believe." Look, "Believe" indicates that the sorcerer is not a believer. All of this is from one verse.
And the Companions killed the sorcerers. 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) killed the sorcerers; he ordered their killing. Three sorcerers were killed during his governorship. Also, Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, killed a slave girl who had cast a spell on her. Also, the Companion Jundub ibn 'Abdullah passed by a sorcerer playing before some of the rulers, so he struck him with the sword. The sorcerer claimed that he could bring the dead to life and that he could kill a person and then bring him to life. So he struck him with the sword and said, "If he is truthful, let him bring himself to life." These Companions, most of them, killed the sorcerers.
And their leader was 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). So who doubts that sorcery is disbelief? And if it is disbelief, then it is not permissible to treat with it. It is not permissible to treat with what is forbidden, and sorcery is the most severe of what is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani) And sorcery is the most severe of what is forbidden. A man came to seek his permission to make wine, saying that it was for medicine. He said, "Make it for medicine." He sought the Messenger's permission to make sorcery for medicine. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes.
He grows up. A shipment passed by you. It coincides with sorcery.
Answer:
Breastfeeding an adult, according to the majority of scholars, has no effect and does not establish a prohibition. Some scholars held this view based on the incident of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered his wife to breastfeed him because he was in their service and entered their home, so she was ordered to breastfeed him until he became a prohibited relative to her, and she did so. This is a specific case with no general application, as the scholars have established; it is a specific case limited to this incident only, with no general application like other issues. They call these "specific cases," and this is well-known among scholars. Yes, the correct and true position is that breastfeeding an adult does not establish a prohibition and has no benefit.
As for the second question, which is: Yes, breaking sorcery. Breaking sorcery with sorcery is like it; this is disbelief, because Allah made learning and teaching sorcery disbelief. He the Exalted said:
It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic
وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَSo sorcery is disbelief, learning it and teaching it. Allah sent down the two angels to teach sorcery for the sake of trial and testing. Therefore, when someone came to the two angels wanting to learn sorcery, they advised him. They said:
We are a trial, so do not disbelieve
إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْThe Exalted and Majestic is He said at the end of the verse:
But the Children of Israel certainly knew
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُواwhoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share
لَمَنِ اشْتَرَاهُ مَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍwould not have in the Hereafter any share
مَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍAnd wretched is that for which they sold themselves
وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا بِهِ أَنفُسَهُمْif they only knew. (103) And if they had believed and feared Allah
لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْاAnd the Companions killed the sorcerers. 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) killed the sorcerers; he ordered their killing. Three sorcerers were killed during his governorship. Also, Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, killed a slave girl who had cast a spell on her. Also, the Companion Jundub ibn 'Abdullah passed by a sorcerer playing before some of the rulers, so he struck him with the sword. The sorcerer claimed that he could bring the dead to life and that he could kill a person and then bring him to life. So he struck him with the sword and said, "If he is truthful, let him bring himself to life." These Companions, most of them, killed the sorcerers.
And their leader was 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). So who doubts that sorcery is disbelief? And if it is disbelief, then it is not permissible to treat with it. It is not permissible to treat with what is forbidden, and sorcery is the most severe of what is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرامRather, it is a disease and not a cure, and he prohibited it from that, so it is not permissible to be lenient in this matter
اما انها داء وليست بدواء ومنعه من ذلك فلا يجوز التساهل في هذا الامر
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 13- — archive.org (43:10)
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