The Danger of Going to Sorcerers and Magicians
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the danger that results from a person going to sorcerers and magicians and frequenting them to obtain certain things from them, Honorable Shaykh? And does this diminish the religion of a Muslim if he frequents them?
Answer:
This does not merely diminish the religion of a Muslim; rather, it takes away the religion of a Muslim. He loses his Islam if he goes to them and asks them, believing them to be truthful. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Musnad Ahmad 657, 658Lts isnad is Da'if because Abu Muwarri’ is unknown], lts isnad is Da\'if because Abu Muwarri\' is unknown and it is repeat of previous report] (Darussalam) He was asked (peace and blessings be upon him) about the soothsayers, and he said: "Do not go to them." He prohibited going to them and visiting them. So the matter is very serious. Therefore, whoever does that must repent to Allah, and must not go to sorcerers, soothsayers, astrologers, or those who claim knowledge of the unseen. For this is disbelief in Allah the Exalted if he believes them. And if he goes to them but does not believe them, his prayer will not be accepted for forty days, as in the hadith: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5669Da'if (Darussalam) narrated by Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the danger that results from a person going to sorcerers and magicians and frequenting them to obtain certain things from them, Honorable Shaykh? And does this diminish the religion of a Muslim if he frequents them?
Answer:
This does not merely diminish the religion of a Muslim; rather, it takes away the religion of a Muslim. He loses his Islam if he goes to them and asks them, believing them to be truthful. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated that ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was at a funeral and he said: `which of you will go to the city and not leave in it any idol but he will break it, or any grave but he will level it, or any image but he will spoil it?` A man said: “I will, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).` So he went, but he was afraid of the people of the city, so he came back, `Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: I will go, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: “Go.` So he went then he came back and said: O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I did not leave in it any idol but I broke it, or any grave but i levelled it, or any image but I spoiled it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever goes back to doing any of that has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.` Then he said: `Do not be a cause of division or show off or be a merchant except a good one, for those are the ones who are lagging behind in good deeds.` It was narrated from Al-Hakam that A man from Basra whom the people of Basra called Abu Muwarri’ and the people of Koofah called Abu Muhammad, said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was at a funeral... and he mentioned a similar Hadeeth, but he did not say that ‘Ali said: `or any image but he will smear something over it.` And he said: I did not come to you, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), until I did not leave any image but i spoiled it.` And he said: `Do not be a cause of division or show off.`
من أتى كاهنا فصدقه بما يقول، قد كفر بما أنزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم،It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that: The Prophet [SAW] said: "Whoever drinks Khamr and puts it in his belly, Allah will not accept his Salah for seven (days), if he dies during them" - Muhammad bin Adam (One of the narrators) said: "he will die a Kafir. If he was too intoxicated to offer any of the obligatory" - Ibn Adam said: "or recite Qur'an, his Salah will not be accepted for 40 days, and if he dies during them," And Ibn Adam said: "He will die a Kafir."
من أتى كاهنا لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين يوماThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/295 — archive.org (12:22)
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