The Ruling on Visiting Sorcerers and Believing Them
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Question:
Visiting sorcerers and magicians, Honorable Shaykh, if a person is a Muslim, does this diminish his Islam?
Answer:
No, it is not merely a deficiency in his Islam; rather, he commits disbelief by this. If he goes to a fortune-teller, asks him, and believes him, he commits disbelief by that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 639Hasan (Darussalam) The term "fortune-teller" includes the sorcerer; the sorcerer is more severe. It is not permissible to go to sorcerers, nor to ask them, nor to believe them, because they are liars, because they are deviating from the truth. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) named learning sorcery as disbelief, [Al-Baqarah 2:102], meaning the two angels, so do not commit disbelief, meaning do not learn sorcery. Learning sorcery is disbelief, teaching it is disbelief, and believing in it is also disbelief, because it is false. Yes.
Visiting sorcerers and magicians, Honorable Shaykh, if a person is a Muslim, does this diminish his Islam?
Answer:
No, it is not merely a deficiency in his Islam; rather, he commits disbelief by this. If he goes to a fortune-teller, asks him, and believes him, he commits disbelief by that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
or who goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.
من أتى كَاهِنًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ،But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial
وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/068 — archive.org (16:23)
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