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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Questions on the Explanation of the Book of Nullifiers of Islam

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Question:
Can a sorcerer change from one form to another? Or can he change someone else into a donkey, for example? And what is the ruling on the one who does this?

Answer:
As we said, this is a matter of illusionistic sorcery. He can change the appearance in the sight of people, but he does not change it in reality; rather, he changes it in the sight of people.
seemed to him from their magic that they were movingيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ
[Taha 20:66]
It is possible that he changes a man into a donkey in the sight and vision of people, but not in reality. The man remains a man; he does not turn into a donkey except by the power of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, if Allah wills to transform a person into a monkey or a pig. Allah is capable of everything, but the sorcerer cannot do this. What happens is merely an illusion and a spell that he scatters in the eyes of people.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 187من279/اسئلة شرح كتاب نواقض الاسلام/هل يستطع الساحر التحول من شكل لاخر/صالح الفوزان/ عقيدة — youtube.com

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