Is the repentance of a sorcerer accepted if he is captured?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a sorcerer repents, is his repentance accepted, or is he killed in any case?
The Shaykh:
If sorcery is established against him, he is killed even if he displays repentance; because one does not believe that he repents outwardly while he remains upon his sorcery inwardly. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you and protect you: If he is killed, is he killed as a hudud punishment or as an apostate, meaning, is he shrouded, washed, and prayed over, or is he considered an apostate so that none of that is done for him?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, this requires reflection. If you wrote the question and sent it for a fatwa, they would look into it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a sorcerer repents, is his repentance accepted, or is he killed in any case?
The Shaykh:
If sorcery is established against him, he is killed even if he displays repentance; because one does not believe that he repents outwardly while he remains upon his sorcery inwardly. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you and protect you: If he is killed, is he killed as a hudud punishment or as an apostate, meaning, is he shrouded, washed, and prayed over, or is he considered an apostate so that none of that is done for him?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, this requires reflection. If you wrote the question and sent it for a fatwa, they would look into it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 464- هل تُقبل توبة الساحر إذا قُبض عليه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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