The Ruling on Believing in Sorcery
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The questioner:
Our Shaykh, what is the ruling on believing in sorcery? Do you mean that sorcery has a reality, or do you mean believing in the judgment of what the sorcerer says? I have not conducted an investigation.
The Shaykh:
If one believes in sorcery, meaning that it is real and that when the sorcerer acts, Allah decrees and determines that he has influence over the state or what is below it, then believing in this is what is weak. As for the fact that sorcery exists and that it occurs among people, that is obligatory; it happens, and it does happen.
The questioner:
Well, what is meant by the question, O Shaykh?
Our Shaykh, what is the ruling on believing in sorcery? Do you mean that sorcery has a reality, or do you mean believing in the judgment of what the sorcerer says? I have not conducted an investigation.
The Shaykh:
If one believes in sorcery, meaning that it is real and that when the sorcerer acts, Allah decrees and determines that he has influence over the state or what is below it, then believing in this is what is weak. As for the fact that sorcery exists and that it occurs among people, that is obligatory; it happens, and it does happen.
The questioner:
Well, what is meant by the question, O Shaykh?
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ الشرح الأول ]، باب قول الله: ومن الناس من يتخذ من دون الله أندادا يحبونهم كحب الله - باب قول الله: إنما ذلكم الشيطان يخوف أولياءه فلا تخافوهم وخافون إن كنتم مؤمنين — islamhouse.com (30:16)
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