The ruling on one who claims knowledge of the unseen
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Question:
The question is how the ruling on the sorcerer compares to that of the disbeliever and the punishment, and is he meant in the sense of a sorcerer?
Answer:
One who claims knowledge of the unseen is subject to the punishment for apostasy. Because claiming knowledge of the unseen is one of the types of apostasy, whether claimed through fortune-telling, divination, sorcery, or otherwise, the punishment for an apostate is applied to him.
The question is how the ruling on the sorcerer compares to that of the disbeliever and the punishment, and is he meant in the sense of a sorcerer?
Answer:
One who claims knowledge of the unseen is subject to the punishment for apostasy. Because claiming knowledge of the unseen is one of the types of apostasy, whether claimed through fortune-telling, divination, sorcery, or otherwise, the punishment for an apostate is applied to him.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في الكهان ونحوهم — islamhouse.com (1:03:13)
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