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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Resolving sorcery with sorcery in cases of dire necessity

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a person is in dire necessity, is it permissible for him to resolve sorcery with sorcery like it?

Answer:
No, it is resolved by ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and the Qur'an, the lawful release, yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من : الوجه الثامن : أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال : إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرىء ما نوى — islamhouse.com (1:13:18)

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