The Reality of What Sorcerers Do When They Say "Be"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes some sorcerers, in front of people, cover something with a cover and then say "Be," and something appears from this emptiness.
Answer:
This is sorcery. This is illusionary sorcery. They make things appear to people that have no reality. Sorcery is of two types: real sorcery that has an effect, kills, and causes illness, and illusionary sorcery[Al-A'raf 7:116]. This is illusion; they made it appear to them through their sorcery that they were moving, meaning the staffs. So this is illusion and lying. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes some sorcerers, in front of people, cover something with a cover and then say "Be," and something appears from this emptiness.
Answer:
This is sorcery. This is illusionary sorcery. They make things appear to people that have no reality. Sorcery is of two types: real sorcery that has an effect, kills, and causes illness, and illusionary sorcery
they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.
سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَاءُوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : فضل التوحيد وما يكفر من الذنوب - 3 — islamhouse.com (48:20)
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