Hajj on behalf of a deceased person who used to write amulets and read books of sorcery
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man used to work with writing amulets and talismans, and he constantly read in books of sorcery and astrology. He used to pray, but he did not perform Hajj. Is it permissible for his relatives to perform Hajj on his behalf after he died?
Answer:
If he died while engaged in this practice, working with sorcery and writing spells, then no Hajj is performed on his behalf, for he is not a Muslim, may Allah protect us from that. He has no creed; this is practicing sorcery or permitting sorcery. This is not a Muslim. Yes, it is not. Sorcery is disbelief, as He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said: [Al-Baqarah 2:102] They learn from people sorcery, and they disbelieved in sorcery. So sorcery is disbelief: learning it, teaching it, and practicing it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man used to work with writing amulets and talismans, and he constantly read in books of sorcery and astrology. He used to pray, but he did not perform Hajj. Is it permissible for his relatives to perform Hajj on his behalf after he died?
Answer:
If he died while engaged in this practice, working with sorcery and writing spells, then no Hajj is performed on his behalf, for he is not a Muslim, may Allah protect us from that. He has no creed; this is practicing sorcery or permitting sorcery. This is not a Muslim. Yes, it is not.
Among us is one who practiced sorcery, or one who was subjected to sorcery.
منا من سحر او سحر لهIt was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic
وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب المناسك — islamhouse.com (51:24)
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