Repentance of one who caused sorcery to be performed on another person
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Question:
A person went to a sorcerer and asked him to cast a spell on another person, so he did. Then the person who caused the sorcery repented. What should he do?
Answer:
This person is held accountable for his crime. If the other person died as a result, this is considered cooperation with the one who killed a Muslim. If a group conspires to kill a Muslim and they kill him, then all of them are executed, including the direct perpetrator and the one who assisted him. If they killed a person, retaliation is obligatory upon them. If they did not kill him but caused some kind of illness, they are also responsible for that, just as if they had attacked him, beaten him, or wounded him. They are responsible for the injury. This matter ends up in the Sharia court. Yes, the matter is not easy. It is not as if he simply repents, stays silent, and the victim or the deceased prays for him. The victim's right is not invalidated. Repentance does not drop the right of the created being. Therefore, he must absolve himself of the right of the created being by fulfilling his right to him. If it is retaliation, then retaliation; if it is money, he gives him money, along with seeking forgiveness and pardon. Yes.
A person went to a sorcerer and asked him to cast a spell on another person, so he did. Then the person who caused the sorcery repented. What should he do?
Answer:
This person is held accountable for his crime. If the other person died as a result, this is considered cooperation with the one who killed a Muslim. If a group conspires to kill a Muslim and they kill him, then all of them are executed, including the direct perpetrator and the one who assisted him. If they killed a person, retaliation is obligatory upon them. If they did not kill him but caused some kind of illness, they are also responsible for that, just as if they had attacked him, beaten him, or wounded him. They are responsible for the injury. This matter ends up in the Sharia court. Yes, the matter is not easy. It is not as if he simply repents, stays silent, and the victim or the deceased prays for him. The victim's right is not invalidated. Repentance does not drop the right of the created being. Therefore, he must absolve himself of the right of the created being by fulfilling his right to him. If it is retaliation, then retaliation; if it is money, he gives him money, along with seeking forgiveness and pardon. Yes.
Source
السحر والشعوذة وخطورتهما على الفرد والمجتمع — islamhouse.com (58:55)
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