The Ruling on Removing Sorcery with Sorcery in Cases of Necessity
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks about the ruling on removing sorcery with similar sorcery in cases of necessity? This has been asked by you many times, and by others as well.
Answer:
This is not permissible for one reason. This is a matter that is not permissible by consensus among the scholars of knowledge, except for the one who said this, who has erred. This is because every word is taken from the speech of the scholars and rejected, except the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Necessity does not permit disbelief, the act of disbelief, or sorcery. Sorcery is disbelief. It is disliked that one be thrown into the Fire, and it is disliked that one apostatize from his religion, just as it is disliked that one be thrown into the Fire. Sorcery is apostasy, and it is not permissible for a person to practice it or to be content with it. Sorcery is forbidden, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not treat yourselves with that which is forbidden." It is the greatest of the forbidden things.
Treat yourselves, but do not treat yourselves with that which is forbidden. In a hadith of Ibn Mas'ud in al-Bukhari, he said: "Indeed, Allah has not made your healing in that which He has forbidden you." That which is forbidden is not used for treatment. One is only treated with what Allah has permitted from medicines. Allah did not send down a disease except that He sent down for it a cure; those who know know it, and those who do not know do not know it. "He who practices sorcery or has sorcery practiced on him is not one of us." Having sorcery practiced on him—so the one who asks the sorcerer for this is having sorcery practiced on him. This is never permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks about the ruling on removing sorcery with similar sorcery in cases of necessity? This has been asked by you many times, and by others as well.
Answer:
This is not permissible for one reason. This is a matter that is not permissible by consensus among the scholars of knowledge, except for the one who said this, who has erred. This is because every word is taken from the speech of the scholars and rejected, except the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Necessity does not permit disbelief, the act of disbelief, or sorcery. Sorcery is disbelief. It is disliked that one be thrown into the Fire, and it is disliked that one apostatize from his religion, just as it is disliked that one be thrown into the Fire. Sorcery is apostasy, and it is not permissible for a person to practice it or to be content with it. Sorcery is forbidden, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not treat yourselves with that which is forbidden." It is the greatest of the forbidden things.
Treat yourselves, but do not treat yourselves with that which is forbidden. In a hadith of Ibn Mas'ud in al-Bukhari, he said: "Indeed, Allah has not made your healing in that which He has forbidden you." That which is forbidden is not used for treatment. One is only treated with what Allah has permitted from medicines. Allah did not send down a disease except that He sent down for it a cure; those who know know it, and those who do not know do not know it. "He who practices sorcery or has sorcery practiced on him is not one of us." Having sorcery practiced on him—so the one who asks the sorcerer for this is having sorcery practiced on him. This is never permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [72/186] حكم حل السحر بالسحر عند الضرورة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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