Is going to festivals to watch people eat coals and walk on nails like going to sorcerers?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on going to festivals where there are people eating coals, walking on nails, and other supernatural matters? Is it the same as the ruling on going to sorcerers and watching them?
Answer:
It is the same thing, yes. It is not permissible for a person to attend these places where there is sorcery and evil, except on the basis that he strives to denounce it and remove it. As for sitting and watching without denouncing it and striving to remove it, it is not permissible for him to go there. And if[Al-An'am 6:68] you [Al-An'am 6:68].
[An-Nisa 4:140]. For you to sit and just watch, this is not permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on going to festivals where there are people eating coals, walking on nails, and other supernatural matters? Is it the same as the ruling on going to sorcerers and watching them?
Answer:
It is the same thing, yes. It is not permissible for a person to attend these places where there is sorcery and evil, except on the basis that he strives to denounce it and remove it. As for sitting and watching without denouncing it and striving to remove it, it is not permissible for him to go there. And if
you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to
رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَSatan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَAnd it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [286 -858] هل الذهاب إلى المهرجانات لمشاهدة من يأكل الجمر ويمشي على المسامير مثل الذهاب إلى السحرة؟ — youtube.com
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