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What is the ruling on watching some programs related to sorcery on satellite channels for the sake of entertainment and enjoyment?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some satellite channels broadcast programs related to sorcery, by hosting a sorcerer who answers the viewers' questions. The question is: What is the ruling on the one who calls these people? And what is the ruling on the one who watches them merely for entertainment and amusement?

Answer:
There is no entertainment or amusement in disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah). It is obligatory to disapprove of it and stay away from it. The one who watches it without disapproving of it—if he were disapproving of it, he would not turn it on or look at it. So it is obligatory to stay away from this matter, except for a person who wants to verify this thing in order to try to eliminate it, prevent it, disapprove of it, and remove it. As for a person who wants to spend his time watching disbelief and shirk, this is not permissible. And if he asks them and believes them, he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
or who goes to a fortuneteller and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.من أتى كَاهِنًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ،
Sunan Ibn Majah 639Hasan (Darussalam)
and the sorcerer is more severe than the fortune-teller.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [503 -858] ما حكم مشاهدة بعض البرامج المتعلقة بالسحرعلى الفضائيات لمجرد الفرجة والمتعة؟ — youtube.com

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