The Ruling on Seeking the Help of a Sorcerer
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Question:
This questioner says: On Monday night, yes, the second question says: Is the one who seeks the help of a sorcerer in sin equal to the sorcerer, or do they differ in the legal ruling?
Answer:
It is not permissible, it is not permissible. This is disbelief. Seeking the help of magic and sorcerers is disbelief. Whoever goes to a soothsayer or a diviner—and the soothsayer includes the sorcerer, and the diviner is a term that encompasses [the soothsayer]—Sahih Muslim 2230, narrated by Muslim.
In the other hadith in the Sunan:, and he believed what he said, Jami` at-Tirmidhi 135Hasan (Darussalam) (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes, so the one who goes to the sorcerer and asks him and acts according to his words commits disbelief by that, because he believed the sorcerer and acted upon the magic. We ask Allah for well-being. Yes.
This questioner says: On Monday night, yes, the second question says: Is the one who seeks the help of a sorcerer in sin equal to the sorcerer, or do they differ in the legal ruling?
Answer:
It is not permissible, it is not permissible. This is disbelief. Seeking the help of magic and sorcerers is disbelief. Whoever goes to a soothsayer or a diviner—and the soothsayer includes the sorcerer, and the diviner is a term that encompasses [the soothsayer]—
He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted.
من أتى كاهنا أو عرافا فسأله عن شيء لم تقبل له صلاة أربعونIn the other hadith in the Sunan:
Whoever goes to a soothsayer and asks him
من اتى كاهنا فسالهthen he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.
فقد كفر بما انزل على محمد
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 05 من 05 / تعليق على رسالة وجوب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر / حواريون / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:04:13)
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