What is the response to the sorcerers' claim on the channels: "We do it for the sake of Allah, so our action is from Allah, and it is our knowledge"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The sorcerers on the channels say, "We do it for the sake of Allah, so our action is from Allah, and it is our knowledge in good." Unfortunately, most of the callers to them are from this country, and from the lands of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Is their statement correct? And what is your guidance?
Answer:
Allah has made their reality clear. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said regarding the devils:[Al-Baqarah 2:102]. So sorcery is from the teaching of the devils. Do the devils teach anything that contains good?
The devils do not teach anything but evil. So sorcery is from the teaching of the devils, by the explicit text of the Qur'an. How can they say that we teach good? This is from lying and fabrication. Yes. It is not permissible for a Muslim to doubt their matter. Rather, it is not permissible for him to look at these satellite channels; rather, he should turn them off and keep them away from himself and his household.
Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:[Al-An'am 6:68] So He, Glorified and Exalted is He, prohibited sitting in gatherings where people discuss the verses of Allah. And among the greatest discussions of the verses of Allah is sorcery and talking about it.
And He, Exalted and Majestic is He, also said:[An-Nisa 4:140] And sitting with people can be by physical presence, or it can be by sight. And now it has become such that it is as if you are sitting with someone in the East or in the West, as if he is with you.
You see him and hear his speech, and it is clearer than the person next to you. So the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is great and the evil is much. But praise be to Allah that the truth is clear, and the path, praise be to Allah, is clear. The Qur'an is in our hands, and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the words of the people of knowledge. So why do we leave these matters and go with the sorcerers, saying, "We will see what they have"? Yes, see what they have, and you will become like them. If you are like them, yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The sorcerers on the channels say, "We do it for the sake of Allah, so our action is from Allah, and it is our knowledge in good." Unfortunately, most of the callers to them are from this country, and from the lands of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Is their statement correct? And what is your guidance?
Answer:
Allah has made their reality clear. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said regarding the devils:
but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic
وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَThe devils do not teach anything but evil. So sorcery is from the teaching of the devils, by the explicit text of the Qur'an. How can they say that we teach good? This is from lying and fabrication. Yes. It is not permissible for a Muslim to doubt their matter. Rather, it is not permissible for him to look at these satellite channels; rather, he should turn them off and keep them away from himself and his household.
Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:
And when 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 forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَAnd He, Exalted and Majestic is He, also said:
And 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 until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them.
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْYou see him and hear his speech, and it is clearer than the person next to you. So the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is great and the evil is much. But praise be to Allah that the truth is clear, and the path, praise be to Allah, is clear. The Qur'an is in our hands, and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the words of the people of knowledge. So why do we leave these matters and go with the sorcerers, saying, "We will see what they have"? Yes, see what they have, and you will become like them. If you are like them, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [26 -858] ما الرد على قول السحرة في القنوات: نحن نفعل من أجل الله، ففعلنا من الله، وهو علمنا؟ — youtube.com
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