The first question of Fatwa No. ( 6289 ): Q1: What is meant by the saying: “Learn sorcery but do not practice it”? Because some people say that it is a weak hadith? Volume 1: It is forbidden to learn sorcery, whether to practice it or to ward it off, and it is explicitly stated that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in His Noble Book, that learning it is disbelief. He, the Exalted, said: يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّى يَقُولاَ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلاَ تَكْفُرْ teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [Al-Baqarah 2:102] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also explicitly stated that sorcery is one of the major sins and commanded its avoidance, saying: اجتنبوا السبع الموبقات Avoid the seven destructive sins He mentioned sorcery among them. In the Sunan, according to al-Nasa'i : من عقد عقدة ونفث فيها فقد سحر ومن سحر فقد أشرك Whoever ties a know and blows on it, he has practiced magic; and whoever practices magic, he has committed Shirk Sunan an-Nasa'i 4079 . As for what you mentioned regarding the saying: "Learn sorcery but do not practice it," it is not a hadith, neither authentic nor weak, to our knowledge. And success is from Allah. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

Learning Sorcery

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta

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The first question of Fatwa No. ( 6289 ):
Q1: What is meant by the saying: “Learn sorcery but do not practice it”? Because some people say that it is a weak hadith?
Volume 1: It is forbidden to learn sorcery, whether to practice it or to ward it off, and it is explicitly stated
that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in His Noble Book, that learning it is disbelief. He, the Exalted, said:

teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve

يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّى يَقُولاَ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلاَ تَكْفُرْ

[Al-Baqarah 2:102]

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also explicitly stated that sorcery is one of the major sins and commanded its avoidance, saying:

Avoid the seven destructive sins

اجتنبوا السبع الموبقات

He mentioned sorcery among them. In the Sunan, according to al-Nasa'i :

Whoever ties a know and blows on it, he has practiced magic; and whoever practices magic, he has committed Shirk

من عقد عقدة ونفث فيها فقد سحر ومن سحر فقد أشرك

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4079Da'if (Darussalam)

. As for what you mentioned regarding the saying: "Learn sorcery but do not practice it," it is not a hadith, neither authentic nor weak, to our knowledge. And success is from Allah. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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