The Ruling on Attending Circus Venues
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Question:
What is the ruling on acrobatic games and magic tricks? And what is the ruling on watching them?
Answer:
Magic is of two types, as the issues before us are of two types: real magic that has an effect, kills, causes illness, and separates a person from his wife; and illusory magic that has no reality, but is merely a display to the eyes, called al-qamrah. The circus is of this type of illusory magic.
It creates illusions for people of things that have no reality. He shows them that he walks on fire, that he pulls a car with a hair, that he sleeps on nails and they pass over him. All of this is a lie; it is not true. He creates these illusions for people. He is a liar.
[Taha 20:66]. This was done by the magicians of Pharaoh with Moses (peace be upon him). They made it appear [Taha 20:66]. It was made to appear to him. They bewitched the eyes of the people. They intimidated him.
This is illusory magic, so this work is not permissible, whether they call it a circus, or call it acrobatics, or something similar, or sports. This is magic; it is not permissible to perform it, nor to bring in magicians, nor to attend these clubs where this matter takes place. Yes.
What is the ruling on acrobatic games and magic tricks? And what is the ruling on watching them?
Answer:
Magic is of two types, as the issues before us are of two types: real magic that has an effect, kills, causes illness, and separates a person from his wife; and illusory magic that has no reality, but is merely a display to the eyes, called al-qamrah. The circus is of this type of illusory magic.
It creates illusions for people of things that have no reality. He shows them that he walks on fire, that he pulls a car with a hair, that he sleeps on nails and they pass over him. All of this is a lie; it is not true. He creates these illusions for people. He is a liar.
seemed to him from their magic that they were moving
يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰto him from their magic that they were moving
إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰThis is illusory magic, so this work is not permissible, whether they call it a circus, or call it acrobatics, or something similar, or sports. This is magic; it is not permissible to perform it, nor to bring in magicians, nor to attend these clubs where this matter takes place. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [192] حكم حضورأماكن السيرك - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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