The Prohibition of Visiting a Sorcerer for Treatment
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The questioner:
Shaykh, may Allah pardon you, there is a sick man here, O Shaykh. He has a chronic illness, and the doctors in all parts of the Kingdom were unable to do anything; Allah did not grant him a cause or a cure through them. So his brother took him to the north to a man who has dogs, and they say he is a fortune-teller. I advised him, and he said, “Necessity permits the forbidden.”
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, this matter, this itself is just…
The questioner:
And he took five thousand riyals from him.
The Shaykh:
This is the necessity.
The questioner:
Five thousand riyals; this fortune-teller took five thousand riyals from him and said, “Your wife has cast a spell on you.” Enough with the bread, and this woman is dutiful to him, even after his illness; she cannot possibly have cast a spell on him, and he is over fifty years old.
The Shaykh:
And this is among the punishments; the point is that this is not permissible.
The questioner:
And now his mind is disturbed; now Allah is averting the calamity.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
And he does not pray the night prayer; he no longer feels it, and he no longer prays.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to do this. If it is sorcery, or his understanding, or something else, it is not permissible to do it, and this does not make it permissible, even if he is sick. Some illnesses have no cure; some illnesses, Allah has decreed that he will die from them; they have no… A doctor may treat him, but it will not benefit. If Allah willed that he die without illness, there is nothing [to be done].
The questioner:
Fine, this is not with evidence.
The Shaykh:
A person takes the means, and if Allah wills, the matter is in Allah’s hand. There is no medicine for every matter; some illnesses have no medicine. Allah may have decreed that he will die from it.
The questioner:
Necessity in which there are prohibitions, in what, O Shaykh? In more than…
The Shaykh:
If he is hungry and has nothing to eat, he eats from carrion, for example, and things like that, so he does not die. It does not mean that if he does not marry, Mighty and Majestic, or if he does not drink intoxicants, no, this is a matter of choice.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is not a necessity of the lecture, nor is it something called necessity. The necessity that leads you to death: you take from carrion or from any food you find, so that you save yourself and your life from this severe hunger that has befallen you, either by completeness, or by what is known from your brother.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
Yes, no, no. Even if something had preceded and decreed for you suddenly, you do not spend the decree; the decree is behind it; nothing happens.
Shaykh, may Allah pardon you, there is a sick man here, O Shaykh. He has a chronic illness, and the doctors in all parts of the Kingdom were unable to do anything; Allah did not grant him a cause or a cure through them. So his brother took him to the north to a man who has dogs, and they say he is a fortune-teller. I advised him, and he said, “Necessity permits the forbidden.”
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, this matter, this itself is just…
The questioner:
And he took five thousand riyals from him.
The Shaykh:
This is the necessity.
The questioner:
Five thousand riyals; this fortune-teller took five thousand riyals from him and said, “Your wife has cast a spell on you.” Enough with the bread, and this woman is dutiful to him, even after his illness; she cannot possibly have cast a spell on him, and he is over fifty years old.
The Shaykh:
And this is among the punishments; the point is that this is not permissible.
The questioner:
And now his mind is disturbed; now Allah is averting the calamity.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
And he does not pray the night prayer; he no longer feels it, and he no longer prays.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to do this. If it is sorcery, or his understanding, or something else, it is not permissible to do it, and this does not make it permissible, even if he is sick. Some illnesses have no cure; some illnesses, Allah has decreed that he will die from them; they have no… A doctor may treat him, but it will not benefit. If Allah willed that he die without illness, there is nothing [to be done].
The questioner:
Fine, this is not with evidence.
The Shaykh:
A person takes the means, and if Allah wills, the matter is in Allah’s hand. There is no medicine for every matter; some illnesses have no medicine. Allah may have decreed that he will die from it.
The questioner:
Necessity in which there are prohibitions, in what, O Shaykh? In more than…
The Shaykh:
If he is hungry and has nothing to eat, he eats from carrion, for example, and things like that, so he does not die. It does not mean that if he does not marry, Mighty and Majestic, or if he does not drink intoxicants, no, this is a matter of choice.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is not a necessity of the lecture, nor is it something called necessity. The necessity that leads you to death: you take from carrion or from any food you find, so that you save yourself and your life from this severe hunger that has befallen you, either by completeness, or by what is known from your brother.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
Yes, no, no. Even if something had preceded and decreed for you suddenly, you do not spend the decree; the decree is behind it; nothing happens.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، حرمة إتيان الساحر للتداوي - بن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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