What is the authenticity of the hadith: “Learn sorcery, but do not practice it”?
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The questioner : Among the questions: What is the grade of the hadith: ?
The Shaykh : It is strange that some people think or imagine that this is a hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This is like poetry, because it is rhymed speech.
“Learn sorcery, but do not practice it *** Knowledge of a thing is not ignorance of it”
On one hand, on the other hand, it is impossible for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to order the believers to learn sorcery. How could he do so, when learning sorcery is seeking aid from the devils, as is explicit in the Noble Qur'an:[Al-Baqarah 2:102] It is impossible for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to order the Muslims to learn sorcery, because this learning leads to seeking aid from the jinn, and seeking aid from the jinn is a cause of misguidance for humans, as our Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) also stated, informing us of a reality that existed in the first age of ignorance: [Al-Jinn 72:6] weariness and misguidance, other than that.
Learn sorcery and do not act upon it
تعلموا السحر ولا تعملوا بهThe Shaykh : It is strange that some people think or imagine that this is a hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This is like poetry, because it is rhymed speech.
“Learn sorcery, but do not practice it *** Knowledge of a thing is not ignorance of it”
On one hand, on the other hand, it is impossible for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to order the believers to learn sorcery. How could he do so, when learning sorcery is seeking aid from the devils, as is explicit in the Noble Qur'an: