Ruling on going to sorcerers and believing them
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Your Eminence! Is it permissible for a man to go to a sorcerer to find out if he is under a spell or not? And if he meets a sorcerer without intending to go to him, and the sorcerer tells him that he is under a spell, should he believe him or not?
First: There is no doubt that sorcery has an effect on a person: an effect on the mind, an effect on the body, and an effect on the senses. This is why, when the sorcerers cast their sorcery before Musa (peace be upon him), it seemed to him because of their sorcery that these ropes and staffs were moving,Meaning: that they were walking and running.
So there is no doubt that sorcery has an effect, but a person should not be quick to assumeSo whenever something happens to him, he says: that it is sorcery.To the point that some people catch a cold and say: "This cold is sorcery!" That is a mistake.
But in any case, if the effect of sorcery becomes apparent on a person through a visible effect,And he happens to meet a sorcerer who says: that he is under a spell, he should not rely on the statement of this sorcerer; rather, he should rely on the effects of sorcery that have occurred to him, and the sorcerer's statement serves as corroboration for it.
First: There is no doubt that sorcery has an effect on a person: an effect on the mind, an effect on the body, and an effect on the senses. This is why, when the sorcerers cast their sorcery before Musa (peace be upon him), it seemed to him because of their sorcery that these ropes and staffs were moving,Meaning: that they were walking and running.
So there is no doubt that sorcery has an effect, but a person should not be quick to assumeSo whenever something happens to him, he says: that it is sorcery.To the point that some people catch a cold and say: "This cold is sorcery!" That is a mistake.
But in any case, if the effect of sorcery becomes apparent on a person through a visible effect,And he happens to meet a sorcerer who says: that he is under a spell, he should not rely on the statement of this sorcerer; rather, he should rely on the effects of sorcery that have occurred to him, and the sorcerer's statement serves as corroboration for it.