The Ruling on One Who Slaughtered for Other Than Allah and to Whom the Proof Has Been Conveyed

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A man fell ill and went to the fortune-tellers, and they asked him to slaughter for the jinn and hang up wolf hair. He was conveyed the proof that this is shirk (associating partners with Allah), so he went and did it. Is he declared a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) after the legal proofs have been conveyed to him?
Whoever slaughters for the jinn out of reverence for them or fear of them, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah). If a person is informed of this but persists in doing it, it is shirk (associating partners with Allah). However, if he repents, even after having done it, Allah will accept his repentance;because of His saying, the Exalted:

Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them

قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ يَنْتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ

[Al-Anfal: 38] ,And by His saying, Exalted is He:

Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعاً إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

[Az-Zumar: 53] And we ask Allah to forgive us and you, and to take care of us and you in this world and the Hereafter.

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