Are the hadiths regarding the killing of the sorcerer authentic?
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The questioner : And finally, are the hadiths regarding the killing of the sorcerer authentic?
The Shaykh : There is a hadith from 'Imran ibn Husayn that he was informed that there was a sorcerer, so he went to him and cut off his head, but I do not recall its authenticity right now.
The questioner : Very well, I hope you will review it for us.
The Shaykh : I hope Allah will make it easy for me to do so.
The questioner : And may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you as well.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, the mercy of Allah, and His blessings.
The questioner : ... Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds ... My dear Shaykh, I am from Iraq, and we are currently facing a wave of modern trials ... for the Muslims, but in a new framework and in new forms in which people may be deceived, even if they are Salafi in belief and methodology ... Indeed, many have been deceived, including those of whom we think well and consider to be good, and Allah is their accountant ... The hostility began from the state, and then from these people, the Muslim Brotherhood ... tawhid (the oneness of Allah) ... meaning, the Salafis, with clear and evident hostility by all means ... or in the sense that ... the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, and so on ... And there are many people who listen to them, some of whom are on the pulpits, and most of them are like this ... regarding the pulpits and da'wah (calling others to Islam), and they have been restricted, and you know, my Shaykh, some of them ... either out of diplomacy or out of fear, we do not know what we should do in this phase, how do we confront them? If we confront them face to face, we are exposed to things ... destruction ... or that they ... these are the ones we intend to clarify the truth to, because they have certain appearances by which they attack him, they may attack his character, they want to make him not sound, not on the straight path, in order to diminish his status ... We are proceeding with teaching the correct Islamic knowledge to clarify to people the soundness of the methodology ... distinguishing between this and that ... .
The Shaykh : There is a hadith from 'Imran ibn Husayn that he was informed that there was a sorcerer, so he went to him and cut off his head, but I do not recall its authenticity right now.
The questioner : Very well, I hope you will review it for us.
The Shaykh : I hope Allah will make it easy for me to do so.
The questioner : And may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you as well.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, the mercy of Allah, and His blessings.
The questioner : ... Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds ... My dear Shaykh, I am from Iraq, and we are currently facing a wave of modern trials ... for the Muslims, but in a new framework and in new forms in which people may be deceived, even if they are Salafi in belief and methodology ... Indeed, many have been deceived, including those of whom we think well and consider to be good, and Allah is their accountant ... The hostility began from the state, and then from these people, the Muslim Brotherhood ... tawhid (the oneness of Allah) ... meaning, the Salafis, with clear and evident hostility by all means ... or in the sense that ... the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, and so on ... And there are many people who listen to them, some of whom are on the pulpits, and most of them are like this ... regarding the pulpits and da'wah (calling others to Islam), and they have been restricted, and you know, my Shaykh, some of them ... either out of diplomacy or out of fear, we do not know what we should do in this phase, how do we confront them? If we confront them face to face, we are exposed to things ... destruction ... or that they ... these are the ones we intend to clarify the truth to, because they have certain appearances by which they attack him, they may attack his character, they want to make him not sound, not on the straight path, in order to diminish his status ... We are proceeding with teaching the correct Islamic knowledge to clarify to people the soundness of the methodology ... distinguishing between this and that ... .