What is the ruling on acrobatic feats (sleight of hand)? Are they a form of sorcery?
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Al-Halabi : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on the tricks called "sleight of hand" that some people perform?
The Shaykh : What are they called?
Al-Halabi : Sleight of hand, "khuffat al-yad," meaning they call it...
The Shaykh : Tricks?
Al-Halabi : Yes, for example, when he takes money from your pocket without you noticing, then pulls it out from behind his ear in a certain way. Is this sorcery? And consequently, does its practitioner become a disbeliever?
The Shaykh : No. This is not sorcery, but it is deception (dajal), which the Wise Lawgiver has forbidden.
The Shaykh : What are they called?
Al-Halabi : Sleight of hand, "khuffat al-yad," meaning they call it...
The Shaykh : Tricks?
Al-Halabi : Yes, for example, when he takes money from your pocket without you noticing, then pulls it out from behind his ear in a certain way. Is this sorcery? And consequently, does its practitioner become a disbeliever?
The Shaykh : No. This is not sorcery, but it is deception (dajal), which the Wise Lawgiver has forbidden.
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