Can the sorcerer turn a dog into a donkey?

The questioner : Good, the question also relates to sorcery.

The Shaykh : Please.

The questioner : What is the limit of the sorcerer's ability? Can he transform things, for example, turning an animal into a cat, then into a dog, and so on?

The Shaykh : He can do it through illusion, but in reality, no. As came in the story of the Dajjal at the end of time, that he cuts a person in half, and people see that he has actually cut him in half, then he restores him. After he restores him, he asks him: "Do you believe in me?" He says: "I have only increased in faith that you are the greater Dajjal about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us."
The Shaykh : Sorcery is mostly illusion, but it has an effect, and this effect is not denied in reality. Among this is the story of the Jew Labyd ibn al-'A'sam, who cast a spell on the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) remained affected by his spell with weakness in his body for about six months. Such an effect is possible, but transforming realities is only through illusion and deception. This type is used by many of those called ... sorcerers, especially in Egypt, where there is a great deal of this type. Some people used to come from them to Damascus, and we saw wonders from them! He would take a hundred-pound note and set it on fire in front of people, then restore it as it was, and the ring would be pulled from your hand and you would see it in someone else's palm, and so on. So, sorcery has an effect, but it does not reach the point of transforming the realities of the animals that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created.