What is the ruling on seeking the help of sorcerers to resolve the problem of one who has been afflicted with zina and sodomy and suspects that it is due to sorcery?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you. A Muslim man has been afflicted by Allah with zina and sodomy, and his family suspects that sorcery has been performed on him. Is it permissible for them to seek the help of sorcerers to resolve his problem?
The Shaykh : Perhaps this is an illness. It is not necessarily sorcery. I seek refuge in Allah, but some people are afflicted with this; they are afflicted with a love of zina, even if they have a wife, and a love of sodomy, even if they have a wife. Did not Lut say to his people:[Ash-Shu'ara 26:165-166]? That is to say, we are not certain that it is sorcery.
The questioner : They had a great suspicion because he traveled and got to know a woman and so on, and then he returned... because he had started doing sodomy.
The Shaykh : Yes, the matter is possible, but it is not certain. It is not a certainty. Perhaps when he saw those corrupt societies, he was afflicted by them. This indicates to us that one must be cautious about traveling to such countries, and that it is not permissible for a person to travel to them except out of dire necessity, such as a patient or the like. Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps this is an illness. It is not necessarily sorcery. I seek refuge in Allah, but some people are afflicted with this; they are afflicted with a love of zina, even if they have a wife, and a love of sodomy, even if they have a wife. Did not Lut say to his people:
(165) Do you approach males among the worlds (166) And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."
أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ * وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَThe questioner : They had a great suspicion because he traveled and got to know a woman and so on, and then he returned... because he had started doing sodomy.
The Shaykh : Yes, the matter is possible, but it is not certain. It is not a certainty. Perhaps when he saw those corrupt societies, he was afflicted by them. This indicates to us that one must be cautious about traveling to such countries, and that it is not permissible for a person to travel to them except out of dire necessity, such as a patient or the like. Yes.