If the drawing is a type of sorcery, how did the Prophet do it?

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The questioner : We know that drawing on the sand is a type of sorcery, so how did the Prophet do it?

The Shaykh : It is not sorcery. What happened with the Prophet was not sorcery. They said that what happened with the Prophet was a type of keen observation.

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