What is the ruling on one who holds a snake and puts it in vinegar?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you for that, people, O Shaykh, who hold snakes
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : and put them... and put them in their stores, I don't know, O Shaykh, and I see them, I don't know, without
The Shaykh : perhaps they are sorcerers, O Salim
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Musa (peace be upon him)[Taha 20:66] and they were ropes, so perhaps they are sorcerers
The questioner : I don't know, a matter
The Shaykh : there are also people who tell me there are people who hold snakes and then pull out their fangs; if they pull out their fangs, it cannot bite
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : but I say perhaps before they bring them to the people, perhaps they take them and pull out their fangs, and it is only through its fangs that it expels the poison
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : they take their mouths, perhaps yes
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : and put them... and put them in their stores, I don't know, O Shaykh, and I see them, I don't know, without
The Shaykh : perhaps they are sorcerers, O Salim
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Musa (peace be upon him)
seemed to him from their magic that they were moving
يخيل إليه من سحرهم أنها تسعىThe questioner : I don't know, a matter
The Shaykh : there are also people who tell me there are people who hold snakes and then pull out their fangs; if they pull out their fangs, it cannot bite
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : but I say perhaps before they bring them to the people, perhaps they take them and pull out their fangs, and it is only through its fangs that it expels the poison
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : they take their mouths, perhaps yes