Is merely learning sorcery considered disbelief?
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The reader: "The second."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the verse indicates that whoever learns it practices it and acts upon it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, until he becomes a sorcerer. The beginning of the verse, on its apparent meaning...[Al-Baqarah 2:102] so its apparent meaning is that one commits disbelief merely by learning it. But they learn it in order to practice sorcery. Therefore, He said: [Al-Baqarah 2:102] so its apparent meaning is that one must be a sorcerer. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the verse indicates that whoever learns it practices it and acts upon it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, until he becomes a sorcerer. The beginning of the verse, on its apparent meaning...