Warning Against Visiting Sorcerers and Believing Them

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Question:
He says: My father and my uncle go to sorcerers and believe them. I have forbidden them from doing so, but they did not heed my prohibition. So what should I do, given that I live with them?
May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to continue advising them and warning them against this. If they refuse, it is obligatory for you to leave them and move to another place. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith:

He is not one of us who practices sorcery or has sorcery performed for him

ليس منا من سحر أو سحر له

And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):

He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted.

من أتى عرافًا فسأله عن شيء لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين يومًا

Sahih Muslim 2230

narrated by Muslim in the authentic collection. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):

Whoever goes to a diviner or a fortune-teller and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad

من أتى عرافًا، أو كاهنًا فصدقه بما يقول فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد

Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:740

(peace and blessings be upon him). This is a great warning. The sorcerer is among the diviners, and is more severe than the fortune-tellers, and more wicked. Therefore, one must beware of going to him or asking him. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.

Source binbaz.org.sa

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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