Learning sorcery and teaching it to people is a reprehensible matter that is not permissible
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Question:
I inform you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, that I love you for the sake of Allah, and may Allah prolong your life in His obedience. I inform you that I have looked into the book *Rawa'i al-Bayan* by Shaykh Ibn Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sabuni, one volume, and in his exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [al-Baqarah:102] to the end of the verses, he said: Sorcery is of two types:
So whoever learns it to ward off harm or to repel its injury from people, he has been saved and has remained firm upon faith. And whoever learns it believing in its validity, to inflict injury upon people, he has gone astray and committed disbelief. So the people are two groups: a group that learns it with a good intention to repel its harm from people. We ask you, Your Eminence, to clarify this so that it does not mislead?
Answer:
And the answer is: Your love for me for the sake of Allah, so I say: May Allah love you as you have loved us for His sake, and we ask Allah to make us and you all among those who love one another for the sake of Allah. It is authentically reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sahih Muslim 2566 We ask Allah to make us and you among them.
As for this book, *Rawa'i al-Bayan* by al-Sabuni, I have not looked into it, but if he has permitted learning sorcery in it, then he has erred and is mistaken. It is not permissible to learn sorcery, even if the learner’s intention is good; because learning sorcery does not occur except through disbelief in Allah (may we seek refuge in Allah), it does not occur except through worshipping the devils and drawing near to the devils, so that they may teach him what is hidden of the knowledge of the unseen, in their claim.
So the point is: Learning sorcery and teaching it to people is a reprehensible matter, not permissible according to the scholars, whether al-Sabuni said it or someone other than al-Sabuni. This is never permissible, rather it is a reprehensible matter, and he has erred and committed a grave error if he said this statement.
Question: What is your opinion of the book, O Shaykh?
Answer: I have not looked into it, but if it contains this, then it is a reprehensible error.
I inform you, Your Eminence the Shaykh, that I love you for the sake of Allah, and may Allah prolong your life in His obedience. I inform you that I have looked into the book *Rawa'i al-Bayan* by Shaykh Ibn Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sabuni, one volume, and in his exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon.
وَاتَّبَعُوا مَا تَتْلُو الشَّيَاطِينُ عَلَى مُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَSo whoever learns it to ward off harm or to repel its injury from people, he has been saved and has remained firm upon faith. And whoever learns it believing in its validity, to inflict injury upon people, he has gone astray and committed disbelief. So the people are two groups: a group that learns it with a good intention to repel its harm from people. We ask you, Your Eminence, to clarify this so that it does not mislead?
Answer:
And the answer is: Your love for me for the sake of Allah, so I say: May Allah love you as you have loved us for His sake, and we ask Allah to make us and you all among those who love one another for the sake of Allah. It is authentically reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
Allah would say on the Day of Resurrection: Where are those who have mutual love for My Glory's sake? Today I shall shelter them in My shadow when there is no other shadow but the shadow of Mine.
يقول الله يوم القيامة: أين المتحابون بجلالي؟ اليوم أظلهم في ظلي يوم لا ظل إلا ظليAs for this book, *Rawa'i al-Bayan* by al-Sabuni, I have not looked into it, but if he has permitted learning sorcery in it, then he has erred and is mistaken. It is not permissible to learn sorcery, even if the learner’s intention is good; because learning sorcery does not occur except through disbelief in Allah (may we seek refuge in Allah), it does not occur except through worshipping the devils and drawing near to the devils, so that they may teach him what is hidden of the knowledge of the unseen, in their claim.
So the point is: Learning sorcery and teaching it to people is a reprehensible matter, not permissible according to the scholars, whether al-Sabuni said it or someone other than al-Sabuni. This is never permissible, rather it is a reprehensible matter, and he has erred and committed a grave error if he said this statement.
Question: What is your opinion of the book, O Shaykh?
Answer: I have not looked into it, but if it contains this, then it is a reprehensible error.
Source
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