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SORCERER IN ISLAM
By: Captshittu Date: August 15, 2017, 1:28 am
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SORCERY IN ISLAM (PART 1)
SERIOUS SINS THAT ENDANGER A PERSON’S HEREAFTER
Description: What does Islam say about sorcery?
Islam’s position on sorcery for both the one who practices magic
and the one who believes in sorcery can be summed up in just one
sentence. Sorcery is absolutely forbidden. However, let us try
to discover why Islam forbids it. Remembering that Islam is a
way of life, not just a set of beliefs that people may or may
not practice, we find that sorcery is forbidden because of the
damage it can do to individuals, families and the community.
Since the dawn of time, human beings have been fascinated by
sorcery in all its forms. They have been mystified and awe
inspired and often times unaware of the dangers inherent in
sorcery. Sorcery is known in Arabic as sihr and it is one of
the tricks that Satan uses to lead humankind astray. It is, for
this reason, Islam warns against magic. God warns against it in
the Quran.
"And indeed they knew that the buyers of it (magic) would have
no share in the Hereafter. And how bad indeed was that for
which they sold their own selves, if they but knew.” (Quran
2:102)
Sorcery is performed with the aid of the Jinn (To learn more
about the Jinn, please see:
(
HTML http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/669/viewall/),
whose help
is attained when the sorcerer or sorceress does acts of
disbelief and worships the Jinn and Satan. Thus they take the
Jinn and Satan as lords besides God. Once the Jinn are pleased
with the sorcerer or sorceress, they will do what they ask them.
Renowned Islamic scholar of the 20th century Sheikh Ibn Baz,
may God have mercy on him, said, “Sihr (sorcery) is a word
referring to something hidden. It is real and there are kinds of
witchcraft that may affect people psychologically and
physically, so that they become sick and die, or husbands and
wives are separated. It is a devilish action, most of which is
only achieved by means of associating others with God and
drawing close to the minions of Satan”.
Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon
him, counseled his followers to avoid the seven destructive
sins. “Making anyone or anything a partner with God; practicing
sorcery; killing a living being without justification whose life
has been declared sacred by Allah; practicing usury;
misappropriating the property of an orphan; running away in a
battle; and slandering chaste, innocent, believing women.”
During the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad one of the most popular
forms of sorcery was to tie knots in a rope and then recite
incantations over knots, thus bewitching or harming another
person. This is mentioned in the second to last chapter of the
Quran where we are encouraged to seek refuge from this evil.
“And from the evil of those who practise witchcraft when they
blow on knots.” (Quran 113:4)
This form of sorcery was done to Prophet Muhammad but God did
not allow it to cause him any harm. An evil man cast a spell on
Prophet Muhammad using a hair that was caught in a comb along
with a few fibers of a date palm. After the spell was cast the
Prophet began to imagine that he had sexual relations with one
of his wives when he had in fact not done so; The affect of the
spell was limited and it did not in any way interfere with his
responsibility of conveying the Divine Message. His beloved
wife Aisha narrates that, “One day he (Prophet Muhammad) made
supplication to God and then he said, “Do you know that God has
shown me where my cure is? Two men came to me and one of them
sat at my head and the other at my feet. One of them said to
the other, ‘What is ailing the man?’ He said: ‘He has been
bewitched.’ He said, “who has bewitched him?’ He said: ‘Labeed
ibn al-A’sam.’ He said, ‘With what?’ He said, ‘With a comb, a
hair that was caught onto it, and the fiber of a male date palm.
He said, ‘Where is it?’ He said, ‘In the well of Dharwaan.’”
He went to the well, came back and said, “Its date palms are
like the heads of devils.” I said: “Did you take it out?” He
said: “No. God has healed me, and I feared that that might
bring evil upon the people.” Then the well was filled in.
Prophet Muhammad again warns his followers about the dangers of
magic (sorcery or witchcraft) when he states that, "Whoever ties
a knot and then says incantations over it has committed sorcery
and whoever commits sorcery has associated partners with God and
whoever relies on something (other than God) will be turned over
to it."
Another form of sorcery that is extremely popular nowadays is
listening to predictions made by fortune tellers and consulting
horoscopes. It is worth remembering what Prophet Muhammad said
about these forms of sorcery, “Whoever goes to a fortune-teller
and asks him about something, his prayer will not be accepted
for forty days.” This does not mean that a person is exempt from
the prayer it means he will gain no reward from his prayer.
"Whoever goes to a fortune-teller or soothsayer and believes
what he says has disbelieved in that which was revealed to
Muhammad.”
"He does not belong to us who believes in good or ill omens or
asks others to give their views on good or ill fortune based on
the motion of worldly objects, or who seeks divination or who
has that done for him, or who practices witchcraft or has that
done for him. Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes what he
says has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.”
Sorcery, sihr in Arabic, which includes witchcraft, fortune
telling of any kind, astrology or divination is strictly
forbidden in Islam. In all cases it involves dealing with the
unseen and in most cases it involves ascribing partners with
God. These are both very serious sins and will at the very
least involve the person, who either practices or believes in
sorcery, in behaviour that may lead to his or her eternal
downfall.
In the second article we will discuss cures for sorcery. What
to do if one is affected by sorcery or if one want to protect
oneself from the evil effects of sorcery.
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