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ISLAMIC RULING ON MAGIC

All Praise is due to Allaah, the Forgiver of Sins, the Acceptor of Repentance; may He send salutations and exalt the mention of the seal of all Prophets and Messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, his family and all his companions.

Due to the increase in the number of magicians and fortunetellers lately, those who claim the ability to cure people by the use of magic and fortunetelling, and due to their spread in some of the

Muslim countries and the way they take advantage of some simple-minded, ignorant people, it became necessary for me to clarify the great danger of these people on Muslims and Islaam, for it entails becoming attached to other than Allaah and disobeying His commands and the command of the Prophet .

It is permissible to seek treatment of any sickness, and a Muslim may go to a physician for diagnosis for any type of disease and use the required Islamically lawful treatment prescribed for that.

This is a means which does not contradict reliance on Allaah, and Allaah is The One Who created sicknesses as well as their cures. He granted the knowledge of these cures to whomever He willed, and He did not place cures in anything which He prohibited.

Therefore, it is not permissible for a sick person to seek the help of fortunetellers who claim the knowledge of Unseen. It is also prohibited to believe anything they tell him, for they only conjecture or use the Jinn to help them in their fortunetelling and magic.

These people are disbelievers and misguided if they claim this knowledge of the Unseen.

Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet said: “Whoever goes to a magician or a fortuneteller and believes in what he tells him disbelieves in what has been revealed to….