<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Magic &ldquo;Alsihr&rdquo; and the evils that follow is one of the great dangers that corrupt societies, divide families, and introduce affliction and disease to people, therefore, people must understand its truth, know its dangers, and fear its evil.</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">So that someone who is ignorant of his rule does not fall into his action. Women are the most people who are infatuated with magic and do it most,</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">because of their ignorance of his ruling.</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">A woman may do magic to another woman without knowing that it is disbelief and paganism.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Allah Almighty said:&rdquo;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Wa min sharrin-naffaathaati</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">fil-&#39;uqad&rdquo; &ldquo;And from the evil of the blowers in knots&rdquo;,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Mujahid, Ikrimah, Al-Hassan, Qatada, and Al-Dhahak said in its interpretation, it means &quot;Al-Sawahir&quot; &quot;witches&quot;. This does not mean contempt and slander for women, as there are so many good women.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large"><strong>- Definition of magic:</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Magic is something whose cause is hidden.</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">It is: &ldquo;written on paper, medicines, and &quot;tadkhinat&quot; making smoke,</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">and words he says or writes, and it has a real effect on the body, heart, or mind of the enchanted and its influence cannot be achieved without the will of God.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Magic is forbidden in all the injunctions of the Messengers- peace be upon them- and it is one of the things that corrupt Islam.</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Allah Almighty said:&rdquo; wama yuealliman min &#39;ahad hatta yaqula &#39;innama nahn fitnat fala takfur&rdquo; (albqrat :102) .&rdquo;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">But they [i.e., the two angels] do not teach anyone unless they say, &quot;We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic].&quot;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">And in &ldquo;Hadith&rdquo; The Prophet (</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:x-large">ﷺ</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">) said, &ldquo;Avoid the seven destructive things&hellip;&rdquo;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">And he mentioned to Magic (Sihr) as one of them, narrated by Bukhari and Muslim.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah -may God have mercy on him- said:&quot;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Most of the scholars believe that the magician is an infidel, he must be killed, and it has been proven that the magician was killed as mentioned from Omar, Uthman, and Hafsa - may God be pleased with them-&quot; Majmoo &#39;Fataawa Ibn Taymiyyah 29/384.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Sheikh Ibn Baz -may God have mercy on him- said:&rdquo;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">The repentance between him and God is correct if he is sincere and benefits him with God. As for the legal ruling, he must be killed&rdquo; Majmoo &#39;Fatwas of Sheikh Ibn Baz -May God has mercy on him- 8/111.</span></span></p>

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	<p><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">First case:</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">To believe in them, considering their saying, is disbelief. The Prophet (</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Courier New"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:x-large">ﷺ</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">) said,</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">&quot;He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the Unseen and believes in him, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad.&quot;It was narrated by Ahmad and al-Hakim and authenticated by al-Albani in Sahih al-Jami &#39;(5939).</span></span></span></span></p>
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	<p><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">The second case:</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Whoever goes to them and does not believe in them has committed a major sin, and his prayer for forty days is not acceptable, even though it is obligatory for him, and he has to repent from his work.</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">The Prophet (</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Courier New"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:x-large">ﷺ</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">) said, &quot;He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the Unseen, his Salat (prayers) will not be accepted for forty days.&quot;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">narrated by Muslim.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">If it was with Magic like it, then this is forbidden, and if it is with &quot;Ruqyah&quot; and authorized medicine, then this is permissible.</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">See Fath al-Majeed 264.</span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Beware of them, do not go to them and ask them about anything, do not believe them, and do not seek help from them,</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Immunization from their plots and deceit with legitimate Invocation, warn from them and report about them, defeat them, and clearing the truth of their matter and their delusion.</span></span></span></span></p>

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	<p><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Reading Surat Al-Baqarah. In the&ldquo;hadith&rdquo;, the Prophet (</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Courier New"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:x-large">ﷺ</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">) said,&quot; Recite Surah al-Baqara, for to take recourse to it is a blessing and to give it up is a cause of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it.&quot;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">narrated by Muslim. (&lsquo;Batala&rsquo; it means magicians).</span></span></span></span></p>
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	<p><span style="font-family:Courier New,serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Reading Ayat al-Kursi. It was mentioned in &lsquo;the hadith&rsquo;, &quot;Whenever you go to your bed, recite the Verse of &quot;Al-Kursi&quot;(</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">allah la alh &#39;iilaa hu alhayu alqayuwm)</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">(Surah Al-Baqarah: 255). &ldquo;Allah. There is no god except He, the Living, the Everlasting&rdquo;,</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">until you finish the verse,</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">for then a guardian from Allah will be guarding you, and Satan will not approach you till dawn.&quot;</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial,serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Narrated by Bukhari.</span></span></span></span></p>
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