![]() ![]() It was proven from Amir al-Muminin ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he wrote to his governors in greater Syria and elsewhere, instructing them to execute every practitioner of witchcraft, male or female, because of the great extent of their evil and the danger they posed. Such a person is one of the disbelievers and if it is proven before the judge, it is obligatory for the ruler of the Muslims to execute the practitioner of witchcraft. So a rope or a stick may be seen as a snake, or a rock may be seen as an egg, or a person may be seen as something other than he really is, and so on. Sometimes the practitioner of witchcraft does things to harm people by means of the jinn and worshipping them instead of Allah, by means of words, deeds and blowing on knots, as Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “And from the evil of the witches when they blow in the knots.” Īnd sometimes they do that by creating illusions, so that they cause things to be seen as something other than they really are. “So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic.” “…their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast.” ![]() Sometimes he does things that harm them of words, deeds and blowing on knots sometimes he does that by causing illusions to such an extent that a thing may be seen as something other than what it really is, as Allah, may He be glorified, said concerning the sorcerers of Pharaoh (interpretation of the meaning): The practitioner of witchcraft is the one who deals with that which causes harm to people by means of the jinn and worshipping them instead of Allah. ![]() Witchcraft involves shirk because it is worshipping the jinn and is seeking the help of the jinn to misguide people. The works of such are in vain and in Fire shall they abide.” 2. to pray and worship Allah therein, to look after their cleanliness and their building, etc.), while they witness against their own selves of disbelief. “It is not for the Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah), to maintain the Mosques of Allah (i.e. “And indeed it has been revealed to you (O Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)), as it was to those (Allah’s messengers) before you: "If you join others in worship with Allah, (then) surely (all) your deeds will be in vain, and you will certainly be among the losers.” And for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrongdoers) there are no helpers.” “Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode. ![]() Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): The greatest of these sins is shirk (associating others with Allah), which leads to doom with no hope of redemption, and if a person dies in this state he will abide in Hell for all eternity. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) explained the seven sins that doom a person to Hell i n a sahih hadieth that was narrated by the two Shaykhs, al-Bukhari and Muslim, in as-Sahihayn, in which it was narrated that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Avoid the seven sins that doom a person to Hell.” We said: What are they, O Messenger of Allah? He said: “Associating others with Allah (shirk) witchcraft killing a soul whom Allah has forbidden us to kill, except in cases dictated by Islamic law consuming orphans’ wealth consuming riba fleeing from the battlefield and slandering chaste, innocent women.” 7 major sins in Islam 1. ![]()
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