8/15/2019 Who is a Sorcerer

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Who is a sorcerer?

If the characteristics mentioned below are recognised in a person who attempts to

heal someone, and if he possesses them then one should be certain that such a

person is a sorcerer and must be avoided :1. If he asks the name of the ill person and the name of the mother.

2. If he requests some form of clothes of the ill person for example, shirt, hat or

handkerchief.

3. If requests an animal that he sacrifices without reciting !ismillah " in the name of

#llah$.% then he rubs the blood of the animal on the person&s bod' and he throws the

rest on uninhabited land.

(. If he writes spells and talismans "ta&weedh$.

). If he recites the spells and talisman that cannot be understood b' normal people.

*. If he give the patient a veil that has boxes and the boxes contain numbers or letters.

+. If he orders the patient to seclude himself from the people for a specific period and

to lock himself in a room where sunlight cannot reach him.

. If he ask the patient not to touch water for a specific period which is normall' fort'

"(-$ da's. #nd this sign is clear evidence that the inn the sorcerer are /hristian.

0. If he give the patient some things that he needs to bur' in the ground.

1-. If he gives the patient some papers that he needs to burn and inhale the smoke

from the burning paper.

11. If he chant or murmur in a tongue or language that nobod' understands.12. If he tells the patient his name, the name of his cit' and the reason for his visit, all

as soon as he sees him.

13. he magician gives the patient a piece of paper or a plate with some letters

inscribed on it, and the patient has to mix it with water and drink it.

If 'ou see a single sign from these signs in a person and 'ou become certain he is a

sorcerer then do not go to him otherwise the statement of the essenger of #llah

"saw$ will appl' to 'ou:

hoever visited a fortune teller and believed in what was said to him then he has

disbelieved in the religion revealed to uhammad "sal4#llaahu 5ala'he wa sallam$.%

6his hadith with its supports is 7asan, and !a8ar, #hmad and 7akim have narrated it.

9ee also 9aheeh al4ami "no.)030$