إنّ السحر من الكبائر لأنّ الساحر لا بدّ أن يكفر، ولأنّ الشيطان الرجيم ليس له غرض في تعليم الإنسان السحر إلا أن يشرك بالله تعالى.

Sorcery is a major sin because the sorcerer must necessarily disbelieve and the accursed Devil has no other motive for teaching a person witchcraft than that he might thereby ascribe associates to Allah.

قال الله تعالى: {وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَلَٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ ۖ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهِ ۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَارِّينَ بِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا لَمَن اشْتَرَاهُ مَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ}] (البقرة: 102)

Allah, the Almighty, says, {Solomon did not disbelieve but Satan disbelieved, teaching men magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (such things) without saying, 'We are only for trial,' so do not blaspheme.' They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not harm anyone except by Allah's permission. And they learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter.} (AI- Baqarah: 102)

فَتَجِدُ بَعْضَ النَّاسِ الضَّالِّينَ يَتَعَمَّقُونَ فِي تَعَلُّمِ السِّحْرِ وَيَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُ مُجَرَّدُ مُحَرَّمٍ. وَالْحَقِيقَةُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعُدُّونَ مَا يَفْعَلُونَهُ كُفْرًا، وَهُوَ كُفْرٌ! فَيَشْرَعُونَ فِي تَعَلُّمِ جَمِيعِ أَنْوَاعِ السِّحْرِ: السِّحْرِ الْخَالِصِ، وَزِيَادَةِ الْمَحَبَّةِ أَوْ نُقْصَانِهَا بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ، وَجَعْلِ الرَّجُلِ ذَا مَكَانَةٍ وَشَأْنٍ، وَمَا شَابَهَ ذَلِكَ.

Thus, you might find some people who are astray delving in learning sorcery and thinking that it is just unlawful. Actually, they do not consider what they do as disbelief, but it is! They embark on learning all kinds of sorcery: Pure sorcery, increasing or decreasing the love between a man and a woman, making a man important and the like.

تُؤدَّى جميعُ هذه الممارسات بواسطة كلماتٍ مجهولةٍ، أكثرُها يُفضي إلى الكفر.

All of these practices are done by means of some unknown words, most of which lead to unbelief.

عقوبة الساحر القتل، وذلك لأنه كافر. وقد قال النبي ﷺ: «اجتنبوا السبع الموبقات».1

The penalty for a sorcerer is to be killed. This is because he is an unbeliever. The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Avoid the seven heinous sins.”1

وذكر السحر.

And he mentioned sorcery.

"حَدُّ السَّاحِرِ الضَّرْبُ بِالسَّيْفِ."2

"The penalty for a sorcerer is the sword.”2

قال بجالة بن عبدة: جاءنا عمر (رضي الله عنه) قبل وفاته بسنة فقال: «اقتلوا كل ساحر (ذكر أو أنثى)».3

Bijalah Ibn Abah related, 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us one year before his death and said, "Kill every sorcerer (male or female).”3

قال وهب بن منبّه: «قرأتُ في كتابٍ: قال اللهُ تعالى: لا إلهَ إلا أنا، ليس منّي مَن تكهّن أو تُكهِّنَ له، ولا مَن سحر أو سُحِرَ له، ولا مَن تطيّر أو تُطيِّرَ له».٤

Wahb Ibn Munabbih said, "I read in a book: 'Allah the Almighty says, 'There is no god but Me. He is not of Me who practices sorcery, or asks someone to practice with him. The one who foretells or the foretold, the one who seeks an omen or for whom an omen is sought.” 4

قال علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه: "الكاهن ساحر، والساحر كافر". وروى أبو موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه أن النبي ﷺ قال: "لا يدخل الجنة مدمن الخمر، ولا قاطع الرحم، ولا مصدّق بالسحر".1

`Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said, A for tuneteller is a sorcerer, a sorcerer is a disbeliever." Abu Musa AI-Ashari, may Allah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "The drunkard, the one who severs the ties of kinship, and whoever believes in sorcery will not enter Paradise.”1

قال ابنُ مسعودٍ رضي الله عنه: قال النبيُّ ﷺ: «إنَّ الرُّقَى والتَّمائمَ والتِّولةَ شركٌ».2

Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) related that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "Incantations, amulets and spells are Shirk (polytheism).”2

تُعدّ هذه الأمور شِركًا لأنّ الجاهل يعتقد أنّ لها تأثيرًا فيما قدّره الله. غير أنّ الخطّابي قال: «الرُّقى والتّعاويذ جائزة إذا كانت من القرآن أو من أسماء الله الحسنى». وكان النبيّ ﷺ يُرقي الحسنَ والحسينَ بقوله: «أُعيذكما بكلمات الله التّامّة من كلّ شيطان وهامّة، ومن كلّ عينٍ لامّة». [3]

These are treated as Shirk because the ignorant believes that these things can affect what has been predetermined by Allah. However, AIKhattabi said, "Incantations or healing words are permitted if they consist of the Qur'an or the Most Beautiful Names of Allah." The Prophet (pbuh) used to recite (incantate) AI-Hasan and AlHusain by saying, "I seek refuge for you in Allah's Perfect Words from every Devil, beast or envious .” 3