['Aalim Network QR] Black Magic / Charms

[Mustafa Rawji <mrawji@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>]

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Salamun alaykum,

	The reply to the following question was kindly provided by Mulla
Asgher.

Wasalaam,

Mustafa Rawji
Moderator, 'Aalim Network


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QUESTION:

    HI, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PUNISHMENTS ARE IF A PERSON BELIEVES
OR BECOMES A FAITHFUL FOLLOWER OF BLACK MAGIC, SORCERY AND CHARMS, DOESN'T
MATTER GOOD OR BAD CHARMS, LIKE HAVING SOMETHING GIVEN TO YOU  FOR
PROTECTION FROM SO CALLED EVIL... AND IS THE PERSON WHO PRACTICES THIS 
THING, IS HE STILL A MUSLIM OR IS HE OUT OF ISLAM??   WHAT ARE THE
PUNISMENTS FOR SOMEONE TO USE THIS SORCERY STUFF TO INTRUDE INTO SOMEONE
ELSES PERSONAL AFFAIRS??   IF THERE IS WRITTEN PROOF ON THIS SUBJECT
MATTER, COULD YOU  PLEASE MAIL THE DETAILS TO ME SO I COULD USE THIS TO
HELP SOMEONE I REALLY CARE.     THANK YOU. 


ANSWER:

Black Magic etc. is haraam in Islam.  It is haraam to practise it and
forbidden to believe in it.

To seek protection from such charms is a kind of SHIRK, which means a very
grave sin.  And to use it to harm others to intrude into the affairs of
others is haraam and if there is an Islamic government, such a person will
be punished according to Shariah.

Asgharali M.M. Jaffer