In the name of Allah,
The Most Merciful,
the Most Compassionate
Thanks are due to Allah, Lord of the worlds,
and peace and blessings are due to the best of mankind, Prophet Muhammad may
Allah bless him and all his family and Companions.
(What is Magic?)
Allah
All-Mighty says in His Holy Book :
[ They followed what the
Shayatin (devils)
gave out (falsely
of the magic) in the
lifetime of Sulaiman (Solomon).
Sulaiman did not disbelieve, but the Shayatin (devils)
disbelieved, teaching men magic and such things that came down at Babylon to
the two angels, Harut and Marut, but neither of these two (angels)
taught anyone (such
things) till they had
said, “We are only for trial, so disbelieve not (by
learning this magic from us).”
And from these (angels)
people learn that by which they cause separation between man and his wife,
but they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah’s Leave. And they
learn that which harms them and profits them not. And indeed they knew that
the buyers of it (magic)
would have no share in the Hereafter. And how bad