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Movies,books Etc Now Portray Sihr(magic) As Halal by busar(m): 9:45pm On Nov 30, 2012 |
A facebook friend wrote this. Merlin is a young sorcerer who arrives at the city of Camelot, after his mother arranges for him to stay with Gaius, the court physician. He discovers that the king, Uther Pendragon, has outlawed magic and has imprisoned the last great dragon deep under the city. The dragon informs Merlin that he has an important destiny to protect Uther's son, Arthur, who will bring forth a great Kingdom. When he meets Arthur for the first time he believes that he is arrogant and Arthur views Merlin as subservient, as Merlin has to keep his magic a secret or face execution at the hands of Uther. Merlin is a young, remarkably talented magician who attempts to keep his powers secret and will one day become the greatest wizard in the world. He is also Arthur's servant, protector, and friend, despite the initial animosity between the two and his occasional annoyance as Arthur can be rude to him. He is compassionate and tries to see the good in all people, doing what he feels is just. Though Arthur has been "trained to fight since birth" and is excellent in combat, he is often vulnerable and Merlin must protect him, using magic, from harm to fulfill this legend. Reading stories or watching movies that contain magic and fantasy involves things concerning which there are some reservations. Firstly: They are spreading acts of sihr (witchcraft) and kufr, to the extent that they become like ordinary behaviour in civilized societies; in fact they depict such things as essential skills for individuals and societies that can be learned. Merlin was a young boy who used his magical powers for good while Richard Rahl (the seeker in ‘The Legend of the Seeker) was born with magical power and it actually run in his blood and all he needed was to learn how to control it. Harry Potter nko?! They often depict the magician as a good and decent man who does good and spreads good among the people, and this is the most dangerous aspect of the matter, where something evil is presented as something good, where one no longer objects to it in one’s heart and no longer feels that magic and its practitioners are something abhorrent, and one no longer thinks of the seriousness of the sin involved before Allah. So how about when such stories become widespread and children and youngsters turn to them. It’s cool having a dream of becoming a wizard of the first order. These negative outcomes have recently led many western education specialists to warn against the spread of magic stories in their societies, and many schools have banned these books from their libraries. There have been discussions about them in parliamentary debates in Britain, after they discovered some of the dangers that may result from their becoming widespread among people. Secondly: In most cases, these stories teach their readers about types of magic and sorcery and depict to them some of the secrets of magic, that make it easy for any reader to apply them and indulge in them. This also poses a great danger, because it may lead the reader to try to put into practice what he has read. It is not just the matter of reading a story for fun; rather there is the fear that some of these stories may influence their readers so they may be bewitched or harmed because of reading these incomprehensible words in these stories. Hence Muslims should beware of allowing their children to read these stories, and societies should put a stop to the spread of this aspect of culture; they should focus instead on things that are important and beneficial in terms of science, arts and literature. In Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb by Shaykh Ibn Baaz (1/192) it says: I hope that you can explain the prohibition on using and reading books of magic and astrology, because there are many such books, and some of my friends want to buy them, and they say that if they are not used for harmful purposes, there is nothing wrong with it. Please advise us, may Allah bless you. The answer was: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family and Companions, and those who follow him sincerely … What the questioner says is correct. The Muslims should beware of books of magic and astrology, and those who find them should destroy them, because they are harmful to the Muslim and cause him to fall into shirk. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever learns a branch of astrology has learned a branch of magic... And Allah says in His Holy Book about the two angels (interpretation of the meaning): “but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things) till they had said, ‘We are for trial, so disbelieve not (by learning this magic from us)’” [al- Baqarah 2:102]. This indicates that learning magic and practising it is kufr. So the Muslim must oppose books which teach magic and astrology, and destroy them wherever they are. This is what is required. It is not permissible for a seeker of knowledge or anyone else to read them or learn what is in them. People other than seekers of knowledge also have no right to read them or learn what is in them, or to approve of them, because they lead to disbelief in Allah. What is required is to destroy them wherever they are. And the same applies to all books that teach magic and astrology - they must be destroyed. End quote. To sum up: Just reading these stories is not kufr that puts one beyond the pale of Islam, so long as that is not done with the aim of learning magic and practising it. However what is required is to warn against reading books of magic in general and to strive to destroy them if possible, and to beware of reading them or distributing them. 1 Like |
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