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What should I do about black magic (sihr)?
153 fatawa in the archive answer questions on this, from 5 South African Darul Iftas (Mufti Online, AskImam, Ibn Masood, Azaadville, Jamiat KZN). Below, each Darul Ifta’s answer is quoted word for word from the opening of one of its fatawa.
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What the Darul Iftas say
“Your query, in simple terms, is in regards to counteracting a black magician using Jadu through the medium of a more powerful black magician. This will not be permitted as one is ultimately practicing Jadu, which is Haraam.”
“1. Generally in the making of magic, shirk is used or some haraam is employed. If any of the two elements are used in the making of magic obviously it will be totally wrong and forbidden.”
“Your query in simple terms is in regards to countering a black magician using Jadu through the medium of a more powerful black magician. This will not be permitted as one is ultimately practicing Jadu which is Haraam.”
“In principle, it is permissible to learn about Sihr so that one could educate people regarding the harms, dangers and seriousness of it in Shariah. Just as it is important as educating people regarding Zina, Riba, Khamr etc, so too with regards to Sihr.”
Quotes are the opening words of each answer as published; the full answer, its conditions and references are on the fatwa page. Answers depend on the exact details of each question.
Read the fatawa
- Protection From Black Magic And Evil Eye Ibn Masood · 16 Jun 2026
- Accusing a family member of doing jadoo (black magic) without evidence Mufti Online · 29 Oct 2025
- Talaaq Issued When Affected By Sihr Azaadville · 29 Jan 2024
- What is the ruling on learning about Sihr? AskImam · 14 Sep 2020
- The reality of Jadu/Sihr (blackmagic) and Jinn in Islām Jamiat KZN · 3 Dec 2013
- Sihr Ibn Masood · 29 May 2024
- Why didn't Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) go into the details of sihr? Mufti Online · 10 Oct 2020
- Impermissibility Of Countering Sihr With Sihr Azaadville · 19 Nov 2021
- Spelling of the name 'Isa - is it okay if I spell it as "Eesa"? AskImam · 9 Jul 2020
- Protection against Jadu Ibn Masood · 21 Sep 2023
- Protection from black magic Mufti Online · 3 Oct 2020
- Will a person be a kafir for denying the existence of Jinn and Sihr? AskImam · 1 Feb 2020
- Jinn and Jadu Ibn Masood · 13 Aug 2023
- Using black magic to stop black magic Mufti Online · 5 Aug 2019
- Counteracting black magic Ibn Masood · 21 Feb 2022
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