Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 181

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

النَّاقِضُ السَّابِعُ.

The seventh nullifier.

مَسْأَلَةٌ: قَالَ ابْنُ بَازٍ: «يُلْزَمُ السَّاحِرُ إِذَا عُرِفَ أَنْ يُزِيلَ مَا فَعَلَ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُ: إِمَّا أَنْ تُزِيلَ مَا فَعَلْتَ أَوْ تُضْرَبَ عُنُقُكَ، ثُمَّ إِذَا أَزَالَ ذَلِكَ الشَّيْءَ يَقْتُلُهُ وَلِيُّ الْأَمْرِ؛ لِأَنَّ السَّاحِرَ يُقْتَلُ عَلَى الصَّحِيحِ بِدُونِ اسْتِتَابَةٍ، كَمَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ، وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: (حَدُّ السَّاحِرِ ضَرْبُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَلَمَّا عَلِمَتْ حَفْصَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهَا - أَنَّ جَارِيَةً لَهَا تَتَعَاطَى السِّحْرَ قَتَلَتْهَا».

Issue: Ibn Baz said: 'The sorcerer, once identified, is compelled to undo what he has done. It is said to him: Either you undo what you have done, or your neck will be struck. Then, even if he undoes that thing, the ruler executes him, because the correct view is that the sorcerer is executed without being asked to repent, just as Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, did. It has been narrated from the Messenger (peace be upon him) that he said: The prescribed punishment for the sorcerer is a strike with the sword. And when Hafsa, Mother of the Believers—may Allah be pleased with her—learned that a slave girl of hers was practicing sorcery, she had her killed.'

الدَّلِيلُ الْقَطْعِيُّ عَلَى صِدْقِهِ فَاحْتِمَالُ الشَّكِّ غَيْرُ وَارِدٍ عَلَى أَيِّ أَمْرٍ مِنَ الْأُمُورِ الَّتِي يَأْتِي وَإِلَّا لَانْقَلَبَتِ الْحَقَائِقُ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا الِاحْتِمَالَ وَهُوَ عَدَمُ الثِّقَةِ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ بَاطِلٌ غَيْرُ مُسْتَفَادٍ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ؛ لِأَنَّ مَا أَصَابَهُ ﷺ إِنَّمَا كَانَ فِي جَسَدِهِ الشَّرِيفِ وَفِي أَمْرٍ خَاصٍّ أَيْضًا لَا فِي تَمْيِيزِهِ وَمُعْتَقَدِهِ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ تَبْلِيغِ الرِّسَالَةِ وَأَدَائِهَا، وَلَمْ يَرِدْ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَوْلًا وَأَنْكَرَهُ أَوْ تَكَلَّمَ بِمَا لَا يُرِيدُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَمْرٌ خَاصٌّ بِمَسْأَلَةِ الزَّوْجِيَّةِ، وَبِاللَّهِ الْعِصْمَةُ.

The definitive evidence of his truthfulness means that the possibility of doubt is not applicable to any of the matters he brought, otherwise truths would be overturned. Furthermore, this possibility—which is the lack of trust in what he brought—is invalid and not derived from the Hadith, because what afflicted him (peace be upon him) was only in his noble body and in a private matter, not in his discernment or his belief; thus, it did not prevent him from conveying the message and fulfilling it. It was never reported that he said something and then denied it, or spoke what he did not intend; it was merely a private matter concerning his marital life, and with Allah is protection.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 56 nouns)

• عَرَفَ — to know
• أَزَالَ — to remove
• فَعَلَ — to do
• نَاقِضٌ — nullifier
• مَسْأَلَةٌ — issue
• سَاحِرٌ — magician