A treatise on the ruling on magic and fortune-telling with some important fatwas

Translation

This book, “A Treatise on the Ruling on Magic and Fortune-telling with Some Important Fatwas,” by Ibn Baz, is considered part of the classification of belief. The book is surrounded by an introduction that explains the importance of advice in this field, and deals with chapters related to fatwas treating the bewitched among charlatans, and the ruling on wearing amulets and veils. The excerpt from the beginning of the book shows that the book focuses on warning Muslims against attachment to magic and divination, and considers them a violation of the command of God Almighty and the command of His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace. The book also highlights the noble hadiths that forbid going to fortune-tellers, soothsayers, magicians, and the like, and it considers it obligatory for those in charge of affairs, Hisbah people, and others to deny going to soothsayers, fortune-tellers, and the like.