What is the meaning of "believing in magic" (musaddiq bi-s-sihr) mentioned in the noble Hadith: "Three types of people will not enter Paradise: a habitual drunkard, one who severs ties of kinship, and one who believes in magic"?
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"One who believes in magic is someone who believes the magician in his claim of knowing the unseen. This is supported by the of Ibn Mas'ud: 'Whoever comes to a magician, or a soothsayer, or a diviner, and believes what he says, has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him).'"
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