Is using a perfume that claims to attract love considered shirk (polytheism), even though Allah was supplicated before its use for its effect to be only by His permission?
The question is vague, but it is understood that the colleague gave the questioner a perfume that he claims is magical for attracting a woman. Magic is forbidden, and it becomes disbelief (kufr) if it involves an act of disbelief such as seeking assistance from jinn. This can only be known by referring to the source of the perfume. The magic of the perfume might be through its constituent materials (drugs/potions), and this does not render its user a disbeliever unless he commits a disbelieving statement or act.
The man might also be a charlatan who deceives people. Magic is of two types: The first: knots and incantations that affect through the use of devils (/polytheism). The second: medicines and potions that affect the body and mind (aggression and wickedness). A sorcerer becomes a disbeliever if his magic is through devils, and he does not become a disbeliever if his magic is through medicines, potions, and the like; however, he would be a disobedient transgressor. One must repent from using anything believed to be magic, and advise the friend to beware of magic and sorcerers.
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