What is the ruling on resorting to a snake charmer to extract snake venom from someone who has been bitten, and what is the ruling on hiring him to entertain people, and does his act involve magic or dealing with jinn?
Playing the flute to extract snakes for the purpose of healing or amusement is forbidden for the following reasons: First: It is an imitation of people of misguidance, and Islam has prohibited imitating them. Second: It involves using the flute, which is an instrument of music unanimously deemed forbidden. Third: It is casting oneself into perdition by dealing with venomous snakes, and Islamic law has prohibited that. Fourth: Medicine must be proven by or by sensation as having a cause, and this act relies on sorcery and delusions, not on a real cause. Fifth: Such acts often involve seeking assistance from jinn and devils, which is forbidden.
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