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What is the verse and the authentic Hadith that indicate God's warning to sorcerers, charlatans, and soothsayers?

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The verse: "And they followed what the devils recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels, Harut and Marut, in Babylon. But they would not teach anyone until they had said, 'We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve.' And yet, they learned from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they could not harm anyone thereby except by permission of Allah. And they learned what would harm them and would not benefit them. And they certainly knew that whoever purchased it would have no share in the Hereafter. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew." (Al-Baqarah: 102).

First Hadith: "Avoid the seven destructive sins." It was asked, "What are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Associating partners with Allah, magic, unlawfully killing a soul that Allah has forbidden except by right, consuming Riba (usury), consuming the orphan's property, fleeing from the battlefield, and slandering chaste, unsuspecting women." (Agreed upon).

Second Hadith: "Whoever goes to a soothsayer or a diviner has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad." (Narrated by Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah).

Third Hadith: "Whoever goes to a diviner and asks him about something, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights." (Narrated by Muslim).

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