Is psychokinesis and telekinesis – which uses mental energy to move objects remotely after training – considered a form of shirk or does it contradict the 'aqeedah, knowing that anyone can do it after training, and it does not benefit in drawing closer to Allah but it facilitates matters and saves time?
We hope that natural scientists will clarify the difference between science and fraud, and between experiment and illusion, and define the correct research methodology, as the words of specialists in experimental sciences have a greater impact. Our website offers solutions from an Islamic perspective, and we have previously conveyed warnings from specialists regarding these practices and their philosophy, which originated from imaginary religions and beliefs. Moving objects mentally from a distance is not a scientific practice, and its alleged training does not go beyond reinforcing illusion. Reports of its success are not without trickery, or recourse to magic or jinn. Therefore, a Muslim must adhere to the limits of Islamic law and reason, and not be deceived by illusions, and ask both religious and natural scholars.
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