Questioner: What is the ruling on [a type of] deception which they call sleight of hand and which some people do?
Shaikh: It is called what?
Questioner: Sleight of hand, it is called sleight of hand
Shaikh: Deception (الحيل)?
Questioner: Yes, like a person pulls out money from your pocket without you realizing, then he brings it from behind your ear through a path. So is this magic? Subsequently, does this action make its companion a disbeliever?
Shaikh: No, this is not magic. However, it is from the deception which the All-Wise Legislator prohibited”.
[Silsilatul-Huda wan-Nur no. 439]
Translated by
Faisal bin Abdul Qaadir bin Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
