

Dr Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Tayyar said: Magic is an amulet and charm incantation made by its practitioner that negatively affects the heart and emotions of a person, hurting and killing him.The definition is compared to a person under the blazing sun when walking on a long journey, he’ll see a water mirage. Imam al-Qurtubi said: Magic originally comes from a charm or amulet or rope of which the sorcerer will change it into something that it isn’t.Ibn Khaldun said: Magic is knowledge to negatively affect people by using evil elements and unseen power whether it is used as a mediator or not for evil hidden intentions.Its purpose is to harm the emotions, thoughts or mind of the intended person. Ibn Qudamah also said: Magic is charms or incantation that influences another person whether physically or spiritually, making him sick or killing him.

Ibnu Qudamah said: “Magic is a bind, incantation and charms that are uttered, written or made that will negatively impact the person the magic is intended for or his heart and thoughts without directly touching the person.”.Whereas, for the terminology, magic is defined as the following: Hence, he has changed something from what it truly is. Ibn Manzur also stated that a person who practises magic is as though he showcases falsehood as the truth and depicts something that is untrue to be true.Ibn Manzur stated in Lisan al-Arab, that what is meant by magic is a practice with the intention of getting closer to shaytan by asking for the shaytan’s help.Or an illusion of something not from the truth or reality. According to al-Azhari, the word al-sihr is changing something from what is the truth into something else.

