No one can undo the magic except a magician

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Hadith narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah - Al-Khattaabi

Authenticity grade : Good hadith

Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Hadith text: No one can undo the magic except a magician

ورُوي عن الحسن أنه قال: "لا يحل السحر إلا ساحر".

It was narrated that Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: "No one can undo the magic except a magician."

Explanation of the hadith: No one can undo the magic except a magician

"Nushrah" means undoing magic, and the apparent meaning of Al-Hasan's statement is that it is absolutely prohibited, because no one can undo magic except someone who has knowledge of magic. His words, thus, refer to undoing magic with magic, which is a practice of the devil. Ibn Al-Qayyim spoke in detail about this issue, and the summary of what he said is that treating the enchanted person with permissible medicine and recitation of the Qur'an is something permissible; but treating him with similar magic is unlawful.

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