[AnonymousPoster]

Can I read Harry Potter novels, because i once got so addicted to them. Is it haram if read some fiction books, if it is I will stay far away from it.:exhausted
:wa:

 

[ژاله]

May you get over your harry potter addiction lol. i have got over it finally Alhamdulillah.
i think reading fiction is not haram. its laghw (idle/useless task) though, and we are encouraged to refrain from such addictions, for at the end of the day they are harmful to your religion.

 

[OurIslamic]

Malaak is correct. Fiction is NOT haram. Your addiction to Harry Potter is. Also, do not pretend to be Harry Potter or any other character, or pretend to cast spells, as magic is Haram in Islam.

 

[Hamza Asadullah]

Can I read Harry Potter novels, because i once got so addicted to them. Is it haram if read some fiction books, if it is I will stay far away from it.:exhausted
:wa:

Asalaamu Alaikum Wr Wb, there was a similar questioned asked on Islamonline and this was the answer:

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, we commend your pursuit of knowledge and your keenness to seek what is lawful and avoid what is not. We earnestly implore Allah to bless your efforts in this honorable way.

‘Harry Potter’ books and movies are all about magic and mythology, and that is why reading or watching them is to be avoided. There is almost a consensus among Muslim scholars that learning magic is haram. For sure, there are many useful books and movies to read and watch other than ‘Harry Potter’. The issue becomes more dangerous when parents allow their children to watch or read such stories as it may affect their creed in their earliest years.

Responding to the question, Sheikh Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Shinqiti, Director of the Islamic Center of South Plains, Lubbock, Texas, states the following:

"Traditionally, there is almost consensus among Muslim scholars that learning magic is haram. They base their argument on the verse mentioning people who learn magic: “And they learn what harms them, not what profits them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew.” (Al-Baqarah: 102)

According to the trustworthy people who read the works of “Harry Potter” it is all about magic and mythology. Therefore, I would not advise young people to read it or parents to give it to their children.

The attractive way in which these works are done is very dangerous and might negatively affect the basic concept of `aqeedah or Islamic creed and values of our youth. People of knowledge recognize the impact such artistic works might have on the mind and soul. The late well-known Muslim poet, Muhammad Iqbal, is quoted to have said: “Aridity of logic cannot overwhelm the beauty of poetry.”

Therefore, a Muslim is advised to stay away from these attractive but poisonous works."

Source: http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/...nglish-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaEAskTheScholar

There is SO much knowledge for us to learn about our beautiful deen. Harry Potter and other fiction books are not reality, we need to be learning more about reality and what is to come. There are countless subjects to learn about in Islam and i can guarantee once you get into learning about Islam then you will find it more amazing and satisfying than any fiction book you can imagine. On top of that learning about our beautiful deen is GREAT rewards and we should also try our best to act upon what we learn and convey it to others because spreading knolwedge is also reward and anyone who acts upon what we convey then we will also recieve their reward.

So let us get the hunger and cravings to learn as much as possible about our beautiful deen and shun ALL these fiction books which speak about nothing beneficial but pure fantasy. We need to concentrate on reality because the reality is that we can go at ANY second and we need to make the best use of EVERY second before we go and we need to please Allah as much as we can. Let us go towards him and learn as much as possible about Islam beginning with the foundations and basics.

Try to attend classes leanring about Aqaaid and fiqh and other aspects of Islam. You will feel the benefits and amazing feeling in your heart straight away and will want to learn more and more inshallah.

The Prophet (Pbuh) said that seeking knowledge is a way leading to Paradise. He said: "Whoever follows a path in the pursuit of knowledge, Allaah will make a path to Paradise easy for him." (Al-Bukhaari

The Prophet said: "When a man dies, all his deeds come to an end except for three — an ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge or a righteous child who will pray for him." (Muslim)

So there is NO time for us to waste let us learn as much as we can and try our best to act upon what we learn until our death comes which could be ANY second!

 

[IAmZamzam]

If a story in which people cast spells by saying "Riddikulus!" which make monsters turn into Alan Rickman clones dressed up as old women and other goofy things "diverts the development of a child's creed", it's the child's own fault. Really, people, this is the kind of thing that keeps giving religion a bad name. When will they learn?

 

[Ali_slave of Allah]

[] The Evils of Harry Potter and the Kufr of Magic - by Abul 'Abbaas Musaa ibn John Richardson

https://www.troid.org/index.php?option=com_content&id=692&task=view&Itemid=291&date=2009-01-01

 

[ardianto]

I never heard any comment from Indonesian scholars regarding to Harry Potter.
That's because Indonesian kids know, Harry Potter books/movies is just a fiction, not real.
And also, from Islamic aqeedah perspective, Harry Potter movies is safer than Indonesian Mystery Movies.

 

[ardianto]

Actually, from aqeedah perspective, Aladdin is more dangerous than Harry Potter.

Harry Potter is a magician, but Harry Potter story's setting is in Britain, a non-Muslim land. And no one thinking Harry Potter is a Muslim.

Aladdin is not a magician but he ask and get help from a jinn. Aladdin story's setting is in Arabia. Although Aladdin is a Pre-Islam story, many people assume Aladdin is a Muslim and this story is an Islamic story.

 

[Kabeer]

Salaams,

Fiction is just that, these are innocent children's tales. It's rather amusing that one thinks it is haraam ;D .

Everyone body know they are just entertaining fantasy tales.

Peace.

 

[Kabeer]

Oh yes I should mention, that ADDICTION is a problem though. Try not to get addicted to anything.
That could lead to possible haraam avenues.

Peace.

 

[Woodrow]

This is very similar to the Superman addiction we had when I as a kid. But most of us discovered real fast that if we tied a towel around our neck and jumped off the barn roof, we would not fly.

A broken leg ended my addiction.(or was it my arm, I was a bit rowdy as a kid and often broke bones.) May you overcome your addiction in a less painful manner.

 

[cat eyes]

my sister reads those books and she got awful interested in magic don't read those harry pot head books:raging:

 

[abu_musab461]

I personally found it quite shocking the similarities between jinn/ sihr and the magic that is described in Harry Potter.

It does make me wonder who "inspried" ms JK Rowling...

 

[~Raindrop~]

Many of her ideas are spooky :skeleton:

That being said, im over my addiction now

 

[Hamza Asadullah]

Asalaamu Alaikum Wr Wb, please read this article it is VERY interesting:

History of Black Magic & Performers of today (David Copperfield, David Blaine etc)

The history or rather inception of the dark arts of Black Magic as we know it are rooted in the period of the Prophet Soloman (i.e. King Soloman). To learn more about the history of Magic in the West (i.e. Europe & North America) see “Witchcraft a history” by P.G. Maxwell Stuart.

Prophet Soloman was given a vast kingdom and this also included the dominion of the Jinn’s which he had control over (this is why Quranic recitation during exorcisms often refer to his name as it causes the jinn great agitation, see Surah Bukhara 2:102).

It was during this period that Allah sent two angels by the names of Harout & Marout to Beni Israel in the form of humans to try mankind by offering them scribes describing the performance of magic, but warning them of the evils and sinful pitfalls associated with its practise and now-how. One must look at this age in its context, during this period as during the period of the Prophet Moses, Magic was very much the science of the day, hence the offer of an A-Z guide to magic which was in effect what the two angels were offering was enormously tempting. Those that chose not to heed the words of the angels and refrain from learning the malevolent arts fell into great sin and failed the test of this life.

Such scribes (revealed to the people of Beni Israel) transferred from generation to generation into the hands of the Jews where it is still very much resides today. Hence it is no accident that Jews are the most adept practioners of magic today and their roles in this area are legendary, one need only look at the current most dazzling magicians, David Copperfield (he made the statute of liberty disappear, flew across the grand canyon, retrieved a ship from the Bermuda Triangle, passed through the Wall of China, and as voted by a panel of the worlds top magicians performed the greatest magic act to date when he had he’s body sawed in half in full view of the public and camera and not whilst in a box as is conventionally done, and then made to wiggle he’s toes whilst being completely separated from he’s lower half) , David Blaine (he is renowned for levitating and reading peoples mind), Ricky Jay and Mr. Electric, all Jews, performing all over the world and make headlines wherever they go.

Also Harry Houdini, who was born Erich Weiss in Hungary, and Max Malini, born in Poland in 1873, who practiced his art until his death in 1942, as well as Meyer Kessler, Ruth Iris Wachsman, Bamberg family (who comprised six generations of magicians spanning 200 years) and Horace Goldin (Hyman Golstein) who was considered the greatest magic performer of the 19th century. Nostradamus (famous soothsayer of the 16th Century) too was a Jew.

Throughout history, Jews have performed the insidious arts of Black Magic going back to biblical times. Jewish magicians have graced the stages of worlds theatres, they have entertained the royalty of many countries, and performed from early times - in the pyramids of Egypt, on the backs of covered wagons, in famous music halls, and popular vaudeville shows. Such practitioner will often take the credit for all these alleged stunts/illusions, in reality they are simply in contact with the realm of the Jinn’s whom they perform in concert with together.

This also reminds me of a case of possession not so long ago in Saudi Arabia in which a young man under went an exorcism during which the Jinn emerged from within him and spoke mentioning several names of people within the United States that were very powerful in the dark art of magic and the control of Jinn’s (David Copperfield name was one of them). It was also a Jewish man called Lubaid Ben Al-Aasim who was responsible for performing Black Magic against the Prophet of Islam Muhammed (pbuh).

Source: http://dangerofchi.org/page2

 

[AlHoda]

Actually, from aqeedah perspective, Aladdin is more dangerous than Harry Potter.

Harry Potter is a magician, but Harry Potter story's setting is in Britain, a non-Muslim land. And no one thinking Harry Potter is a Muslim.

Aladdin is not a magician but he ask and get help from a jinn. Aladdin story's setting is in Arabia. Although Aladdin is a Pre-Islam story, many people assume Aladdin is a Muslim and this story is an Islamic story.

Very interesting you said that, because when I was younger I thought that Aladinn was an arab so I used to assume that Alladin was a muslim, alhamdullilah I know now better.:heated:

 

[AlHoda]

Also I haven't read Any Harry Potter book, for a time now.

 

[abu_musab461]

Many of her ideas are spooky :skeleton:

That being said, im over my addiction now

Not just spooky but suprisingly acurate.

Espcially the potions class and some of the spells they cast.

Obviously they glamourize it too much real magic is quite disgusting and frankly sickening.

To be a true magician you need to be able to do things that normal people would +o(x100

 

[IAmZamzam]

Asalaamu Alaikum Wr Wb, please read this article it is VERY interesting:

History of Black Magic & Performers of today (David Copperfield, David Blaine etc)

The history or rather inception of the dark arts of Black Magic as we know it are rooted in the period of the Prophet Soloman (i.e. King Soloman). To learn more about the history of Magic in the West (i.e. Europe & North America) see “Witchcraft a history” by P.G. Maxwell Stuart.

Prophet Soloman was given a vast kingdom and this also included the dominion of the Jinn’s which he had control over (this is why Quranic recitation during exorcisms often refer to his name as it causes the jinn great agitation, see Surah Bukhara 2:102).

It was during this period that Allah sent two angels by the names of Harout & Marout to Beni Israel in the form of humans to try mankind by offering them scribes describing the performance of magic, but warning them of the evils and sinful pitfalls associated with its practise and now-how. One must look at this age in its context, during this period as during the period of the Prophet Moses, Magic was very much the science of the day, hence the offer of an A-Z guide to magic which was in effect what the two angels were offering was enormously tempting. Those that chose not to heed the words of the angels and refrain from learning the malevolent arts fell into great sin and failed the test of this life.

Such scribes (revealed to the people of Beni Israel) transferred from generation to generation into the hands of the Jews where it is still very much resides today. Hence it is no accident that Jews are the most adept practioners of magic today and their roles in this area are legendary, one need only look at the current most dazzling magicians, David Copperfield (he made the statute of liberty disappear, flew across the grand canyon, retrieved a ship from the Bermuda Triangle, passed through the Wall of China, and as voted by a panel of the worlds top magicians performed the greatest magic act to date when he had he’s body sawed in half in full view of the public and camera and not whilst in a box as is conventionally done, and then made to wiggle he’s toes whilst being completely separated from he’s lower half) , David Blaine (he is renowned for levitating and reading peoples mind), Ricky Jay and Mr. Electric, all Jews, performing all over the world and make headlines wherever they go.

Also Harry Houdini, who was born Erich Weiss in Hungary, and Max Malini, born in Poland in 1873, who practiced his art until his death in 1942, as well as Meyer Kessler, Ruth Iris Wachsman, Bamberg family (who comprised six generations of magicians spanning 200 years) and Horace Goldin (Hyman Golstein) who was considered the greatest magic performer of the 19th century. Nostradamus (famous soothsayer of the 16th Century) too was a Jew.

Throughout history, Jews have performed the insidious arts of Black Magic going back to biblical times. Jewish magicians have graced the stages of worlds theatres, they have entertained the royalty of many countries, and performed from early times - in the pyramids of Egypt, on the backs of covered wagons, in famous music halls, and popular vaudeville shows. Such practitioner will often take the credit for all these alleged stunts/illusions, in reality they are simply in contact with the realm of the Jinn’s whom they perform in concert with together.

This also reminds me of a case of possession not so long ago in Saudi Arabia in which a young man under went an exorcism during which the Jinn emerged from within him and spoke mentioning several names of people within the United States that were very powerful in the dark art of magic and the control of Jinn’s (David Copperfield name was one of them). It was also a Jewish man called Lubaid Ben Al-Aasim who was responsible for performing Black Magic against the Prophet of Islam Muhammed (pbuh).

Source: http://dangerofchi.org/page2

Please tell me you mean this as a joke. I mean, do you know anything about Harry Houdini at all?! The man spent half of his life debunking the claims of people who tried to pass of their so-called "magic" as real! Because he didn't believe in it either! Tricks are tricks!

People, I'm begging you, before you post in this thread, stop and think about how you're feeding stereotypes of nonbelievers with this nonsense, how ridiculous they think we are and act. You're giving them excuses for their prejudice. That is itself inexcusable.

 

[ardianto]

Harry Houdini and other 'magicians' are illusionists, not witches !
You can learn their tricks !.