[🚨 Clarification and Retraction]
I want to publicly apologize to brother
@Alhaqqan90 for having attacked him by crossing his face over the issue of Sleight of Hand in a post earlier, or having questioned his Salafiyyah.
Feel free to retweet this, as the original post gained many views.
The main reason for my mistake and confusion was due to an article that I came across by a trustworthy brother, who quoted Shaykh Ibn Baz Rahimahullah on Illusionary Magic being Kufr Akbar, and the brother explicitly mentioned many times in his video explanation that even the magic that involves no Shayateen whatsoever is still regarded as Kufr Akbar. Although it appears that the brother was mistaken, and what Shaykh Ibn Baz meant was the illusionary magic that still involves the Shayateen and Jinn, by bewitching the eyes of the spectators.
In Sha Allah I will inform that brother about this mistake, so this article can be edited and further confusion can be avoided.
But of course, I don't in any way blame that brother for my mistake, as it's entirely my own fault for not doing a deep search into this affair myself, before posting a refutation like this.
Secondly, after listening to many audios of Shaykh Salih Al Fawzan Hafidhahullah on illusionary magic like the one performed in the circus being Kufr Akbar, it has become clear that the Shaykh is talking about القمرة, and when the Shaykh was asked about the meaning of Al-Qumrah, he explained that it means to bewitch the eyes of the spectators by the help of Shayateen.
Video link:
youtu.be/p8KzaHNADpg
Lastly, I want to say that after having watched many videos of Ahlul Ilm on the ruling on Sleight of Hand, it appears that the majority of them highly condemn it, and declare it to be from deceit and trickery, something that resembles magic, and how it can lead to real magic or believing in the abilities of such performers (for the spectators), and hence it is prohibited.
So I advice the brother Al-Haqqan to not post the fatwa for the general public with a general statement that "Ahlul Ilm did not say that it is haram", since your platform reaches millions and how it can open the door to so many evils.
JazakAllahu Khaira