He is not one of us who seeks omens or has omens interpreted for him, or who practices soothsaying or has it done for him, or who practices sorcery or has it done for him. And whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes in what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) Whoever acquires a branch of the knowledge of astrology learns a branch of magic of which he acquires more as long as he continues to do so What stands between a man and polytheism and disbelief is abandonment of prayer The covenant between us and them is prayer; so, whoever abandons it has disbelieved No one can undo the magic except a magician Some of My servants have entered the morning as believers in Me and some as disbelievers ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote: Kill every sorcerer and sorceress