What they said on a sorcerer: what is done with him?

Ash'ath reports that al-Hasan al-Basri said: "Sorcerers are to be killed, and they are not to be asked to repent."

Harithah bin Mudarrib reports that Sayyiduna Jundab (may Allah be pleased with him) killed a sorcerer, or intended to kill him.

Salim reports that Qays bin Ubad killed a sorcerer.

Hammam bin Yahya reports that the governor of Oman wrote to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz about a sorceress whom he had seized. Umar wrote back to him: "If the woman confesses, or clear evidence is established against her, kill her."

Nafi' reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A slave girl of Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) cast a spell on her, and the people found her sorcery, and she also confessed. Sayyidah Hafsah ordered Abd al-Rahman bin Zayd, and he killed her. When this news reached Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), he did not approve of it and expressed anger over it. So Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to him and informed him that she had cast a spell on her, that the people had also found her sorcery, and that the sorceress had also confessed to it. So it was as though Sayyiduna Uthman disliked it because she had been killed without his permission.

Zayd Abu al-Mu'alla reports: A guard of Sinan bin Salamah told me that a sorceress was brought to Sinan. He gave an order concerning her, and she was thrown into the sea.

Bajalah reports: I was the scribe of Juz' bin Mu'awiyah. A letter from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us: "Kill every sorcerer and sorceress." So we killed three sorceresses.

Amr bin Shu'ayb reports that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said concerning the sorcerer: "When he confesses, he is to be killed."

Amr reports that it is narrated from al-Hasan al-Basri concerning the sorcerer. He said: "He is to be killed."