It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about incantations (mantras), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said that it is a satanic act.
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ ، قَالَ أَبِي : عَقِيلُ بْنُ مَعْقِلٍ هُوَ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ ، قَالَ : ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ وَكانَ عَسِرًا لَا يُوصَلُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَقَمْتُ عَلَى بَابِهِ بِالْيَمَنِ يَوْمًا أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ حَتَّى وَصَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَحَدَّثَنِي بِحَدِيثَيْنِ وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ أَحَادِيثُ وَهْبٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ فَلَمْ أَقْدِرْ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهَا مِنْ عُسْرِهِ وَلَمْ يُحَدِّثْنَا بِهَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ حَيًّا أَفَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ آخَرَ .
Abdullah narrated to us, my father said: Aqil ibn Ma'qil is Abu Ibrahim ibn Aqil. He said: I went to Ibrahim ibn Aqil, and he was difficult to reach, so I stayed at his door in Yemen for a day or two until I was able to reach him. He narrated to me two hadiths, and he had the hadiths of Wahb from Jabir, but I was not able to hear them from him due to his difficulty, and Isma'il ibn Abd al-Karim did not narrate them to us because he was alive, so I did not hear them from anyone else.
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