The conceptualization of magic, explaining its distinction from sorcery, and exploring its jurisprudential ruling

Magic is a trick or trickery in which a magician, by using special techniques and rapid movements of the hands or other body parts, hides something from the eyes of the audience and amazes them. The development of civilized societies and the expansion of media and social entertainment are among the factors that make it necessary to analyze the concept and ruling of this title. The lack of clarity about the nature of magic and its types and the presentation of multiple definitions of this concept have caused some linguists, commentators and jurists to consider magic as a type of magic, while others have emphasized the conceptual distinction between magic and magic. Famous Imami jurists, relying on consensus, have considered magic to be forbidden in general terms.In this study, an attempt has been made to answer the question, using a descriptive-analytical method and using documentary sources, on what evidence was the famous ruling on the prohibition of magic issued and whether this evidence has the necessary power to prove this ruling or not? Following this fundamental question, other subsidiary questions have been addressed, such as explaining the nature of magic and distinguishing it from sorcery, and re-examining the validity of the evidence for its prohibition. The violation of minor and major principles in the generalization of the prohibition of entertainment, the conceptual discrepancy between magic and sorcery, and the possibility of its being documentary are reasons that prevent the acceptance of this famous jurisprudential ruling