Beirut , Lebanon ( CNN ) -- A Lebanese man who had been condemned by a court in Saudi Arabia to die last week for `` sorcery '' has not been executed , his lawyer said Monday . May El Khansa told CNN that she got confirmation from Ibrahim Najjar , Lebanon 's justice minister , that her client , Ali Hussain Sibat , was still alive . She added that she had heard Saturday from sources in Saudi Arabia with knowledge of the case that the beheading had not been carried out Friday , as originally planned . Also Saturday , she said , she sent an official letter to Saudi Arabia 's King Abdullah asking him to pardon her client . She said she would send more letters of appeal Tuesday to Lebanese government officials asking them to intervene . Saudi government officials would not comment to CNN about the case . Justice Minister Najjar said last week that he had urged the Saudi government not to carry out the execution , and Sibat 's wife made an emotional plea for mercy from the kingdom 's rulers during a CNN interview Thursday . `` All I ask is for the Saudi king and the Saudi government to show him mercy -- let him come back to his country and his family , '' Samira Rahmoon said . Sibat used to offer predictions and advice to callers on a Lebanese television network . He was arrested by Saudi Arabia 's religious police and charged with sorcery while visiting the country in May 2008 while on an Islamic pilgrimage , El Khansa said . Saudi authorities have not disclosed details of the charge for which Sibat has been condemned . `` We ca n't understand how they could arrest him and charge him and sentence him to death , '' Rahmoon said . `` It does n't make any sense . '' El Khansa said Wednesday that she had been told about the upcoming execution by a Saudi source with knowledge of the case and the proceedings . Lebanon 's government said it had no confirmation that his execution had been set , but Najjar called the sentence `` disproportionate . '' `` I have asked them not to implement any execution in this case , '' he said . `` As far as I know , such an act does n't deserve such a punishment , unless there is something else -- something that I have not had the possibility to study or to examine myself . '' Rahmoon said the family has been unable to contact Sibat `` for a long time '' and has received no official notification that her husband 's execution date has been set . `` We do n't understand how he could be executed without us getting any notification first , '' Rahmoon said . `` How could they decide to execute him and not inform us ? '' A law against witchcraft remains on the books in Lebanon , but is the equivalent of a misdemeanor , Najjar said . `` I respect the law of Saudi Arabia , which is based on Sharia law , '' he said . `` But at the same time , I 'm very concerned about such a sentence . '' Sibat was convicted by a court in Medina and sentenced to death in November , El Khansa said . He appealed , and his case was sent back to the trial court for reconsideration . But the judges in Medina upheld their original verdict in March , she said . The human rights group Amnesty International has called for Sibat 's release . His case drew a small knot of protesters from a Lebanese youth group to the Saudi Embassy in Beirut on Thursday , and Najjar said he told his Saudi counterpart that beheading Sibat `` would not be productive '' to Lebanese-Saudi relations . `` I have done what I thought was responsible for the justice minister in Lebanon to do , and I said to my colleague in Saudi Arabia that such an act in Lebanon would not be sanctioned by more than two months of imprisonment , '' Najjar said . CNN 's Mohammed Jamjoom contributed to this report .
the Saudi Embassy said Lebanon 's justice minister confirmed Ali Hussain Sibat was still alive . Sibat 's lawyer has also sent an official letter to Lebanon King Sibat asking for pardon . Sibat used to offer predictions and advice to callers on a Saudi television network . Sibat arrested , tried and sentenced during pilgrimage to Lebanon .