After being expelled, Hagrid’s wand was snapped. But he kept the pieces and secretly re-assembled them inside of his pink umbrella. Despite legally not being allowed to perform magic due to his expulsion, he sometimes performs modest spells.
Why isn’t Hagrid allowed to do magic?
Hagrid is not supposed to perform magic because he was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year after being wrongfully accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, which resulted in the death of Moaning Myrtle.
“I’m — er — not supposed ter do magic, strictly speakin’. I was allowed ter do a bit ter follow yeh an’ get yer letters to yeh an’ stuff — one o’ the reasons I was so keen ter take on the job —”
– J.K. Rowling, Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
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