The ruling on seeking the help of the jinn to recite over the sick
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a woman asks: What is the ruling on one who seeks the help of the jinn for Muslims in order to recite over the sick from among the humans?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to seek the help of the jinn, the absent, or the dead. All of this is a means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). It is not permissible to seek the help of the jinn. Seek the help of Allah the Exalted, and treat the sick and the insane with the lawful ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), without seeking the help of an absent scholar. Seeking the help of an absent scholar is shirk[Al-Jinn 72:6]. It is not permissible to seek the help of the jinn.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
They say that they are Muslims, so we do not seek their help. What proves that they are Muslims? Perhaps one says he is a Muslim in order to deceive the human. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a woman asks: What is the ruling on one who seeks the help of the jinn for Muslims in order to recite over the sick from among the humans?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to seek the help of the jinn, the absent, or the dead. All of this is a means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). It is not permissible to seek the help of the jinn. Seek the help of Allah the Exalted, and treat the sick and the insane with the lawful ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), without seeking the help of an absent scholar. Seeking the help of an absent scholar is shirk
And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden.
وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ الْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
They say that they are Muslims, so we do not seek their help. What proves that they are Muslims? Perhaps one says he is a Muslim in order to deceive the human. Yes.
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