The Ruling on Beating Those Afflicted by Magic and Strangling Them During Ruqyah

The questioner:
Ahmad from Riyadh, please go ahead, Ahmad. Peace be upon you, Shaykh. And upon you be peace. I am asking about beating the afflicted, I mean, some of them beat the patient, some use electricity on them, some strangle the patient, and some strangle them until they die, and some prick them with a needle, they prick them with a needle. Is this permissible, meaning that they use these things in ruqyah?

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to torture the patient or expose him to severe pain; this is not permissible. It may not be a jinn, it may not be a jinn, but rather a psychological illness or something similar. Also, not every man is qualified for ruqyah, for the ruqyah of one possessed by jinn. It is necessary that those with knowledge, those with learning, and those with the correct creed are the ones who undertake this. As for the ignorant and the common people undertaking this and flailing about and torturing the patient beyond what he is already suffering from, this is not permissible. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,