Some reciters place their finger on a patient, male or female, and recite certain verses, claiming that the patient sees the type of sorcery affecting him
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Fatwa No. ( 19754 )
Q: I am informing you that I am one of the residents of the Ta'if province, and my wife is suffering from a mental illness. I took her to some reciters, whom most of the residents of the province treat with, and I found among them some matters that give rise to doubt and suspicion. First: there are some brothers who perform recitation on patients who are afflicted with possession or sorcery by placing their fingers on the patient's eyes, whether the patient is a woman or a man, and reciting Ayat al-Kursi and verse 22 of Surat (Qaf). This is what I observed from them. After that, the patient sees the type of sorcery affecting him, the people who performed the sorcery on him, the location of the sorcery, and other things such as seeing snakes and people, and other places that the patient knows. The confusing aspect of the matter is that the reciter knows that the patient will see something of this kind. This practice is called: (al-Kashf, or unveiling). Some reciters recite while standing in front of the patient in a low voice, extending their hand toward the patient and blowing on it, and saying: the patient
has sorcery, and the servant of the sorcery is a man or a woman, or a type of bird from the jinn. This is from one aspect. Second: my wife is afflicted with sorcery, according to what they told me, and Allah knows best. When they recited over her, a strange thing happened: she vomited pieces of cloth and blood, and sometimes small pieces of plants, and sometimes nails, up to three nails wrapped in a piece of cloth, as well as hair and nails collected in a plastic bag. Some patients, after the recitation, expelled pieces of skin covered in mucus, with nails, hair, and nails inside them. The reciters inform us that this is sorcery, and that it was the jinn who put it into the patient's stomach. Therefore, we present this matter to your eminence, hoping for clarification of these issues. Our question is: Do we believe in such matters? Do we go to them or not? Is this ruqyah (healing recitation) Sharia-compliant? Is what the patient sees and what comes out of him a reality, or is there something else in their matter? May Allah preserve you.
A: If the situation with these reciters is as described in the question, then it is forbidden to go to them. What they do is not called a Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation); rather, it is a type of charlatanism, baseless conjectures, and expected guesses that are not based on reality or valid evidence. It may be an indication and sign of one who uses Shayatins (Satan) and performs the work of fortune-tellers and diviners, resulting in
deceiving the patient by making him see things that are not as they truly are. They may bring some tangible items and delude him into thinking they are coming out of his belly, using Shayatins (Satan) and jinn (the jinn) to achieve this. Therefore, it is not permissible for you to go to them, seek treatment from them, ask them questions, or remove a spell with a similar spell. You must make sincere repentance for having gone to them and must not return to such things in the future. It is not permissible to believe what they say, as narrated by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:740 (peace and blessings be upon him). It was narrated by the compilers of the four Sunan collections and al-Hakim, who graded it as authentic. And because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It was narrated by al-Tabarani from 'Imran ibn Husayn , and al-Munawi said: Its chain of narration is good. And because he (peace and blessings be upon him), when asked about the nashrah (removal of a spell), said: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 13:100 It was narrated by Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud with a good chain of narration. The nashrah is the removal of a spell from the one who has been bewitched by means of a spell. We advise you to treat your wife with Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) from the Qur'an, dhikr (the remembrance of Allah), and Prophetic supplications, or with permissible medicines that have no harm; because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It was narrated by Imam Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah , and the wording of Abu Dawud is: Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani) . And if you know the location of the spell, it is permissible for you to dig it up if it is buried,
And if you know the location of the sorcery, it is permissible for you to dig it up if it is buried, and extract what was placed in it as sorcery and destroy it by burning or otherwise, and this invalidates it, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he was bewitched and knew the location of the sorcery. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
Q: I am informing you that I am one of the residents of the Ta'if province, and my wife is suffering from a mental illness. I took her to some reciters, whom most of the residents of the province treat with, and I found among them some matters that give rise to doubt and suspicion. First: there are some brothers who perform recitation on patients who are afflicted with possession or sorcery by placing their fingers on the patient's eyes, whether the patient is a woman or a man, and reciting Ayat al-Kursi and verse 22 of Surat (Qaf). This is what I observed from them. After that, the patient sees the type of sorcery affecting him, the people who performed the sorcery on him, the location of the sorcery, and other things such as seeing snakes and people, and other places that the patient knows. The confusing aspect of the matter is that the reciter knows that the patient will see something of this kind. This practice is called: (al-Kashf, or unveiling). Some reciters recite while standing in front of the patient in a low voice, extending their hand toward the patient and blowing on it, and saying: the patient
has sorcery, and the servant of the sorcery is a man or a woman, or a type of bird from the jinn. This is from one aspect. Second: my wife is afflicted with sorcery, according to what they told me, and Allah knows best. When they recited over her, a strange thing happened: she vomited pieces of cloth and blood, and sometimes small pieces of plants, and sometimes nails, up to three nails wrapped in a piece of cloth, as well as hair and nails collected in a plastic bag. Some patients, after the recitation, expelled pieces of skin covered in mucus, with nails, hair, and nails inside them. The reciters inform us that this is sorcery, and that it was the jinn who put it into the patient's stomach. Therefore, we present this matter to your eminence, hoping for clarification of these issues. Our question is: Do we believe in such matters? Do we go to them or not? Is this ruqyah (healing recitation) Sharia-compliant? Is what the patient sees and what comes out of him a reality, or is there something else in their matter? May Allah preserve you.
A: If the situation with these reciters is as described in the question, then it is forbidden to go to them. What they do is not called a Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation); rather, it is a type of charlatanism, baseless conjectures, and expected guesses that are not based on reality or valid evidence. It may be an indication and sign of one who uses Shayatins (Satan) and performs the work of fortune-tellers and diviners, resulting in
deceiving the patient by making him see things that are not as they truly are. They may bring some tangible items and delude him into thinking they are coming out of his belly, using Shayatins (Satan) and jinn (the jinn) to achieve this. Therefore, it is not permissible for you to go to them, seek treatment from them, ask them questions, or remove a spell with a similar spell. You must make sincere repentance for having gone to them and must not return to such things in the future. It is not permissible to believe what they say, as narrated by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever goes to a diviner or a fortune-teller and believes in what he says has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad
من أتى عرافًا أو كاهنًا فصدقه بما يقول، فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمدHe is not one of us who practices divination or has divination done for him, or who practices fortune-telling or has fortune-telling done for him, or who practices sorcery or has sorcery done for him
ليس منا من تطير أو تُطير له، أو تكهن أو تُكهن له، أو سحر أو سُحر لهIt is from the work of Satan
هي من عمل الشيطانSeek medical treatment, for Allah has not sent down a disease without sending down a cure for it, and some know it and some do not
تداووا فإن الله لم ينزل داء إلا أنزل له شفاء، علمه من علمه وجهله من جهلهso treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
فتداووا ولا تداووا بحرامAnd if you know the location of the sorcery, it is permissible for you to dig it up if it is buried, and extract what was placed in it as sorcery and destroy it by burning or otherwise, and this invalidates it, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he was bewitched and knew the location of the sorcery. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
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