Treatment with Incense and Expelling the Jinn
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some folk doctors treat their patients with incense. Is this permissible? And is it reported that incense expels the jinn?
Answer:
Allah knows best. This matter requires asking the doctors whether incense is a treatment or not. I do not know. Yes, but if one believes that the smoke expels the jinn or something similar, these are superstitions. However, if from a medical standpoint they say that the smoke, incense, or something else has a property for treating this ailment or this disease, then this may have a valid aspect. Merely believing that the smoke is always a cure, without the opinion of the doctors, is among the superstitions.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some folk doctors treat their patients with incense. Is this permissible? And is it reported that incense expels the jinn?
Answer:
Allah knows best. This matter requires asking the doctors whether incense is a treatment or not. I do not know. Yes, but if one believes that the smoke expels the jinn or something similar, these are superstitions. However, if from a medical standpoint they say that the smoke, incense, or something else has a property for treating this ailment or this disease, then this may have a valid aspect. Merely believing that the smoke is always a cure, without the opinion of the doctors, is among the superstitions.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [3] — alfawzan.live (1:15:48)
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