A man who treats people claims that the angels help him
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Fatwa number ( 21297 )
Praise be to Allah alone, and blessings and peace be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. And after: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the questioner via Sa'd al-Husayn, and referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars with number (16) and date 3/1/1421 AH. The questioner asked a question, the text of which is: There is a person in the town of Bayrin in the Zarqa Governorate, whose name is Muhammad Idris al-Hawamda , who claims that he treats people by reciting the Qur'an over water after diagnosing the disease, which he claims an angel standing on his eye shows him. We tried to convince him that the angels do not descend with revelation after Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to anyone,
but he insisted that this is a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) for him from Allah. He said: He does not deal with the jinn (whether Muslim or disbeliever) at all, but rather deals with the angels. What is the ruling on one who claims this? Especially since he has caused much fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) among many people, particularly the residents of the Gulf states in general and the people of Saudi Arabia in particular. May Allah reward you with all good.
After studying the inquiry, the Committee answered as follows: The angels (peace be upon them) do not perform any action except by the command of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is not within the power of a human being to control them as he wishes. The claim of dealing with the angels and their helping humans lacks definitive evidence, and this is something we have no way of knowing; because the reality is that many people are visited by spirits that speak to them and take form before them, and they are jinn and devils, yet they think they are angels, like the spirits that speak to those who worship the stars and idols. Based on this, it is not permissible for a person to claim that he deals with the angels, and it is not permissible for others to believe him in that. And if it is established that a person deals with the jinn and hidden spirits in treating illness, then it is not permissible to go to him or be treated by him; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 2230 narrated by Muslim in (his Sahih), and because of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:740 (peace and blessings be upon him), narrated by Imam Ahmad and the people of the Sunan with a good chain, and these
hadiths and others indicate the prohibition of asking fortune-tellers and soothsayers and believing them, and they are those who claim knowledge of the unseen or seek the help of the jinn, and there are things in their actions and behavior that indicate this. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
Praise be to Allah alone, and blessings and peace be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. And after: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the questioner via Sa'd al-Husayn, and referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars with number (16) and date 3/1/1421 AH. The questioner asked a question, the text of which is: There is a person in the town of Bayrin in the Zarqa Governorate, whose name is Muhammad Idris al-Hawamda , who claims that he treats people by reciting the Qur'an over water after diagnosing the disease, which he claims an angel standing on his eye shows him. We tried to convince him that the angels do not descend with revelation after Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to anyone,
but he insisted that this is a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) for him from Allah. He said: He does not deal with the jinn (whether Muslim or disbeliever) at all, but rather deals with the angels. What is the ruling on one who claims this? Especially since he has caused much fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) among many people, particularly the residents of the Gulf states in general and the people of Saudi Arabia in particular. May Allah reward you with all good.
After studying the inquiry, the Committee answered as follows: The angels (peace be upon them) do not perform any action except by the command of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is not within the power of a human being to control them as he wishes. The claim of dealing with the angels and their helping humans lacks definitive evidence, and this is something we have no way of knowing; because the reality is that many people are visited by spirits that speak to them and take form before them, and they are jinn and devils, yet they think they are angels, like the spirits that speak to those who worship the stars and idols. Based on this, it is not permissible for a person to claim that he deals with the angels, and it is not permissible for others to believe him in that. And if it is established that a person deals with the jinn and hidden spirits in treating illness, then it is not permissible to go to him or be treated by him; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted.
من أتى عرافًا فسأله عن شيء لم تُقبل له صلاة أربعين يومًاWhoever goes to a fortune-teller or a soothsayer and believes him in what he says, he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad
من أتى عرافًا أو كاهنًا فصدقه بما يقول، فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمدhadiths and others indicate the prohibition of asking fortune-tellers and soothsayers and believing them, and they are those who claim knowledge of the unseen or seek the help of the jinn, and there are things in their actions and behavior that indicate this. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
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