Going to the People of Innovation and Superstitions for Treatment
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Fatwa No. ( 19011 )
Q: I have heard of a young man, twenty years old, called the Shaykh: Muhammad , who lives in Jabal al-Manarah in the sister state of Jordan . This young man has been treating people since he was a child, seven years old. I asked about how his affair began, and I was told that this young man was afflicted in his youth with an illness that was not expected to be cured, but the righteous jinn came to this young man’s father when he was small and said to him: We will treat your son and he will be healed by the permission of Allah, and he will treat people by our method. This method is summarized as follows: At the first visit, he says: I do not heal; rather, it is Allah who heals. And a patient who does not pray will not benefit from the treatment. The most important thing in the treatment is a pure intention and reliance upon Allah. Then he asks the patient and says to him: What illness are you complaining of? He thinks for a little while and says: There is a treatment for your illness, meaning by that drinking water that has been blown upon or a procedure. Then he takes a symbolic amount from the patient, which is fifty riyals. He gives the patient, who is visiting for the first time, water in which he has blown, and says to him: Drink it with the Maghrib and Isha’ calls to prayer in three doses. Before each dose, you say: In the name of Allah, the Healer, the One who grants health. After a week, if the patient does not benefit from the treatment, meaning the water that was previously blown upon, he tells him
that he needs a procedure. That procedure is one where the patient returns to him on a specific night, such that they are a group that fills the room in which he treats patients. Before all the patients lie down on their backs, he gives his instructions to the patients, saying: No one should sleep except in a state of wudu’. You must remember Allah throughout the time you are lying on your backs. Do not turn to the left side, but you may turn to the right side and cross your legs a little. Do not move as much as possible. When you hear the Fajr call to prayer, perform wudu’ and pray in congregation, then return to lying down. The most important thing is the remembrance of Allah. Then he leaves them to return to them the next morning at nine o’clock. The time of lying down begins at nine o’clock at night. The recording device is automatic and plays one of the famous reciters, such as al-Husary and al-Sudais and al-Shuraym , reciting the Qur’an. Then he comes at nine o’clock, as I mentioned, and tells them one after another: You, get up, you have been healed. And you, get up, you have improved by such and such a percentage, but last night you spoke other than the remembrance of Allah and you moved. You must return to me so I can perform dressings for you. By dressings, he means minor procedures of the same kind as that procedure, not exceeding one or two hours. Note that the procedures he performs do not mean opening the abdomen or drawing blood, but rather it is merely lying down with the remembrance of Allah and wudu’.
What is the religious ruling on going to that young man, since opinions have differed regarding him? Some of the Shaykhs have declared the one who goes to him a disbeliever and considered that he has associated partners with Allah, while others have said that it is a fitnah, since it has been established in fact that many people have improved or been healed, as he also treats many diseases that modern medicine has failed to treat, such as blindness and paralysis?
A : What was mentioned in the question regarding that person asking those who visit him to lie on their backs for approximately twelve hours, and not to turn to the left side, etc., and that this is done in a group—all of this is from the innovated, superstitious, and Satanic methods that have no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah and no basis. The innovator of this method wants to distinguish himself from others to attract the naive from the common people and the ignorant, in order to take their money. This indicates his ignorance or his deception of people. One should not be impressed by any healing that may occur through him for some patients, for it may be a trial and a test from Allah. What indicates this is what Abu Dawud narrated in his Sunan from Zaynab , the wife of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud , from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud , who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:Sunan Abi Dawud 3883Sahih (Al-Albani) She said: I said: Why did you say this? By Allah, my eye used to twitch, so I would go to so-and-so the Jew who would perform ruqyah on me, and when he performed ruqyah on me, it would settle. 'Abdullah said: That was only the work of Satan; he used to prick it with his hand, and when he performed ruqyah on it, he would leave it alone. It would have been sufficient for you to
You should say what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say:Musnad Ahmad 565Sahih because of corroborating evidence; this is a Da'if (weak) Look: (Awn al-Ma'bud, vol. 16, p. 212), and it was narrated by the Imam Ahmad in (al-Musnad, vol. 1, p. 381), and it was narrated by Ibn Majah and Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim, who said: authentic. And al-Dhahabi approved it. What we advise you is not to consult this person; because it is feared that he may engage in matters that conflict with Islamic creed, which the person consulting him may not realize. There is no harm in you performing ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) on yourself, or someone else performing it on you, provided it is the lawful ruqyah free from religious innovations and baseless superstitions. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I have heard of a young man, twenty years old, called the Shaykh: Muhammad , who lives in Jabal al-Manarah in the sister state of Jordan . This young man has been treating people since he was a child, seven years old. I asked about how his affair began, and I was told that this young man was afflicted in his youth with an illness that was not expected to be cured, but the righteous jinn came to this young man’s father when he was small and said to him: We will treat your son and he will be healed by the permission of Allah, and he will treat people by our method. This method is summarized as follows: At the first visit, he says: I do not heal; rather, it is Allah who heals. And a patient who does not pray will not benefit from the treatment. The most important thing in the treatment is a pure intention and reliance upon Allah. Then he asks the patient and says to him: What illness are you complaining of? He thinks for a little while and says: There is a treatment for your illness, meaning by that drinking water that has been blown upon or a procedure. Then he takes a symbolic amount from the patient, which is fifty riyals. He gives the patient, who is visiting for the first time, water in which he has blown, and says to him: Drink it with the Maghrib and Isha’ calls to prayer in three doses. Before each dose, you say: In the name of Allah, the Healer, the One who grants health. After a week, if the patient does not benefit from the treatment, meaning the water that was previously blown upon, he tells him
that he needs a procedure. That procedure is one where the patient returns to him on a specific night, such that they are a group that fills the room in which he treats patients. Before all the patients lie down on their backs, he gives his instructions to the patients, saying: No one should sleep except in a state of wudu’. You must remember Allah throughout the time you are lying on your backs. Do not turn to the left side, but you may turn to the right side and cross your legs a little. Do not move as much as possible. When you hear the Fajr call to prayer, perform wudu’ and pray in congregation, then return to lying down. The most important thing is the remembrance of Allah. Then he leaves them to return to them the next morning at nine o’clock. The time of lying down begins at nine o’clock at night. The recording device is automatic and plays one of the famous reciters, such as al-Husary and al-Sudais and al-Shuraym , reciting the Qur’an. Then he comes at nine o’clock, as I mentioned, and tells them one after another: You, get up, you have been healed. And you, get up, you have improved by such and such a percentage, but last night you spoke other than the remembrance of Allah and you moved. You must return to me so I can perform dressings for you. By dressings, he means minor procedures of the same kind as that procedure, not exceeding one or two hours. Note that the procedures he performs do not mean opening the abdomen or drawing blood, but rather it is merely lying down with the remembrance of Allah and wudu’.
What is the religious ruling on going to that young man, since opinions have differed regarding him? Some of the Shaykhs have declared the one who goes to him a disbeliever and considered that he has associated partners with Allah, while others have said that it is a fitnah, since it has been established in fact that many people have improved or been healed, as he also treats many diseases that modern medicine has failed to treat, such as blindness and paralysis?
A : What was mentioned in the question regarding that person asking those who visit him to lie on their backs for approximately twelve hours, and not to turn to the left side, etc., and that this is done in a group—all of this is from the innovated, superstitious, and Satanic methods that have no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah and no basis. The innovator of this method wants to distinguish himself from others to attract the naive from the common people and the ignorant, in order to take their money. This indicates his ignorance or his deception of people. One should not be impressed by any healing that may occur through him for some patients, for it may be a trial and a test from Allah. What indicates this is what Abu Dawud narrated in his Sunan from Zaynab , the wife of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud , from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud , who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
spells, charms and love-potions are polytheism
إن الرقى والتمائم والتولة شركYou should say what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say:
“Remove the hardship and suffering. Lord of mankind, and grant healing, for You are the Healer and there is no healing except Your healing; (grant) healing which does not leave any sickness behind.`
أذهب البأس رب الناس اشف أنت الشافي لا شفاء إلا شفاؤك شفاء لا يغادر سقمًا
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