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The ruling on a ruqyah practitioner placing his hand on a woman's forehead

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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man took his daughter to one of the ruqyah practitioners to have her treated. The daughter was fully covered in a complete manner of covering. The practitioner placed his hand on her forehead. When she asked him and rebuked him, he said, “It is to anger Shaytan, and to know what is wrong with her, whether it is the evil eye, sorcery, or a growth.” Does the practitioner insist on doing this, or is it forbidden?

Answer:
There are two prohibitions in this. The first prohibition is that he places his hand on a woman who is not a mahram, and this is not permissible. The second prohibition is that this is sorcery, or lying and deception; he is a liar in this speech. So it is not permissible to go to someone like this, because he claims to know the sorcerers, and he knows the types of jinn, and he knows this and that. All of this is such. Yes.
Source شرح زاد المستقنع [64] — alfawzan.live (53:46)

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