Distinguishing Between Sorcery, the Evil Eye, and Illness in Treatment
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The questioner:
I said: So, in the case of shirk (associating partners with Allah) only, as we know, how do we know that this person has sorcery and not some other illness? And how do you distinguish between knowledge and sorcery?
The Shaykh:
We recite over him and perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for him, whether he has the evil eye, sorcery, an illness, or weakness. We recite over him and perform ruqyah for him, and Allah the Exalted cures him. We do not know the type of illness he has. He is a patient, a trust, and the cure for him is from the Book and the Sunnah, supplication, and seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted. So you treat him with that, whether he is afflicted with the evil eye, afflicted with sorcery, or afflicted with obsessive thoughts. Yes.
The questioner:
Professor, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
This is like illnesses that are diagnosed by X-rays and machines; this is not diagnosed. Yes.
I said: So, in the case of shirk (associating partners with Allah) only, as we know, how do we know that this person has sorcery and not some other illness? And how do you distinguish between knowledge and sorcery?
The Shaykh:
We recite over him and perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for him, whether he has the evil eye, sorcery, an illness, or weakness. We recite over him and perform ruqyah for him, and Allah the Exalted cures him. We do not know the type of illness he has. He is a patient, a trust, and the cure for him is from the Book and the Sunnah, supplication, and seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted. So you treat him with that, whether he is afflicted with the evil eye, afflicted with sorcery, or afflicted with obsessive thoughts. Yes.
The questioner:
Professor, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
This is like illnesses that are diagnosed by X-rays and machines; this is not diagnosed. Yes.
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