The Ruling on Going to Practitioners of Arab Medicine

Question:
They know or seek out the appropriate medicines for it. So, you should first resort to the Shari'ah treatment through the Noble Qur'an and the lawful medicines and papers, and then also go to the professional doctors who know how to diagnose diseases and prescribe the appropriate medicine for them. May Allah reward you with good. Do you advise them to go to a specific type of those who practice Arab medicine? Those who practice Arab medicine

Answer:
They are divided into two categories. One category uses the Prophetic medicine mentioned in the hadiths, and they use the tested, permissible medicine that contains no harm. There is nothing wrong with going to them as a means of taking necessary measures, provided they are known for having sound beliefs, free from magic and dealing with jinn. As for the second category, they are magicians who use sorcery, they use fortune-telling, they use hidden things, and they use jinn and Shayatin. It is not permissible to go to them, even if they call themselves popular doctors, due to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever..."