The Bedouin custom of isolating the sick person

Question:
When a person from the desert falls ill, they take him to a place where they isolate him. They tell them to leave him in a dark room, and no one sees him except his male relatives. Women never see him. They restrict him from this or that, and they call this "amwa." It lasts for a month or forty days or something similar. Is this from shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

Answer:
This is one of the superstitions: that he is placed in a dark tent and women are not allowed to visit him, only men. All of this is among the superstitions for which Allah has not sent down any authority. As for dietary restriction, dietary restriction is a treatment; it means preventing him from certain foods or certain things that affect him. There is no doubt that dietary restriction is a treatment. But what concerns me is placing him in a dark tent and that women do not visit him, only men. This is not permissible. Yes.