Visiting those who treat with folk medicine by writing the mother's name
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Question:
This questioner asks, Honorable Shaykh, about a matter that happened to him. He says: There is a group of people who are treated with folk medicine, according to their claim. When they go to the person, he says, "Write the mother's name or the father's name, then come back to us after a week." Does one visit such people?
Answer:
It is not permissible. These are fortune-tellers, not folk doctors. Folk doctors are those who treat with permissible medicines. As for the one who treats in this manner, by the name of the mother or the name of the father, and they return to him after a week, and he informs them of their illness or its cure, this is fortune-telling, and I seek refuge in Allah from that. So it is not permissible to go to these people, nor to empower them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you,
This questioner asks, Honorable Shaykh, about a matter that happened to him. He says: There is a group of people who are treated with folk medicine, according to their claim. When they go to the person, he says, "Write the mother's name or the father's name, then come back to us after a week." Does one visit such people?
Answer:
It is not permissible. These are fortune-tellers, not folk doctors. Folk doctors are those who treat with permissible medicines. As for the one who treats in this manner, by the name of the mother or the name of the father, and they return to him after a week, and he informs them of their illness or its cure, this is fortune-telling, and I seek refuge in Allah from that. So it is not permissible to go to these people, nor to empower them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/202 — archive.org (15:57)
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