The Ruling on Going to Practitioners of Folk Medicine and Sorcerers

Question:
The questioner from Sudan, M. Mustafa, says: There are some people, O Shaykh, who treat illnesses with folk medicine, according to their own claim. When these individuals go to them, they say, "Write down the name and the mother's name, then come back to us tomorrow." After that, they say, "You are afflicted with such and such." What is the ruling on frequenting such people?

Answer:
These are sorcerers, charlatans, and fraudsters who deceive people. The name of the patient’s mother and father has nothing to do with it; this is merely one of the tricks of sorcerers and charlatans who deceive people. One should only go to the Ruqi who performs Ruqyah with the Book and the Sunnah and whose creed is sound. He reads over the patient and makes supplications for the patient with the prescribed supplications; this is the one to go to.
As for the sorcerer, the false messiah, or the magician and the soothsayer, it is not permissible to go to them, nor is it permissible to believe them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . When he was asked about the soothsayers, he said: and he said: So it is not permissible to go to these sorcerers and soothsayers, or to contact them via satellite channels or call them on the phones, for all these matters are not permissible with these people, and one must be cautious of them. Yes.