Treatment of Sorcery and Seeking Cure from Sorcerers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh Salih, this person is asking. He says: A relative of ours was afflicted with harm through sorcery, and Allah knows best about that. Our conversation and question, may Allah preserve you, is: How do we treat that? May Allah bless you. Some of those who practice sorcery have been presented to us, and we are afraid of that. Do we turn to them and benefit from their actions?
Answer:
Sorcery is treated with permissible medicines, and it is treated with the prescribed ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) with sincerity of intention, sincerity of belief, and certainty. Allah will cure him, by the permission of Allah. Sorcery is not treated with sorcery like it; because sorcery is kufr (disbelief), and it is not permissible to seek cure with what is haram (forbidden), so how can it be done with kufr? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani). And sorcery is the greatest of what is haram; because it is kufr, whether learning it, teaching it, or seeking cure with it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . So it is not permissible to seek cure with sorcery. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh Salih, this person is asking. He says: A relative of ours was afflicted with harm through sorcery, and Allah knows best about that. Our conversation and question, may Allah preserve you, is: How do we treat that? May Allah bless you. Some of those who practice sorcery have been presented to us, and we are afraid of that. Do we turn to them and benefit from their actions?
Answer:
Sorcery is treated with permissible medicines, and it is treated with the prescribed ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) with sincerity of intention, sincerity of belief, and certainty. Allah will cure him, by the permission of Allah. Sorcery is not treated with sorcery like it; because sorcery is kufr (disbelief), and it is not permissible to seek cure with what is haram (forbidden), so how can it be done with kufr? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرامIt is not one of us the one who performs sorcery or has sorcery performed for him,
ليس منا من سحر أو سحر له،The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/274 — archive.org (8:16)
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