Among us in Sudan, there are some people known as shaykhs who write amulets for people when a person falls ill or is afflicted with sorcery or other such matters.
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The questioner : Among us in Sudan, there are some people known as shaykhs who write amulets for people when a person falls ill or is afflicted with sorcery or other such superstitious matters. What is the ruling on dealing with them? And what is the ruling on their work as well? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The answer to that is that ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for a patient afflicted with sorcery or other illness is permissible if it is from the Qur'an or from permissible supplications. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah for his Companions, and among what he used to recite for them wasMishkat al-Masabih 1555, and they would be cured. And among the prescribed supplications are: Sunan Ibn Majah 3523Sahih (Darussalam). And among them is that a person places his hand on the pain that hurts him in his body and says: Sunan Ibn Majah 3522Sahih (Darussalam), and so on, from what the scholars mentioned of the hadiths narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for writing verses or dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and hanging them, the scholars differed on that. Some of them permitted it, and some of them prohibited it. The closer view is the prohibition of that, because this did not come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, what came is that it is recited for the patient. As for hanging verses or supplications on the patient's neck or hand, or under his pillow, or the like of that, then that is among the prohibited matters according to the stronger opinion, due to the fact that it did not come from the Prophet. And every person who makes something a cause for another matter without permission from the Shari'ah, then his work is considered a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah), because it is establishing a cause that Allah the Exalted did not make a cause. This is regardless of the state of these shaykhs; we do not know, perhaps these shaykhs are among the sorcerers who write abominable things and forbidden things, in which case there is no doubt in its prohibition. For this reason, the scholars said: There is no harm in ruqyah on the condition that it is known, understood, and free from shirk. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
This is a message from a listener who symbolized his name with A' M from Sudan, residing in Iraq. He says in his message:
The Shaykh : The answer to that is that ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for a patient afflicted with sorcery or other illness is permissible if it is from the Qur'an or from permissible supplications. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah for his Companions, and among what he used to recite for them was
Abud Darda’ said he heard God’s messenger say, "If one of you has any complaint, or if a brother of his complains of it, he should say, ‘Our Lord God who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy command is in the heaven and the earth. As Thy mercy is in the heaven so place Thy mercy in the earth. Forgive us our faults and sins. Thou art the Lord of the good ones. Send down some of Thy mercy and some of Thy healing on this pain’ and it will be cured.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.
ربنا الله الذي في السماء، تقدس اسمك، أمرك في السماء والأرض، أنت رب الطيبين، كما رحمتك في السماء فاجعل رحمتك في الأرض، أنزل رحمة من رحمتك وشفاء من شفائك على هذا الوجعBismillahi arqika, min kulli shay’in yu’dhika, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ‘aynin aw hasidin. Allahu yashfika, bismillahi arqika
بسم الله أرقيك، من كل داء يؤذيك، من شر كل عين أو حاسد الله يشفيك، بسم الله أرقيكa’udhu bi’izzatil-lahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhadhiru
أعوذ بعزة الله وقدرته من شر ما أجد وأحاذرAs for writing verses or dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and hanging them, the scholars differed on that. Some of them permitted it, and some of them prohibited it. The closer view is the prohibition of that, because this did not come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, what came is that it is recited for the patient. As for hanging verses or supplications on the patient's neck or hand, or under his pillow, or the like of that, then that is among the prohibited matters according to the stronger opinion, due to the fact that it did not come from the Prophet. And every person who makes something a cause for another matter without permission from the Shari'ah, then his work is considered a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah), because it is establishing a cause that Allah the Exalted did not make a cause. This is regardless of the state of these shaykhs; we do not know, perhaps these shaykhs are among the sorcerers who write abominable things and forbidden things, in which case there is no doubt in its prohibition. For this reason, the scholars said: There is no harm in ruqyah on the condition that it is known, understood, and free from shirk. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
This is a message from a listener who symbolized his name with A' M from Sudan, residing in Iraq. He says in his message: