Giving a person suffering from epilepsy a wolf’s skin to expel the jinn
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: There are those who give a person suffering from epilepsy or jinn possession a wolf’s skin and say, “Take it with you, for it will expel the jinn.”
Answer:
This is one of the false superstitions, and it is not permissible. It is among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: There are those who give a person suffering from epilepsy or jinn possession a wolf’s skin and say, “Take it with you, for it will expel the jinn.”
Answer:
This is one of the false superstitions, and it is not permissible. It is among the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:14:02)
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