The ruling on using salt to drive away the jinn
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using salt to drive away the jinn, on the assumption that this is established by obvious experience?
Answer:
These are sorceries. This is sorcery; beware of it. They say, “Sprinkle the house with salt.” Say, “What is this? This is sorcery.” No, no, it is not known that this is a cure or that it drives them away. What drives away the jinn is the remembrance of Allah. Satan flees from the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited. You bring salt and put it there, but read from the Qur’an, use the morning and evening adhkar, as for salt, it will not benefit you; this is sorcery. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using salt to drive away the jinn, on the assumption that this is established by obvious experience?
Answer:
These are sorceries. This is sorcery; beware of it. They say, “Sprinkle the house with salt.” Say, “What is this? This is sorcery.” No, no, it is not known that this is a cure or that it drives them away. What drives away the jinn is the remembrance of Allah. Satan flees from the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited. You bring salt and put it there, but read from the Qur’an, use the morning and evening adhkar, as for salt, it will not benefit you; this is sorcery. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب ما جاء في النشرة — islamhouse.com (30:11)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.