The ruling on seeking the aid of Muslim jinn in ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)

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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to seek the aid of Muslim jinn in ruqyah?

Answer:
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. Seeking refuge is a type of worship, and it is not permissible except with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If one seeks refuge with the jinn, he commits major shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah, because seeking refuge is a type of worship. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:

And there were men

وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ

[Al-Jinn 72:6]

This is a report about the jinn who had submitted to Islam:

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn

وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ الْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ

[Al-Jinn 72:6]

This is stated in a way that condemns their action. It increased their weakness, meaning they were oppressed, the jinn dominated them, and they feared them, as a punishment for them. Therefore, it is not permissible to seek refuge with any created being, whether jinn or human.
Except in what a human is capable of doing. One may seek his aid, one may seek his aid to repel evil or an enemy, if he is capable of this,

the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy

فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِي مِن شِيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذِي مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ

[Al-Qasas 28:15]

. As for what a human is not capable of, it is not permissible to seek refuge with him. This is only sought from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.

Source شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب ما جاء في النشرة — islamhouse.com (35:37)

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