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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Questions on the Explanation of the Book of Nullifiers of Islam

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Question:
Some people may be afflicted with various organic and psychological illnesses. Yes, indeed. With various organic and psychological illnesses, and they go to the ruqah practitioners, and most of them do not get cured. So what are the causes of these illnesses? Some of them believe that it is from the jinn, or they believe that it is sorcery. So what is your guidance?

Answer:
In any case, illnesses exist among people, and they are numerous and varied. Also, delusions, obsessive thoughts, and psychological illnesses exist. And the Muslim, if he is afflicted with an illness, first, he should be patient and seek reward from Allah, and know that this is by the divine decree and destiny of Allah, and not be distressed. Second, this does not prevent him from seeking treatment through causes and beneficial medicines. This is permissible: that he seeks treatment with permissible medicines and the Shari'ah ruqah from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the people of 'aqidah (creed). As for going to the sorcerers, the false prophets, and those who intend only to take people's money and claim that they know what they do not know, one who does not know the soundness of their 'aqidah and the safety of their methodology should not go to them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever goes to a fortune-teller or a diviner, in one narration, or a sorcererمن اتى كاهنا او عرافا في روايه او ساحرا
and he believes him in what he says, he has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The other hadith: Whoever goes to a fortune-tellerفصدقه بما يقول فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. الحديث الآخر من أتى كاهنا
Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:741
his Salah will not be accepted for 40 daysلم تقبل له صلاة أربعين يوما
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5669Da'if (Darussalam)
narrated by Muslim. It is not permissible to go to these people and the sorcerers, even if they claim that they recite for people and perform ruqah for people, as long as we do not know them and do not know their 'aqidah.
And we do not trust them one hundred percent; it is not permissible to go to them. And in what Allah has prescribed of permissible treatment, there is sufficiency from what Allah the Exalted has forbidden. And the Muslim should be patient if he does the cause and the desired result does not happen. If he does the cause and the desired result does not happen, he should be patient and seek reward from Allah the Exalted.
Yes, and even if he does not seek treatment, it is not required that he seek treatment. If he leaves off treatment out of patience and seeking reward, that is a good thing. And if he wants permissible treatment, that is a permissible thing and his right, for Allah has prescribed it. But if he goes to forbidden treatment and goes to the sorcerers, the false prophets, the sorcerers, and the fortune-tellers to seek treatment from them, this is a matter that is not permissible. Let us suppose that he went to his mother and Allah afflicted him, and he got a cure, but he lost his religion and lost his 'aqidah. What would he benefit from then? That he dies upon the sound 'aqidah and upon Islam and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is better for him than that he lives upon other than a sound 'aqidah, living as a disbeliever and an apostate, may Allah protect us from that. You heard at the beginning of the chapter that whoever is pleased with sorcery has committed disbelief. So if he is pleased with sorcery, he has committed disbelief, may Allah protect us from that. Even if he is cured and becomes more energetic than an elephant, as long as his 'aqidah is corrupted, he has lost this world and the Hereafter.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 164من279/اسئلة شرح كتاب نواقض الاسلام/اسباب الامراض العضوية والنفسية/صالح الفوزان/كبار العلماء/عقيدة — youtube.com

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