Treatment of Sorcery When It Affects a Muslim

Question:
O Allah, amen. Thank you to the Honorable Shaykh Salih al-Atrem for this kind response to the question we directed to him, and may Allah reward him with the best reward. We are with the Honorable Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, who will tell us how to treat sorcery when it affects a Muslim, so please proceed, may Allah reward you.

Answer:
It is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said . He taught it to those who knew it, and those who did not know it did not know it. Sorcery is a disease among the diseases that afflict a person, by the permission of Allah and His decree for trial and testing. So if this person is afflicted with this disease and struck by sorcery, he has been tested. He must treat himself with what Allah the Exalted and Sublime has prescribed and permitted for His servants. Allah the Exalted has not sent down a disease without sending down a cure for it, and sorcery has a treatment and a medicine, by the permission of Allah.
So the Muslim must first place his reliance on Allah the Exalted and Sublime, seek His help, attach his heart to Allah, and know that the cure is from Him, that He is the cause of causes, and that He is the Healer. There is no healing except His healing, the Exalted and Sublime. "And if you are ill, it is He who cures you." Have you seen and the Exalted . So if a Muslim is struck by some sorcery, he must rely on Allah, place his trust in Allah, attach his heart to Allah, and know that there is no healing except His healing, the Exalted and Sublime. He should turn to Him, call upon Him, and supplicate to Him to remove what has befallen him. Allah, Glorious and Exalted, is near and responsive; He answers the call of the one who calls upon Him. And if he turns to Allah and attaches his heart to Him, Allah the Exalted and Sublime will suffice him, .
He must also use the dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and supplications found in the Book and the Sunnah for treating this illness. This includes reciting the verses in which Allah mentioned sorcery and its invalidity, and that it is a false deed. Such as the verses in Surat al-A'raf, the verses in Surat Yunus, and the verses in Surat Ta-Ha regarding the story of the sorcerers with Moses, what happened, and how the matter ended with the invalidity of the sorcery, its refutation, and the victory of the truth over it. For that is among the causes of healing, by the permission of Allah.
Among that is reciting the Opening of the Book (al-Fatihah) and repeating it, because it is a ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). The Opening of the Book is among the greatest types of ruqyah. It contains the supplication of worship and the supplication of asking, and it is a great surah that includes noble meanings and great secrets. It is the Mother of the Qur'an, and the permissibility of ruqyah with it and reciting it over one afflicted by a sting or otherwise has been established, and that it contains healing, by the permission of Allah. So he recites this great surah, recites it and blows over himself, and repeats it. He also recites the two protectors (al-Mu'awwidhatan). In Surat al-Falaq .