The Ruling on Treating the Possessed and the Sick by Those Who Seek the Aid of Jinn and the Absent in Ruqyah
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Question:
May Allah reward you and benefit through you. In the last question of this episode, a listener with the initials M-E, residing in the Kingdom, says: My son is young and sick, and he is possessed by jinn. People advised me to go to those who perform ruqyah. Some of them perform ruqyah with the Qur'an, while others perform it with jinn. I am confused about whom to go to, as my son's illness has become severe. I ask you to guide me and to make du'a for him. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not permissible to go to one who seeks the aid of jinn; because it is not permissible to seek the aid of jinn and the absent; because that is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic. Also, the jinn do not help a human unless he draws near to them with some act of worship and shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic, and by doing some of the nullifiers of Islam. They do not serve him except in exchange for him relinquishing his religion and relinquishing his creed. Therefore, it is not permissible to seek the aid of jinn; because this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic. Likewise, it is not permissible to seek the aid of the dead and the absent; because this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic.
As for ruqyah with people of righteousness and sound creed, ruqyah with the Qur'an and the prescribed supplications, it is prescribed (mashru') and praise be to Allah. It is one of the beneficial causes, provided one believes that healing is from Allah Mighty and Majestic, and that this ruqyah is merely a cause for healing. It is prescribed, so there is no harm in it. However, going to the jinn, or going to humans who deal with jinn, is kufr (disbelief) and shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic, and it corrupts the creeds of Muslims at the hands of these false messiahs and sorcerers. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Jinn 72:6] meaning they increased them in fear, anxiety, and distress. Allah subjected them to them through intimidation and threats. This is the reality of those who seek the aid of jinn; they are always in anxiety and always in fear of everything. And He the Exalted said: [Al-An'am 6:128] [Al-An'am 6:128], [Al-An'am 6:129]. This is the end of those who seek the aid of jinn, and this is their outcome, may Allah protect us from it.
Therefore, it is obligatory to free oneself from these superstitions and these falsehoods, and to rely on Allah Glorified and Exalted is He, and to return to the correct creed. In what Allah has revealed of medicines and healing, there is sufficiency without these forbidden matters. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani) Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, Allah has not made your healing in what He has forbidden to you. Yes.
May Allah reward you and benefit through you. In the last question of this episode, a listener with the initials M-E, residing in the Kingdom, says: My son is young and sick, and he is possessed by jinn. People advised me to go to those who perform ruqyah. Some of them perform ruqyah with the Qur'an, while others perform it with jinn. I am confused about whom to go to, as my son's illness has become severe. I ask you to guide me and to make du'a for him. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not permissible to go to one who seeks the aid of jinn; because it is not permissible to seek the aid of jinn and the absent; because that is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic. Also, the jinn do not help a human unless he draws near to them with some act of worship and shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic, and by doing some of the nullifiers of Islam. They do not serve him except in exchange for him relinquishing his religion and relinquishing his creed. Therefore, it is not permissible to seek the aid of jinn; because this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic. Likewise, it is not permissible to seek the aid of the dead and the absent; because this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic.
As for ruqyah with people of righteousness and sound creed, ruqyah with the Qur'an and the prescribed supplications, it is prescribed (mashru') and praise be to Allah. It is one of the beneficial causes, provided one believes that healing is from Allah Mighty and Majestic, and that this ruqyah is merely a cause for healing. It is prescribed, so there is no harm in it. However, going to the jinn, or going to humans who deal with jinn, is kufr (disbelief) and shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah Mighty and Majestic, and it corrupts the creeds of Muslims at the hands of these false messiahs and sorcerers. Allah the Exalted said:
And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn
وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ الْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ الْجِنِّAnd [mention, O Muhammad], the Day when He will gather them together [and say], "O company of jinn, you have [misled] many of mankind." And
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ وَقَالَAnd their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord, some of us made use of others, and we have [now] reached our term, which you appointed for us." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein you will abide eternally, except for what Allah wills. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."
أَوْلِيَاؤُهُم مِّنَ الْإِنسِ رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌAnd thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَTherefore, it is obligatory to free oneself from these superstitions and these falsehoods, and to rely on Allah Glorified and Exalted is He, and to return to the correct creed. In what Allah has revealed of medicines and healing, there is sufficiency without these forbidden matters. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرام،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5443- حكم علاج الممسوس والمريض عند من يستعين بالجن والغائبين في الرقية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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