This woman is afflicted with possession and sorcery, and these are two severe types of sorcery. She has treated herself with the Qur'an many times without any benefit.

The Shaykh : Yes. The questioner: Two questions, may I speak, Shaykh?The Shaykh : Go ahead! The questioner: Yes, I will speak, hello, hello.The student : One person at a time!The Shaykh : Who is speaking? The questioner: Yes.The Shaykh : Who is speaking? The questioner: Yes, yes, hello.The Shaykh : Who is speaking? The questioner: A sister, a sister is asking.The Shaykh : Ask! The questioner: I am sick with the illness of possession, okay?The Shaykh : What illness? The questioner: The illness of possession, sorcery.The Shaykh : May Allah heal you. The questioner: And I was treated with the Qur'an several times.The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills. The questioner: I am speaking from Libya.The Shaykh : Yes. The questioner: I said I called before this and gave two questions.The Shaykh : Yes. The questioner: Can you hear me, Shaykh?The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The questioner: I am sick.The Shaykh : May Allah heal you. The questioner: If Allah wills, amen, O Lord of the worlds. And I was treated with the Qur'an several times and it did not bring a result. My illness has been going on for very long periods, very long and difficult periods, troubling my family and my husband's family. My father and mother are old and cannot bear such a thing. My father has diabetes, heart problems, and high blood pressure and cannot bear it. The doctors advised him not to get upset, and when he sees me in this state he gets upset. I am confused and do not know the solution. I mean, I was treated with the Qur'an several times and went to Egypt and was treated there, but it did not bring a result. What do you advise me to ask? I mean, can you know of some people who can treat me, or how? They advised me to ask you, I mean!The Shaykh : What type of illness are you complaining of, epilepsy? The questioner: Epilepsy.The Shaykh : Epilepsy! The questioner: Because of the sorcery.The Shaykh : Let us leave the sorcery. The questioner: Okay.The Shaykh : I am asking you about the effects, epilepsy? The questioner: Epilepsy, yes, I have seizures.The Shaykh : How often does it come, from time to time? The questioner: I mean, for a period, from two months until now, and I am very tired. I have had it for a period of two years and I am tired. I was treated and found, praise be to Allah, a period like this, and then it comes back again. The illness returns again.The Shaykh : You, my sister, do not speak, you just answer. The questioner: Yes.The Shaykh : Answer my question. I am telling you, how often approximately does the epilepsy come to you? The questioner: It sometimes lasts until a full day.The Shaykh : And then? The questioner: And sometimes three or four times a day.The Shaykh : Okay, are you committed to the Islamic rulings? The questioner: Committed, praise be to Allah.The Shaykh : And married? The questioner: No, a girl in the house.The Shaykh : Ah. The questioner: I am responsible for my father and mother, and they want to take me to other places, and I am not willing, I mean, to charlatans like this. And I am not willing, I refused, I refused, I refused, and they said to me, what is the solution?! The first solution was I was treated with the Qur'an and it did not bring a result.The Shaykh : Who treated you with the Qur'an? The questioner: Young men here in Dourah, praise be to Allah, I mean. And after that I went to Egypt to shaykhs in Egypt, I was treated there and it came back again.The Shaykh : Okay, those who were treating you with the Qur'an only, were they only reciting the Qur'an over you? The questioner: They recite, yes.The Shaykh : Only? The questioner: They recite.The Shaykh : Only, I am telling you, only? The questioner: No, not only.The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, answer the question. The questioner: Okay, Shaykh, I mean, no problem, okay.The Shaykh : Tell me what they did besides the Qur'an? The questioner: They recite in water and I bathe with it.The Shaykh : Mmm. The questioner: In oil and I bathe with it.The Shaykh : And where did you bathe? The questioner: Where?The Shaykh : Ah. The questioner: In the house, in the house.The Shaykh : And the house, I mean, your family or who? The questioner: Yes, my family.The Shaykh : Were your family with you? The questioner: Yes, my family.The Shaykh : Were they with you? The questioner: Yes.The Shaykh : Okay, do you maintain the recitation of the Prophetic adhkar mentioned in every day and night and in every occasion? The questioner: I maintain them, praise be to Allah.The Shaykh : Did you understand the question? The questioner: Yes, I understood.The Shaykh : What is it? The questioner: I said: Are you maintaining the mentioned adhkar? I maintain the adhkar.The Shaykh : Mentioned in every day and night and in every occasion? The questioner: Yes, yes.The Shaykh : And where did you take them from? The questioner: Yes.The Shaykh : Where did you take them from? The questioner: I took them from books.The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, I know from books, let me hear some books. The questioner: I took them from a book, I mean, some adhkar are in the book Riyaad al-Saliheen and in some small books.The Shaykh : Like? The questioner: A booklet called "Hisn al-Muslim" by a Shaykh I forgot, by Allah.The Shaykh : Okay, the important thing. The questioner: Yes.The Shaykh : Do you go out of your house sometimes? The questioner: I go out.The Shaykh : So when you go out of your house, for example, what do you say? The questioner: I say, Bismillah, I rely on Allah, and there is no power nor strength except by Allah. O Allah, I seek refuge in You that I mislead or be misled, or I slip or be slipped, or I be ignorant or be done injustice to. Some adhkar, I mean, I memorized them, praise be to Allah, and I am always trying, I mean, for the best, I try, I mean, to be better than this.The Shaykh : After this clarification. The questioner: Yes.The Shaykh : I tell you, you have no treatment after you mentioned that you were treated with the Qur'an and treated with other than the Qur'an. The Qur'an is sufficient, but using water and oil and the like, these are additions and accessories that have no basis in the Shari'ah. "So whoever does not seek healing with the Qur'an only, may Allah not heal him," as some scholars said. And therefore, I advise you with two pieces of advice: First: to persist in reciting the Qur'an day and night with all your attention and sincerity, and turning to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) with a pure and sound heart. And second: to ask for a small treatise of mine named "Sahih al-Kalim al-Tayyib." So you memorize the adhkar and invocations mentioned in this treatise and persist in them, every adhkar for every occasion. As I gave an example earlier, when you go out, you said: When you enter the house, you said: When you sit for food, likewise. When you enter the restroom, you seek refuge with the seeking of refuge mentioned in the Sunnah, and likewise when you finish. And so, when you lie down to sleep, you protect yourself with the Mu'awwidhat, and by saying "O you who disbelieve," and by the Verse of the Throne, and by the end of Surat al-Baqarah, and the like of the adhkar and invocations mentioned in that small booklet. This is your treatment. And I advise you, after you have tried your luck by visiting manyThe Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: Two questions, may I speak, Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Go ahead!

The questioner: Yes, I will speak, hello, hello.
The student : One person at a time!

The Shaykh : Who is speaking?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Who is speaking?

The questioner: Yes, yes, hello.

The Shaykh : Who is speaking?

The questioner: A sister, a sister is asking.

The Shaykh : Ask!

The questioner: I am sick with the illness of possession, okay?

The Shaykh : What illness?

The questioner: The illness of possession, sorcery.

The Shaykh : May Allah heal you.

The questioner: And I was treated with the Qur'an several times.

The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills.

The questioner: I am speaking from Libya.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: I said I called before this and gave two questions.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: Can you hear me, Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Yes, yes.

The questioner: I am sick.

The Shaykh : May Allah heal you.

The questioner: If Allah wills, amen, O Lord of the worlds. I have been treated with the Qur'an several times, but it has not brought any result. My illness has been very severe for very long periods, very long and troublesome periods, causing distress to my family and my husband's family. My father and mother are old and cannot bear such a thing. My father has diabetes, heart problems, and high blood pressure, and he cannot handle it. The doctors have advised him not to get upset, but when he sees me in this state, he gets upset. I am confused and do not know what to do. I mean, I was treated with the Qur'an several times, and I went to Egypt and was treated there, but it did not bring a result. What do you advise me to ask? I mean, is it possible that you know some people who can treat me, or how should I proceed? They advised me to ask you, I mean!

The Shaykh : What type of illness are you complaining of? Epilepsy?

The questioner: Epilepsy.

The Shaykh : Epilepsy!

The questioner: Due to sorcery.

The Shaykh : Let us leave sorcery aside.

The questioner: Okay.

The Shaykh : I am asking you about the effects. Epilepsy?

The questioner: Yes, I have seizures.

The Shaykh : How often does it happen, from one time to another?

The questioner: I mean, for a period, from two months until now, I have been suffering a lot. I mean, for a period of two years, I have been suffering. I was treated, and, praise be to Allah, for a period like this, and then it comes back again. The illness returns a second time.

The Shaykh : You, my sister, do not speak; you just answer.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Answer my question. I told you, how often approximately does the epilepsy come to you?

The questioner: Sometimes it lasts until a full day.

The Shaykh : And then?

The questioner: And sometimes up to three or four times a day.

The Shaykh : Okay, are you committed to the rulings of the Shari'ah?

The questioner: I am committed, praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh : And are you married?

The questioner: No, I am a girl at home.

The Shaykh : Ah.

The questioner: I am responsible for my father and mother, and they want to take me to other places, and I am not willing, I mean, to charlatans like this. And I am not willing; I refused, I refused, I refused, and they said to me, what is the solution?! The first solution was that I was treated with the Qur'an, and it did not bring a result.

The Shaykh : Who treated you with the Qur'an?

The questioner: Young men here in the neighborhood, praise be to Allah, I mean. And after that, I went to Egypt to shaykhs in Egypt, I was treated there, and it came back a second time.

The Shaykh : Okay, those who were treating you with the Qur'an only, were they just reading the Qur'an over you?

The questioner: They read, yes.

The Shaykh : Only?

The questioner: They read.

The Shaykh : I am telling you, only?

The questioner: No, not only.

The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, answer the question.

The questioner: Okay, Shaykh, I mean, no problem, okay.

The Shaykh : Tell me what they did besides the Qur'an?

The questioner: They read over water, and I bathed with it.

The Shaykh: Hmm.

The questioner: In oil, and I anointed myself with it.

The Shaykh : And where did you bathe?

The questioner: Where?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: At home, at home.

The Shaykh : And the home, I mean, your family's or whose?

The questioner: Yes, my family's.

The Shaykh : Were your family with you?

The questioner: Yes, my family.

The Shaykh : Were they with you?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Okay, do you maintain the recitation of the Prophetic adhkar mentioned for every day and night and for every occasion?

The questioner: I maintain them, praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh : Did you understand the question?

The questioner: Yes, I understood.

The Shaykh : What is it?

The questioner: I said: Are you maintaining the mentioned adhkar? I maintain the adhkar.

The Shaykh : The ones mentioned for every day and night and for every occasion?

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : And where did you get them from?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Where did you get them from?

The questioner: I got them from books.

The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, I know about books. Tell me some of the books.

The questioner: I got them from a book, I mean, some of the adhkar are in the book Riyaad al-Saliheen and in some small books.

The Shaykh : For example?

The questioner: A booklet called "Hisn al-Muslim" by a Shaykh whose name I have forgotten, by Allah.

The Shaykh : Okay, the important thing.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Do you ever go out of your house?

The questioner: I go out.

The Shaykh : So when you go out of your house, for example, what do you say?

The questioner: I say, Bismillah, I rely on Allah, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah. O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I mislead or be misled, or slip or be made to slip, or be ignorant or be treated with ignorance. Some of the adhkar, I mean, I have memorized them, praise be to Allah, and I am always trying, I mean, for the best. I try, I mean, to be better than this.

The Shaykh : After this clarification.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : I tell you, you have no cure after you mentioned that you were treated with the Qur'an and treated with other than the Qur'an. The Qur'an is sufficient, but using water and oil and the like, these are additions and accessories that have no basis in the Shari'ah. "So whoever does not seek healing with the Qur'an only, may Allah not heal him," as some scholars said. And therefore, I advise you with two pieces of advice: The first is to persist in reciting the Qur'an day and night with all your attention and sincerity, and turning to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) with a pure and sound heart. And secondly, that you ask for a small treatise of mine called "Sahih al-Kalim al-Tayyib." So you memorize the adhkar and invocations mentioned in this treatise and persist in them, every adhkar for every occasion, as I gave an example just now: when you go out, you say: When you enter the house, you say When you sit for food, likewise. When you enter the restroom, you seek refuge with the seeking of refuge mentioned in the Sunnah, and likewise when you finish. And so, when you put your side down to sleep, you protect yourself with the Mu'awwidhat, and by saying Ya Ayyuha al-Kafirun, and by the Verse of the Throne, and by the end of Surat al-Baqarah, and the like of the adhkar and invocations mentioned in that small booklet. This is your cure. And I advise you, after you have tried your luck by visiting many of the shaykhs among you and in Egypt, not to visit them, but to return by yourself to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), asking Him for healing and supplication after taking the lawful, Shari'ah-based means, not the material medical ones, for supplication is the weapon of the believer. This is my advice to you, did you hear?

The questioner: Yes, I heard, if Allah wills, but please, Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Yes.
the shaykhs among you and in Egypt, not to visit them, but to return by yourself to Allah Mighty and Majestic, asking Him for healing and supplication after taking the lawful, Shari'ah-based means, not the material medical ones, for supplication is the weapon of the believer. This is my advice to you, did you hear?The questioner: Yes, I heard, if Allah wills, but please, ShaykhThe Shaykh: Yes.