Parents forced their son, who was afflicted with possession, to go to a fortune-teller who claims knowledge of the unseen to obtain medicine for him, although he initially did not know he was a fortune-teller. What is the ruling?

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The questioner : O Shaykh, a man was afflicted with jinn.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : He was afflicted with jinn.

The Shaykh : A man.

The questioner : Yes, he was afflicted with jinn, so his father took him to the fortune-teller. He was under the belief of his parents that this was not a fortune-teller, but rather a scholar in their terminology, and they believed that. Then they went, and this fortune-teller expelled the jinn from him and he was cured. But when he was cured, he spoke to him and said to him: "Do you know this and that?" Among his words, he said to him: "Do you know the unseen?" The fortune-teller said: "Yes, I know the unseen." Then his parents took medicine from this fortune-teller; they took medicine from him. He was cured, but not with his full strength. He took the medicine reluctantly, on the condition that if his parents did not take the medicine, they would do something with him that is not appropriate for this patient. What is the ruling for this patient? Does he sin? And what is the ruling for the parents if they forced him, while in their belief he was a scholar and not a fortune-teller?

The Shaykh : As for the matter of the parents, since they forced the son to go to this man while they believed he was not a fortune-teller, there is no sin on them. But the obligatory thing is that when it became clear to them that he was a fortune-teller, it is obligatory for the man and his parents also not to return to this fortune-teller, but rather to lie to him, because

It was narrated that ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was at a funeral and he said: `which of you will go to the city and not leave in it any idol but he will break it, or any grave but he will level it, or any image but he will spoil it?` A man said: “I will, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).` So he went, but he was afraid of the people of the city, so he came back, `Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: I will go, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: “Go.` So he went then he came back and said: O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I did not leave in it any idol but I broke it, or any grave but i levelled it, or any image but I spoiled it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever goes back to doing any of that has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.` Then he said: `Do not be a cause of division or show off or be a merchant except a good one, for those are the ones who are lagging behind in good deeds.` It was narrated from Al-Hakam that A man from Basra whom the people of Basra called Abu Muwarri’ and the people of Koofah called Abu Muhammad, said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was at a funeral... and he mentioned a similar Hadeeth, but he did not say that ‘Ali said: `or any image but he will smear something over it.` And he said: I did not come to you, O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), until I did not leave any image but i spoiled it.` And he said: `Do not be a cause of division or show off.`

من أتى كاهنا فصدقه فقد كفر بما أنزل على محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

Musnad Ahmad 657, 658Lts isnad is Da'if because Abu Muwarri’ is unknown], lts isnad is Da\'if because Abu Muwarri\' is unknown and it is repeat of previous report] (Darussalam)

Yes.

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