What is the ruling on treating with herbs, especially if the practitioner uses sorcery, and is it permissible to go to him?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, a man is sick, and he was directed to a person who treats, so he went to him and he prescribed a herbal medicine for him, and he used it and was cured. There is another person with the same illness, but he feared that this man whom the first person went to deals with sorcery. Is it permissible for him to use this herbal medicine or not, and how does a person know whether this man deals with sorcery or not?
The Shaykh : As for treating with herbs, there is nothing wrong with it, whether a sorcerer or a non-sorcerer gave it to you, because herbs are among the things Allah has made lawful.
As for going to this man, if he is a sorcerer, do not go to him, because going to sorcerers is forbidden. This is if you know that he is a sorcerer. But if you do not know, and the man’s outward appearance is one of righteousness and piety, then the original presumption is the innocence of the Muslim.
The Shaykh : As for treating with herbs, there is nothing wrong with it, whether a sorcerer or a non-sorcerer gave it to you, because herbs are among the things Allah has made lawful.
As for going to this man, if he is a sorcerer, do not go to him, because going to sorcerers is forbidden. This is if you know that he is a sorcerer. But if you do not know, and the man’s outward appearance is one of righteousness and piety, then the original presumption is the innocence of the Muslim.