What is the ruling on treating a woman who frequently miscarries by fumigating her private parts? And what is the ruling on the 'azimah (the default ruling)?
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The questioner : A woman.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Every time she becomes pregnant, she miscarries. Every time she becomes pregnant, she miscarries.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So she went to a woman well-known for treating miscarriages, and she said: You have a slippery womb. And she gave her medicines, meaning herbs, and I do not know.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Among the medicines was an herbal medicine or something like that, and she told her: On the second day of menstruation, you place it in the embers, and then you direct this smoke toward the private parts, and it enters, meaning.
The Shaykh : The smoke?
The questioner : Yes, exactly. Does this count as sorcery or something like that?
The Shaykh : By Allah, on what basis? This woman who prescribed the medicine for the woman who miscarries, does she have proof for that?
The questioner : I do not know. She gave her several medicines.
The Shaykh : If the matter had been eating or drinking, it would have been easier.
The questioner : Some of it is eaten, and some of it.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in some being eaten and some being put in water and drunk; there is no problem with that. But what is the relationship between the smoke that enters the private parts and the preservation of the pregnancy?
The questioner : That is what is difficult to understand.
The Shaykh : I see that she should not use it. She should not use the smoke. She should not use it.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : The miscarriage may be caused by the weakness of the woman, or it may be caused by excessive work, or it may be caused by her falling, for example, or it may be caused by her squeezing her abdomen. The important thing is to avoid the apparent causes that lead to miscarriage. As for her drinking the prescribed medicines, that is fine. But the issue of fumigation, we do not approve of it.
The questioner : Regarding the 'azimah (the default ruling).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : She gave her the 'azimah (the default ruling) written in water.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : They do not call it 'azimah (the default ruling). This is written with saffron.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Does she drink it?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in writing it on a vessel and then.
The questioner : Yes, on paper.
The Shaykh : There is no harm. There is nothing wrong with this. This was reported from the Salaf (the earliest generations), if it is verses from the Qur'an or Prophetic hadiths. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Every time she becomes pregnant, she miscarries. Every time she becomes pregnant, she miscarries.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So she went to a woman well-known for treating miscarriages, and she said: You have a slippery womb. And she gave her medicines, meaning herbs, and I do not know.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Among the medicines was an herbal medicine or something like that, and she told her: On the second day of menstruation, you place it in the embers, and then you direct this smoke toward the private parts, and it enters, meaning.
The Shaykh : The smoke?
The questioner : Yes, exactly. Does this count as sorcery or something like that?
The Shaykh : By Allah, on what basis? This woman who prescribed the medicine for the woman who miscarries, does she have proof for that?
The questioner : I do not know. She gave her several medicines.
The Shaykh : If the matter had been eating or drinking, it would have been easier.
The questioner : Some of it is eaten, and some of it.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in some being eaten and some being put in water and drunk; there is no problem with that. But what is the relationship between the smoke that enters the private parts and the preservation of the pregnancy?
The questioner : That is what is difficult to understand.
The Shaykh : I see that she should not use it. She should not use the smoke. She should not use it.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : The miscarriage may be caused by the weakness of the woman, or it may be caused by excessive work, or it may be caused by her falling, for example, or it may be caused by her squeezing her abdomen. The important thing is to avoid the apparent causes that lead to miscarriage. As for her drinking the prescribed medicines, that is fine. But the issue of fumigation, we do not approve of it.
The questioner : Regarding the 'azimah (the default ruling).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : She gave her the 'azimah (the default ruling) written in water.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : They do not call it 'azimah (the default ruling). This is written with saffron.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Does she drink it?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in writing it on a vessel and then.
The questioner : Yes, on paper.
The Shaykh : There is no harm. There is nothing wrong with this. This was reported from the Salaf (the earliest generations), if it is verses from the Qur'an or Prophetic hadiths. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.