What is your opinion of one who treats a victim of the evil eye by placing a black cloak over them, then reciting the Qur'an over them, and then saying, "The one who helped you is so-and-so, son of so-and-so," or saying, "His image is such-and-such" with descriptions?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Your Eminence, there are now in this era methods of ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) with the Qur'an that may not have been known to the Salaf (the earliest generations) (may Allah be pleased with them), which has obscured their ruling for many students of knowledge, let alone the common people. Therefore, we would like there to be a book that discusses the ruling on these issues. I am asking about two methods in this gathering.
The first method: Some people do this by placing a black cloak on the one afflicted by the evil eye, then reciting the Qur'an over them, and then saying, "The one who helped you is so-and-so, son of so-and-so," or saying, "His image is such-and-such."
The second method: Some people hold the hand of the one afflicted by the evil eye, then recite the Qur'an, and then say, "Imagine a person in your mind," and then he imagines, and then says, "This is the one who helped you." What is the ruling on this method?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know a basis for either of these two methods from the righteous Salaf. A thing for which no basis is known in these matters necessitates doubt, and the original ruling is prohibition. The original ruling is prohibition until evidence is established that it is beneficial. Since we do not know, we say it is prohibited, especially the second method. Who is being accused? The one you suspect? What is the benefit? Because perhaps the afflicted person says, "I accuse so-and-so because of a misunderstanding with him or grudges between them," when that is not the case. Then this reciter builds his claim on what he suspected without knowledge. So what I see is that one should not go to such people and should not pay attention to their words. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, in one of the books for the third year of secondary school, either Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or Tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis)—I think it is Tawhid—there is a place of mockery of the religion where it says that this religion is the fifth religion, or that it is the fifth religion. What is intended?
The Shaykh : The fifth religion, and what are the four?
The questioner : I do not know what is intended by the fifth religion, meaning...
The Shaykh : I have not heard of this, and it does not exist.
The questioner : It is not in the book.
The Shaykh : Do you have them with you?
The questioner : In the car
The Shaykh : Okay, go get it.
The questioner : Now or later?
The Shaykh : Now, it will take you ten minutes.
Your Eminence, there are now in this era methods of ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) with the Qur'an that may not have been known to the Salaf (the earliest generations) (may Allah be pleased with them), which has obscured their ruling for many students of knowledge, let alone the common people. Therefore, we would like there to be a book that discusses the ruling on these issues. I am asking about two methods in this gathering.
The first method: Some people do this by placing a black cloak on the one afflicted by the evil eye, then reciting the Qur'an over them, and then saying, "The one who helped you is so-and-so, son of so-and-so," or saying, "His image is such-and-such."
The second method: Some people hold the hand of the one afflicted by the evil eye, then recite the Qur'an, and then say, "Imagine a person in your mind," and then he imagines, and then says, "This is the one who helped you." What is the ruling on this method?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know a basis for either of these two methods from the righteous Salaf. A thing for which no basis is known in these matters necessitates doubt, and the original ruling is prohibition. The original ruling is prohibition until evidence is established that it is beneficial. Since we do not know, we say it is prohibited, especially the second method. Who is being accused? The one you suspect? What is the benefit? Because perhaps the afflicted person says, "I accuse so-and-so because of a misunderstanding with him or grudges between them," when that is not the case. Then this reciter builds his claim on what he suspected without knowledge. So what I see is that one should not go to such people and should not pay attention to their words. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, in one of the books for the third year of secondary school, either Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or Tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis)—I think it is Tawhid—there is a place of mockery of the religion where it says that this religion is the fifth religion, or that it is the fifth religion. What is intended?
The Shaykh : The fifth religion, and what are the four?
The questioner : I do not know what is intended by the fifth religion, meaning...
The Shaykh : I have not heard of this, and it does not exist.
The questioner : It is not in the book.
The Shaykh : Do you have them with you?
The questioner : In the car
The Shaykh : Okay, go get it.
The questioner : Now or later?
The Shaykh : Now, it will take you ten minutes.