Some of the shaykhs, when they want to expel a jinn from a person, slap him in the face and say that he is not hitting the human but rather hitting the jinn. Is this permissible?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Some of the shaykhs, when they expel a jinn from a person, slap his face and say that he is not hitting the human but rather hitting the jinn.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Sometimes, when a jinn is expelled from a person, he slaps him in the face.
The Shaykh : In the face of whom?
The questioner : In the face of the patient. He is talking to the jinn and says that this slapping does not affect the human, but rather affects the jinn.
The Shaykh : It is a problem. I do not know about it. This is what I do not know about. How does he kill him or not kill him? He says, "I am killing the jinn after."
The questioner : He mentioned the story of Shaykh al-Islam that a man hit him.
The Shaykh : But he hit him in the neck. The one who hit him, Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned about him, that he hit him in the neck.
The questioner : But the man is not affected.
The Shaykh : Correct, correct.
The questioner : The face...
The Shaykh : We do not know, and Allah knows best. We do not know. Perhaps if the jinn possesses the human, his face might be in the face of the human, we do not know.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is the original principle. The principle is this. And I have seen, I saw one who was treating a person with epilepsy, and he started slapping his face.
The questioner : Many do this.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Many do this.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, I see that it is better to keep the text as it is until the matter becomes clear.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Sometimes, when a jinn is expelled from a person, he slaps him in the face.
The Shaykh : In the face of whom?
The questioner : In the face of the patient. He is talking to the jinn and says that this slapping does not affect the human, but rather affects the jinn.
The Shaykh : It is a problem. I do not know about it. This is what I do not know about. How does he kill him or not kill him? He says, "I am killing the jinn after."
The questioner : He mentioned the story of Shaykh al-Islam that a man hit him.
The Shaykh : But he hit him in the neck. The one who hit him, Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned about him, that he hit him in the neck.
The questioner : But the man is not affected.
The Shaykh : Correct, correct.
The questioner : The face...
The Shaykh : We do not know, and Allah knows best. We do not know. Perhaps if the jinn possesses the human, his face might be in the face of the human, we do not know.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is the original principle. The principle is this. And I have seen, I saw one who was treating a person with epilepsy, and he started slapping his face.
The questioner : Many do this.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Many do this.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, I see that it is better to keep the text as it is until the matter becomes clear.