A man was given a treatment and told not to go to the market or pray in congregation for forty days; is this treatment valid?

The Shaykh : And in this, the one who gave him this treatment told him not to go to the market or pray in congregation for forty days. So I say it is not permissible to act on this statement, meaning leaving the congregation, not even for one day. Yes, if a person actually, when he goes out, feels that the illness is increasing or that his recovery is delayed, this is an emergency situation, and it is judged according to what that situation requires at the time of its occurrence. But as for telling a person that as part of the complete treatment he should not pray in congregation, this is not accepted.

The questioner : She says because ...

The Shaykh : This is not accepted at all, and it is not permissible to act on it. And as for perfume, people used to ward it off in the past by carrying what is known as *hilitayt*; a person would sniff it whenever he smelled perfume until the effect of the perfume was removed from him. Yes, the question.