Treatment for One Afflicted by Diversion, Attachment, or Sorcery

Q: What is the treatment for one afflicted by diversion, attachment, or sorcery? How can a believer be saved from it so that its effect does not harm him? Are there any supplications or remembrance from the Qur'an and Sunnah for this matter?

A: There are types of treatment:
First: One looks at what the sorcerer did. If it is known that, for example, he placed some hair in a location, or placed it in combs, or in something else, and if it is known that he placed it in a specific place, this thing is removed, burned, and destroyed, thereby invalidating its effect and removing what the sorcerer intended.
Second: The sorcerer is compelled, if he is known, to remove what he did. It is said to him: "Either you remove what you did, or your neck will be struck." Then, if he removes that thing, the one in authority kills him; because the sorcerer is killed, according to the correct view, without being given the chance to repent, as 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did. It is also narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: And when Hafsa, the mother of the believers (may Allah be pleased with her), learned that a slave girl of hers was practicing sorcery, she killed her.
Third: Recitation, for it has a great effect in removing sorcery. One recites Surah Yunus, and in Surah Ta-Ha, along with Surah al-Kafirun, Surah al-Ikhlas, and the two Mu'awwidhat (Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas). One supplicates for him for healing and well-being, especially with the supplication established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which is: And among that is what Jibril (Gabriel) used to recite for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which is: This ruqyah is repeated three times, and the recitation of: and (the two Mu'awwidhat) is repeated three times.
Among that is that one recites what we mentioned in water, and the one afflicted by sorcery drinks from it, and bathes with the remainder once or more as needed. It will be removed by the permission of Allah the Exalted. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned this, as did Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) in his book: (Fath al-Majid Sharh Kitab al-Tawhid) in the chapter (What Came Regarding the Removal of Sorcery), and others mentioned it as well.
Fourth: One takes seven leaves from the green sidr tree, grinds them, and puts them in water. One recites in it the aforementioned verses, surahs, and supplications. One drinks from it and bathes. Similarly, this is beneficial in treating a man who is prevented from his wife; the seven leaves from the green sidr tree are placed in water, the aforementioned is recited in it, then he drinks from it and bathes. It is beneficial by the permission of Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He.
The verses recited in the water and the green sidr leaves for those afflicted by sorcery, and for one who is prevented from his wife and does not have intercourse with her, are as follows:
1 - Reciting Surah al-Fatihah.
2 - Reciting the Verse of the Throne from Surah al-Baqarah, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted: [al-Baqarah: 255].
3 - Reciting the verses from Surah al-A'raf, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted: So he threw his staff, and behold, it was a clear serpent. And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to the onlookers. The chiefs of the people of Pharaoh said, "Indeed, this is a skilled sorcerer. He intends to drive you out of your land. So what do you command?" They said, "Postpone him and his brother, and send into the cities those who will gather every skilled sorcerer to you." And the sorcerers came to Pharaoh and said, "Indeed, for us is a wage if we are the prevailing ones." He said, "Yes, and you will be among those brought near." They said, "O Moses, either you throw or let us be the ones to throw." He said, "Throw." And when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and made them fear them, and they came with a great sorcery. And We revealed to Moses, "Throw your staff," and behold, it was swallowing what they fabricated. So the truth was established and what they were doing was invalidated. So they were overcome there and returned in humiliation. And the sorcerers were cast down prostrating. They said, "We believe in the Lord of the worlds, the Lord of Moses and Aaron." [al-A'raf: 106 - 122].
4 - Reciting verses from Surat Yunus, which are the words of Allah the Exalted: When the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Cast what you are going to cast."When they cast, Moses said, "What you have brought is sorcery. Indeed, Allah will render it void. Indeed, Allah does not make the work of corrupters successful."And Allah establishes the truth with His words, even if the criminals hate it.[Yunus: 79 - 82].
5 - Reciting verses from Surat Ta-Ha, which are the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: [Ta-Ha: 65 - 69].
6 - Reciting Surah al-Kafirun.
7 - Reciting Surah al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat: which are Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas (three times).
8 - Reciting some of the lawful supplications, such as: (three times). This is good. And if he recites with that: (three times), this is good.
And if he recites the aforementioned directly on the one afflicted by sorcery and blows on his head or his chest, this is also among the causes of healing by the permission of Allah, as mentioned previously.