What is the ruling of performing the ruqyah with the Qur.aan and authentic prayers and supplications of the Prophet ﷺ?
Category: Fatwa
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Burning the possessed woman
There is a woman suffering from epilepsy, and [at the same time] possessed by a female jinn. Whenever the woman is beaten [by the raaqee], the jinn does not respond by coming out of her body.
Going to church for treating insanity
It is claimed that treatment for insanity is to be sought at church, in particular, the church of Mary Jirjis, or from sorcerers and charlatans commonly practising in villages.
The descending of Jibreel from the sky whilst performing ruqyah
Some of the brothers in our area treat jinn-possessed cases by reciting aayaat from the Qur.aan.
The validity of ruqyah
What is the Islaamic position regarding the ruqyah? I have heard about a companion [of the Prophet ﷺ) who treated a patient by ruqyah, and was given some sheep in return.
Using the Qur.aan to ward off the jinn
I am a blind man. Every night a number of jinn come to my house and I am very scared of them. I now use a copy of the Qur.aan to keep them away; if I hold it up in their faces, they leave me.
The innovators are like scorpions
The innovators are like scorpions. They bury their heads and bodies in the sand and leave their tails out.
Signs of the people of innovation are clear and obvious
The signs of the people of innovation are clear and obvious. The most apparent of their signs is their severe enmity for those who carry the [authentic] reports of the Prophet.
Whoever belittles the Ahlul-Hadeeth
And we are not focusing on mentioning the virtues of the Ahlul-Hadeeth, for indeed their virtues are well known and their merits are many. So whoever belittles them, then he is despicable and lowly.
Whoever listens to a person of innovation
Whoever listens to a person of innovation - and knows that he is a person of innovation - then protection is taken away from him, and he is left to himself.