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| Fatwa By : |
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid |
| Language |
English |
| Reference By |
Islam Q&A |
| Addition Date |
07/09/2013 |
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Should the
one who has been affected by witchcraft see the one who put the spell on him
during the ruqyah?
When someone is sick because of sahr (magic)and he does ruqueyah, is it
possible, when the man who read the Coran, that the sick sees who did the sahr
to him and how it was done? Some people say that what the sick sees during
ruqueyah can be right but it can be also wrong.Those people say that if someone
accuse someone else then he has to do tawba because he accuse someone who maybe
didn\'t do anything.Are those people right? Please answer my question because a
lot of people have problems because of this.
Praise be to Allah.
What people have told you, that the one who has been affected by witchcraft
should see the one who put the evil eye on him or put a spell on him, may or
may not be true. It is not correct to accuse an innocent person of using
witchcraft against the victim. What the victim sees during the ruqyah cannot be
taken as being correct for sure, rather what usually happens is something
imaginary from the Shaytan that is aimed at stirring up enmity and hatred
among people. So we should not pay any attention to it. But even though,
according to shariah, such things cannot be relied on, that does not mean
that we should not take precautions against those whom it is feared may cause
harm through witchcraft or the evil eye etc, without that implying any accusation
without proof or causing any feeling of enmity.
This accusation is very serious because it may be tantamount to an accusation
of kufr, and not just an accusation of causing harm. That is because the
practitioner of witchcraft is either a kafir or an evildoer. The ruling varies
according to the way in which he practices witchcraft.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said in his commentary on the hadith, “Avoid the seven
things which doom a person to Hell: associating others with Allah,
witchcraft…”:
The word sihr (witchcraft) is one of the actions that doom a person to Hell.
The apparent meaning of the words of the Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) is that it makes no difference if that is done through the
devils or by means of medicines and potions.
Because if it is done through the devils, that can only be done by associating
them in worship with Allah, which comes under the heading of shirk
(associating others with Allah). If it is other than that, it is also a major
sin, because witchcraft is one of the worst crimes that can be committed
against the sons of Adam. It adversely affects the spiritual and worldly
affairs of the victim, and causes him anxiety, thus making him like an animal.
Indeed it is even worse than that, because animals were created like that, but
if a human being is diverted from his true, sound nature, this causes hardship
and anxiety to an extent which only Allah knows. Hence witchcraft comes second
only to shirk in this list of grave sins.
Al-Qawl al-Mufeed Sharh Kitab At-Tawhid, 2/287.
Islam Q&A
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