knowledge of the unseen .What is your advice to one who fights
witchcraft with witchcraft in order to solve marital problems?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Curing a person who have been bewitched or had a spell cast on him, if
it done by permissible means, comes under the heading of the treatment
of sickness and disease. It is one of the best of deeds if one seeks
the pleasure of Allaah thereby, especially if that is also for the
purpose of solving marital or family problems.
There are two scenarios that may apply in curing one who has been bewitched:
1 – Lifting the spell by means of further witchcraft, where the
practitioner of witchcraft and the sick person seek to draw close to
the jinns and devils in order to cure the spell. This is haraam and it
is a great evil and the work of the Shaytaan, as it says in Musnad
Ahmad (3/294) and Sunan Abi Dawood (3868), where it is narrated that
Jaabir ibn 'Abd-Allaah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was
asked about nushrah, and he said, "It is the work of the Shaytaan."
Classed assaheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 3868.
Nushrah means curing a person who has been bewitched. What is referred
to here is the type of nushrah that wasused during the Jaahiliyyah,
which is curing witchcraft by means of witchcraft or by using the
services of the devils.
See al-Qawl al-Mufeed 'ala Kitaab al-Tawheed, by Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
(may Allaah have mercy on him).
The way in which this hadeeth indicates that it is haraam is that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) described it as
being the work of theShaytaan, and whatever is the work of the
Shaytaan is haraam, for the Shaytaan enjoins evil, immorality and
saying of Allaah what one does not know.
2 – Lifting the spell by means of the ruqyahs and prayers for refuge
with Allaah that are prescribed in Islam, and using permissible kinds
of medicine. This is permissible and is a righteous deed for which a
person will be rewarded, so long as he observes the proper etiquette
of treatment and performing ruqyah. See question no. 12918 .
Secondly:
Our advice to the who uses witchcraft to fight witchcraft is to fear
Allaah and to hasten to repent from this action which poses a threat
to his religious commitment and his Islam, before the Angel of Death
comes down to him and catches him unawares, whereupon regret will be
to no availand there will be no turning back. The danger that
witchcraft poses to one's religious commitment is very real and very
serious. Allaah has told us in His Book that learning and teaching
witchcraft is kufr as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
"They followed what theShayaateen (devils) gaveout (falsely of the
magic)in the lifetime of Sulaymaan (Solomon). Sulaymaan did not
disbelieve, but the Shayaateen (devils) disbelieved, teaching men
magic and such things that came down at Babylon to the two angels,
Haaroot and Maaroot, but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone
(such things) till they had said,'We are for trial, so disbelieve not
(by learning this magic fromus).'"
[al-Baqarah 2:102]
So learning and teaching witchcraft constitutes kufr or disbelief in
Allaah. In al-Saheehayn it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah
be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: "Avoid the seven (sins) that doom a person to
Hell." They said: "O Messenger of Allaah, what are they?" He said:
"Associating others with Allaah (shirk), witchcraft,killing a soul
whom Allaah has forbidden killing, except in cases required by law,
consuming riba, consuming the orphan's wealth, running away from the
battlefield, and slandering chaste and innocent believing women."
These are all sins which will doom a person to Hell, so let this
practitioner of witchcraft beware of thewrath and punishment of
Allaah, for His punishment is painful and severe. Let him beware of
the traps of the Shaytaan who makesthis deed appear attractive and
makes him think that it is in theinterests of the Muslims and a
solution to their problems, until he drags him to Hell and causes him
to be thrown therein, what a terrible end. Beware, for the matter is
very serious, it is the matter of eternal bliss or eternal misery; we
seek refuge with Allaah from loss and utter misery.
Thirdly:
Our advice to the sick person who has been bewitched is to be patient
and seek rewardfrom Allaah. He should realize that this is a test
through which he may raise his status before Allaah if he is patient
and seeks reward. Al-Tirmidhi (2396) and Ibn Maajah (4031) narrated
from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The greatest reward
comes with the greatest trial. When Allaah loves a people He tests
them. Whoever accepts that wins His pleasure but whoever is discontent
with that earns His wrath." Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh
al-Tirmidhi, 2396.
He should depend on Allaah alone and put his trust in Him in all his
affairs, as well as following the means prescribed in sharee'ah and
the permissible practical means of treating his disease. He should
turn to Allaah and beseech Him with du'aa' at the end of the night,
and following each prayer, for Allaah isthe One who removes harm and
relieves distress. He is merciful toHis believing slaves and answers
the du'aa' of the one who is in difficulty.
"Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one,
when he calls on Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you
inheritors of the earth, generations after generations? Is there any
ilaah (god) with Allaah? Little is that you remember!"
[al-Naml 27:62]
Let him beware of approaching the ways ofwitchcraft, soothsaying and
fortunetelling, for they are a disease and a malady which lead to
certain doom. In Saheeh Muslim (2230) it is narrated from one of
thewives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
thatthe Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"Whoever goes to a fortune teller and asks him about anything, his
prayers will not accepted for forty days." In Musnad al-Imam Ahmad
(9252) it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah and al-Hasan (may Allaah be
pleased with them) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "Whoever goes to a soothsayer or a fortune teller and
believes what he says has disbelieved in that which was revealed to
Muhammad." Classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami',
5939. So let the Muslim beware of asking them about anything or
believing them, in obedience to Allaah and His Messenger(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), andso as to protect his religious
commitment and his belief ('aqeedah), and out of fear of the
punishment of Allaah, and so as to avoid the things that lead to shirk
and kufr, for whoever dies in a state of shirk or kufr willhave lost
in this world and in the Hereafter, and that is true loss.
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