SEEKING TREATMENT FROM WITCHCRAFT

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SEEKING TREATMENT FROM WITCHCRAFT

Question:

There are some people who claim that they apply spiritual healing to patients. When I visited one of them, he said to me: Write your name, and yours mother's name, and come tomorrow. When I came to him the next day he said: You are suffering from such and such sickness, and your cure is with such and such. One of them claimed that he used the Words of Allaah for healing. What do you think of those people? And what is the ruling on consulting them?
Answer:

It is obvious that he who applies this for healing deals with Jinn, and claims the knowledge of the unseen. It is not permissible to seek healing from nor to consult him. The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) condemned this sort of person saying: He who visits a fortune-teller and consults him, no prayer of his would be accepted for forty days. [1]

It is authentically reported in many Hadiths that the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) forbade visiting, consulting or believing soothsayers, fortune-tellers or sorcerers. He (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) also said: He who visits a seer and believes what he says, has certainly denied what was revealed to Muhammad (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam). [2]

Whoever lays claims to the knowledge of the unseen through geomancy,[3] or through asking a patient what is his name, or his mother's name is, or the names of his relatives, is a soothsayer, or a sorcerer, whom the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) forbade consulting and believing.

[1] Muslim no. 2230 and Ahmad 4:68, 5:380 [2] Abu Dawud no. 3904, At-Tirmithi no. 135, Ibn Majah no. 639 and Ahmad 2:408, 476 [3] Geomancy, divination by means of a figure made by a handful of earth thrown down at random, or by figures of lines formed by a number of dots made at random. (The Random House Dictionary)

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 1 Page 46

OBSCURE AMULETS

Question:

My respected Shaykh, I found a written piece of paper on the road, and wanted to remove it, so that people would not trample on it. I looked at it to know whether it contained Qur'an, so I could take it, I found the following text in it. Please explain its meaning to me, and is it permissible or not? It reads: (These words should be engraved on a gold ring, and smoked with incense, and amber, and worn in a state of perfect purity.

Continue mentioning Allaah's Name after every Salah 1130 times for a week after Fajr prayer on first Friday of the month, and end it on Thursday, after Isha prayer. Thereafter mention the two names after every obligatory prayer as many times as possible. This ritual has amazing secrets. It is an invaluable practice whose secrets you should never reveal to your own son nor anyone else, so that they may not be used improperly for harming the worshippers of Allaah.)
Answer:

Whatever is mentioned in the question is unlawful and should not be used in an amulet, nor is it lawful to follow the instructions mentioned in that paper, for it contains obscure engravings. It may contain polytheistic formulas, and because it contains illegitimate formula for remembrance for a designated period of time which is not endorsed by the Islamic law. It also mentions two unknown names.

All of this is unlawful, and he who happens to wear such a thing should rid himself of it, and erase the engravings on the ring which should not be smoked with incense. He should repent to Allaah from this thing. We ask Allaah to grant us safety and sound state of affairs, and may He exalt the mention of out Prophet Muhammad, his household, and his Companions.

Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 1 Page 47

THE RULING ON BUILDING OVER GRAVES

WHAT IS THE RULING OF THE RELIGION ON BUILDING GRAVES WITH BRICKS AND CEMENT, ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH?

Answer:

First of all, I dislike for a person to be addressed by such questions as: What is the ruling of the religion, or what is the ruling of Islam,ý or such like, because one person cannot speak for Islam, for he might be mistaken, or he might be right. So if we say that a person speaks for Islam, it amounts to saying that he is never wrong, since there are no mistakes in Islam.

It is therefore better to say, in such cases: ýWhat do you consider is the ruling on one who does such and such? or: What is your opinion regarding one who does such and such? or: What is your view in Islam, is the ruling for such and such?

The important thing is that the question be worded in a way that reflects the real worth of the one being questioned. As for my view regarding this question, then it is not allowed to build over graves. This is because it is confirmed that the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) forbade building over graves, plastering the grave, or that something be erected over it. So the structure over the grave is prohibited since it is a means toward using it for worship and committing Shirk with Allaah the Almighty, the Majestic.
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 1 Page 231

HOW SHALL PEOPLE COME OUT OF THEIR GRAVES

Question:

How shall people come out of their graves on the Day of Resurrection? And who will be the first to be dressed?
Answer:

Allaah, Glorious is He, will resurrect man on the Day of Resurrection by reconstructing him from his tail bone. People will grow as perfect creatures just as plants grow from seeds, and palm trees from date stones. They will emerge from their graves barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised. They will rush forth like spread out locusts, or dispersed butterflies, and will not miss the way to the Assembly Land.

THE CONCEPT OF DEPENDING ON ALLAAH

Question:

Depending on Allaah does not mean that you throw yourself in a swimming pool when you do not know how to swim, or endanger your life in a physical sport without training. What is the real sense of depending on Allaah? Please explain, with thanks.
Answer:

Depending on Allaah means committing all one's affairs to Him alone. It is one of the fundamentals of faith according to the Words of Allaah: And upon Allaah depend, if you are believers [1] It is also one of the strong spiritual means for accomplishing the objectives and servings one's interests. But the believer must also observe along with the dependence the other means whether they are acts of worship, such as supplication, performing the prayer, giving charitable donations, or maintaining good relations with one's kin.

One should also apply material means that Allaah has made as causes for fulfilling needs, such as those mentioned by the inquirer in his question, and their like. One should follow the example of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam). He used to apply the other convenient means with the perfect dependence on Allaah, the Exalted.

Therefore he who neglects the other available means, being satisfied with depending on Allaah alone, would oppose the guidance of the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam). In that case, his dependence would be in effect a form of incapacity not legal dependence. May Allaah exalt the mention of our Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam), his household and Companions, and render them safe from evil.
[1] Al-Ma'idah 5:23.

Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Fatawa Islamiyah Vol. 1 Page 24

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