Question: While performing Ruqyas, some Raqis command the devil to get out of the possessed patient. Sometimes the devil asks to exit through, for example, the eye or the ear, but the Raqi fefuses lest the patient‘s ears or eyes should be harmed. Therefore, the Raqi instructs the devil to exit through the mouth or toes. Is it right to believe that the devil‘s exit through the patient‘s ears or eyes can be harmful?

Answer: It is true that the devil possesses the human and controls all his body. Obviously, it can enter through all body parts, and sometimes through certain parts such as fingers, toes, sense organs or private parts. The same can be said about its exit; for example, as it enters through one side, it can exit from the other side, or though a finger, a toe, the mouth, the nose or the ears.

Someone I trust told me about the case of a possessed girl. Under the pressure of the Ruqya, the devil asked to exit through the right hand‘s forefinger. Those who were observing the finger being dipped into dust, as the exiting was occurring, saw no harm done to the finger. This implies that no harm befalls the exit point. 1 Wallahu A‘lam.

نلس يسبخجلا ھرشخا (  (، کتبة الطت، وهغلن سلن )  (، کتبة الغلام۔
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Attib (Book of Medicine), Hadith No. 5749 & Sahih Muslim, Kitab Asslam (Book of Peace), Hadith No. 2201.
2 اخشرھ الجخبسي سلن )  (، کتبة الطت ۔
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Attib (Book of Medicine), Hadith No. 5737.
A Fatawa by Al-Jibreen, signed by him.

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Question: What are Ruqyas reported to have been performed by Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم?

Answer: It is reported that whenever the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم went to bed, he used to do the following: (a) put his palms together; (b) breathe out into them; c) read Al-Kursi Ayah and the Suras of Al-Falaq, Annas, Al-Kafiroon and Al-Ikhlaas three times; and (d) rub with his hands the front of his body, starting with the face down to the neck, the chest, the tummy and ending with the legs. When he fell ill, Aisha did that for him, rubbing him with his own hands for their blessing‘s sake. 1

When a Sahabi recited Al-Fatiha as a Ruqya unto a patient stung by a scorpion, and the patient was cured, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to the Raqi, ―How did you come to know it is a Ryqya?! 2 This confirms the recitation of Al-Fatiha for Ruqyas.

Seeking Allah‘s protection, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to say, ―I seek refuge in Allah from devils and from evil eyes.‖ Then, he would recite Al-Falaq and Annas Suras.3 When performing Ruqyas, he prayed for the patient, ―In the name of Allah I am doing this Ruqya unto you to get rid of what is hearming you and of the evil of spirits and envious eyes. May Allah cure you! In the name of Allah I am doing this Ruqya unto you.‖ 4

Having banned the use of Shirk prayers for Ruqya, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم taught these instead, ―O Allah, Lord of mankind, I beg you to remove the suffering. I beg You, as You are the Healer, and there is no healing but Yours, to bring about the healing that leaves behind no ailment.‖ 5 He also used to say, ―I seek refuge in Allah‘s perfect words from the evil of all what he has created 6, from all devils and insects and from all envious eyes.‖ 1 He also said, ―If one has a pain, one should lay one‘s hand on the painful spot and say: I seek refuge in Allah‘s Dignity and Ability from the evil of what I am suffering and guarding against.‖

1 Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Attib (Book of Medicine), Hadith No. 5748 اخشرھ الجخبسي سلن )  (، کتبة الطت۔
2 اخشرھ الجخبسي سلن )  (، کتبة الطت، وهغلن سلن )  (، کتبة الغلام۔
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Attib (Book of Medicine), Hadith No. 5749 & Sahih Muslim, Kitab Asslam (Book of Peace), Hadith No. 2201.
3 سرھ التشهزي )  (، کتبة الطت ، واثي هبرھ سلن )  ( ، کتبة الطت، ولبل التشهزي: حغي غشیت۔
۔ Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Kitab Attib (Book of Medicine), Hadith No. 2058 & Sunan Ibn-Majah, Kitab Attib (Book of Medicine), hadith No. 3511.
4 اخشرھ هغلن سلن )  (، کتبة الغلام۔ Sahih Muslim, Kitab Assalam (Book of Peace), Hadith No. 2186.
5 اخشرھ الجخبسي لن )  (، کتبة الوشظی، وهغلن سلن )  (، کتبة الغلام۔
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitab Al-Mardha (Book of the Ill), Hadith No. 5675 & Sahih Muslim, Kitab Assalam (Book of Peace), Hadith No. 2191
6 اخشرھ هغلن سلن )  ( کتبة الزکش و الذػبء، ػي خولۃ ث تٌ حکین الغلویۃ سظي اللہ ػ ھٌب لبلت : عوؼت سعول الھ یمول:))هي ضًل
ه ضٌلاحن لبل: اػور ثکلوبت اللہ التبهبت هي شش هبشش هب خلك ، لن یعشہ شيء حتی یشتحل هي ه ضٌلھ رلک((۔
Sahih Muslim, Kitab Adhikr Wad-Du’a (Book of Remembrance and Supplications), Hadith No. 2708

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