Myths & warnings

Isthishealersafe?

A quick, honest check you can run on any raqi, healer or ‘sheikh’ before you go — or before you go back.

If you have been to someone for ruqyah, or are thinking of going, answer these questions honestly about what they asked for and what they did. Ruqyah according to the Quran and Sunnah needs nothing from you except your presence and your trust in Allah; anything else a practitioner asks for tells you something. This is not a judgement on you. It is a way to see clearly what happened, so you can decide what to do next.

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01Did they ask for your mother's name?
02Did they ask for something from your body or belongings, such as hair, nails, worn clothing, a photograph or a used item?
03Did they write anything you could not read, such as symbols, number squares, scattered letters or reversed script?
04Did they give you something to wear, carry, bury, or hang in your home?
05Did they recite words that were not Quran, not a known du‘a, and not in any language you or they could explain?
06Did they instruct you to slaughter an animal in a specific way, of a specific colour, at a specific place, or without mentioning Allah's name, or to use its blood?
07Did they tell you things about your life, your past or the person who "did it" that they could not have known?
08Did they tell you to do something impure or forbidden, such as sitting in a graveyard at night, avoiding washing or prayer for a period, or writing with blood?
09Did they insist on being alone with you, or with a woman without her mahram, or ask a woman to remove her hijab or clothing?
10Did they claim to have a jinn servant, a hereditary power, or a special gift that others do not have?
11Did they read your palm, a cup, a bowl of water, or ask for your date of birth or star sign?
12Did they demand a large sum, or did the fee rise as the case was declared more serious?
13Did they guarantee a cure, or threaten that things would get worse if you did not return?
14Did they tell you to stop seeing doctors or to stop prescribed medication?
15Did they discourage you from reciting over yourself, or say ruqyah only works if they do it?
16Did they refuse to explain what they recited or gave you, or tell you not to tell anyone?
17Did they diagnose sihr or jinn before you had said much, or does every case with them turn out to be sihr?
18Did they sell you special water, oil, honey or other products at a high price and say they were necessary?

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