In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

السؤال:
شاع عند العامة وعند بعض القرّاء إذا جاءهم الشخص فيه مس من الجن يحضرون ذئبًا ثم يقولون ثبت عندنا بالتجارب أن المسوس بالجن إذا رأى الذئب يخرج، وهذا قد شوهد من ناس ثقات، ويقولون: لا نعتقد في الذئب، لكن جرى العرف في الطب بالتجربة، وثبت أن الذئب يخرج الجن؟

The Imam, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked:

It has become common (or rife) among the common people and some of those who read (the Qur’an or other means as a remedy) that when a person afflicted by the jinn comes to them, they bring a wolf and claim that “It has been established (i.e. or ascertained) with us through experience that when the possessed person sees a wolf (i.e. due to the Jinn inside him seeing the wolf), it exits. This has been observed (i.e. or witnessed) by trustworthy people”, and they say: “We do not believe in the wolf, but this has become customary (i.e. the norm) – through experience – in the field of medicine (i.e. specifically when treating the possessed person), and it has been established that the wolf drives away the jinn”.

الجواب:
محل نظر، الأصل في التداوي أنه يجوز بكل ما هو من المباحات إذا جُرّب ونفع، فهذا أصل في التداوي.
وكونه ينفر من الذئب ويخرج الجني من الإنسان إذا رأى الذئب هذا يدّعونه، وهذا يُفضي إلى الاعتقاد في الذئب، وتعليق جلده كما يفعل بعض الناس أو تعليق رأسه.
والذي أرى أنه ينبغي ترك هذا؛ حتى لا تقع الكوارث بالاعتقاد في الذئب وأنه يسبب براءة المجانين، والأغلب على هذا أنها خرافات من خرافاتهم.

 

The response:

[محل نظر – This is something that requires examination and scrutiny]. The basis (or fundamental principle) with regards to remedies is that (treatment) – through everything that is from the permissible methods – is permissible if tested and (established) to be of benefit. This is the basis (or fundamental principle) with regards to remedies.

As for it being assumed that (the Jinn) flees from the wolf and exits the person when it sees the wolf, this is what they claim, and can lead to the belief in the wolf (that it can expel a jinn), attaching its skin (i.e. using a piece of it to attach to oneself, hanging its skin somewhere etc), as some people do, or even its head. [والذي أرى أنه ينبغي – What I hold is that it is befitting (or obligatory)] to abandon this in order that calamities (or grave harms) do not arise from the belief (or due to the belief) in the wolf, and that it makes the insane recovery (or cures them). [والأغلب على هذا أنها خرافات من خرافاتهم – And what is predominantly the case regarding this (in society, customs) is that it is a superstition among their superstitions (or superstitious beliefs)]. [Paraphrased]

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