Enchantment
Preface
The Scholar Ibn Al-Qayem Al-Jouzieh, God send his mercy upon him, mentioned in his valuable book named The medicine of the prophet “A sect of people denied that the prophet God bless him and grant him salvation was enchanted and said: this is not applicable on him and thought that such enchantment is a prejudice or a blemish. No the matter is not as they pretended but the prophet god bless him and grant him salvation is one of that genre which is usually afflicted with diseases and pains . Enchantment is a disease such as other diseases, so its inflection is the same as the poison inflection, no difference between them”
It is confirmed in the Two sound books, reported by Aysha, God bless her, she said (the prophet god bless him and grant him salvation was enchanted to the degree that he was imagining the sleeping with his wives but falsely). This type of enchantment is one of the most dangerous ones in this position.
Beginning from this approach, we shall discuss the enchantment utilizing the inflection of the prophet god bless him and grant him salvation with enchantment. It will help us and serve in this complicated subject which began recently to convert to a type of stray and straying of several people with matters mixed up in them.
So, What is the Enchantment?
The history of enchantment is as old as the existence of humanbeing on this earth. The old nations knew the enchantment . When a prophet is sent to any nation they accuse this messenger in enchantment and insanity. The enchantment was adjoined with insanity because of the of enchanted people reflect some disposals same as those reflected by the insane people which is applying to what God the Almighty said : also same as their ancestors when any messengers comes to them they say he is an enchanter or insane). From this verse was come to know that the enchantment is an old habit – even the messenger god bless him and grant him salvation was not saved from this accusation but he was afflicted with it.
Types of Enchantment and Recurrence in the Holy Quran:
In general the enchantment is divided to three sections:
Section one: Imagination Enchantment:
In confirmation of thee above from the Holy book is what God the Almighty says : ( He said drop, when they dropped they enchanted the eyes of people and intimidated them, then brought a great enchantment) i.e. made the eyes of people see unreal things real such as : The man sees the sand transfers to gold, metal transfers to water.
This is what happened to the tribe of Mousa when they saw the mountains and sticks walking but in fact they are constant and stable in their places. But as these eyes are enchanted they became to see them moving and walking.
The strength of deception to eye and mock as well as the dazzling of eyes along with fear affects in the imagination of man intended to be enchanted so as his imagination becomes under the control of the enchanter who can show him whatever he likes and imagines for him whatever he wants him to imagine. Accordingly God the Almighty said “It is imagined to them under the effect of their enchantment that they are moving). Here it is meant that the imagination took place on them through enchantment.
In accordance with that and so as to discover the truth from false, we see Mousa, God may pay peace upon him, entering the battle along with his brother Haroun, they are two individuals against a nation of atheism led by Pharoun and numbering like seven thousand enchanters .
There is no proportion here between the two teams in tools and number but the surmounting will be to who is with God even if all the mankind and demons gather against him. The holy Quran depicted Mousa here getting afraid from what he saw when the enchanters drop their ropes and sticks. This fear is of the nature of mankind, but God the Almighty strengthened his heart so as all people can come to know that the upper force is stronger that the lower one. God the Almighty wanted by them to teach the arrogant tyrant and his tribe and others a permanent lesson . So he ordered his messenger Mousa to standstill as already told in the holy Quran (We said to him do not be afraid you are the upper) . And so as to entrust him with safety and security, God ordered him to drop down whatever he had in his right hand, they will swallow whatever they made, i.e. the intrigue of an enchanter who will not succeed where ever he goes). When the order came from his Almighty the God, Mouse became assured that he is victorious by God’s support. The major battle began while the enchanters gathered, asked promise of safety from Pharoah while hoping to get what they expect of grand reward when they realize victory. They brought their ropes and sticks and a grand enchantment , they enchanted the eyes of people with it. The people imagined that the ropes of enchanters are transferred to huge snakes that anybody in that place saw the ropes moving and look after Mousa and his brother Haroun. At that time Mouse dropped his stick which swallowed all their doings . Right is enforced and whatever they did is false. God the Almighty who created all the cunning and if it is desired he can change the things as he likes. He who transferred the stick carried by Mousa to a huge snaketo eat all the doings of the enchanters. He has everything in his hands. He, the almighty who ordered the flaming fire to be cool and peace upon Ibrahim as he said : (O Fire be cool and peace upon Ibrahim). Instead of burning Ibrahim, he was staying within it smiling with pleasance, so it is in the state as it was ordered to be. Accordingly, here we find the very similiary of the situation as with Mousa in his stand with Farouh and enchanters when God the Almighty ordered Mousa by saying (drop what is in your right hand), when Mousa dropped it, it was transferred to snake moving and with the orders of its God the Almighty it attacked and swallowed all the things dropped by the enchanters who stood helpless inspite of their skill in the art. They saw that the matter is an abnormal thing, i.e. not a work of enchantment any more and does not come in any case under the art of enchantment. So they had nothing except to know that whatever Mousa announced is right and true, it is the authenticity, so they fell to the ground, bowing in worship to God the Almight, believing in all what Mousa announced of authenticity. When the right appears and the false extinguished. This story was reported in the holy Quran in his Almighty’s wording ( They said O Mousa whether you drop down or we drop first, he replied you drop first. He imagined their ropes and sticks already enchanted look like snakes moving, he felt some of fear, We called him Mousa do not be afraid you are the upper, drop what you have in your right hand, it will swallow what they made which is an outwit of an enchanter who never succeeds whatever he brings). Also in his Almighty saying (they said drop, when they drop they enchanted the eyes of people , dreaded them with what they brought of great enchantment) . Whatever we mentioned up is listed under the imagination enchantment which existed since old ages under different features. What happened between Mousa, May God bless him with peace, the Pharaoh enchanter is a similar feature from the past. Also same as it happens with other enchanter who brings a cow while people surround him, he enchants their eyes, one time stands near the head of the cow and in another time he stand near her back so as people can imagine that he entered from the mouth and exited from the back. Regarding what is happening these days in the imagination enchantment when such snake charmers bring a knife and push into his abdomen and snatch it out from the back or puts the woman in a chase then begins cutting it from the middle using a saw while the mother gets out of the chase safe. Moreover, some of the enchanters who plough some foolish and silly people who are not well believers when they intrigue them such as bringing a suitcase full of normal papers and change these papers to cash money papers. These people especially who is looking to be reach in short time are being duped by these enchanters who ask them huge amounts of money to transfer them temporarily. The spectator sees them as real monies but in actual they are only normal papers, but as we discussed they enchant the eyes of people and accordingly the truth is changed from reality to imagination and after a short time the dupe feels sorry but in vain. Similar to this story happened to several people in this time when they were duped with millions of dollars because of deception.
Second Section: The Effective Enchantment:
This type of enchantment is of the most effective types in dealing and harming. It affects the brain, body and heart of the enchanted. This type of enchantment consists of spells, incantations, intrigues and devil talisman. It is a contract and agreement between the demons from mankind and the devils of the Jenni. Abu Mohammad Al-Maqdesi reports in his book (Al-Kafi) that “the enchantment consists of spells, incantations and agreements which affect in the hearts and bodies since it afflicts, kills and separate between the man and his wife or one of the husbands is separate from his spouse. God the Almighty said : they learn from both of them how to separate between the man and his wife). God the almighty also said : (Save us from the enchanters (sputters) in the knots) , which means that the enchantresses who are entangling and sputtering in their enchantments and knots. Unless the enchantment is a reality otherwise we were not ordered to seek protection from it.
If the enchanters wanted to perform enchantment they prepared the threads and make the knots and sputter on those knots so as to accomplish what they want. In this process the demon as a big role when it submits more helps for them. God the Almighty said : ( Solomon did not infidel but the demons infideled by teaching the people the enchantment), buffing is blowing with little drizzle but without any spit. The buffing is of the enchanter when his malgnant soul full of vice is mixed with those knots assisted by malignant demon, so the malice is gathering on these knots which affect the intended person to be enchanted subject to the approval of God the Almighty who says : They never harm any body unless with the permission of God). Ibn Akl-Qayem God pay mercy upon him mentioned in his book (The innovations of benefits( “if the enchanters wish to enchant, they knot the threads and buff on each knot till the required enchantment is completed. So God the Almighty ordered to refuge from their vice as mentioned in his saying (out of the vises of the butters in the knots) which means the enchantresses who can do this. The buffing is the blowing along with the saliva free from spitting, it is a phase between them. The buffing is of the enchanter and if his self is adopted with the malice and vice consigned for the enchanted man while seeking the help of the malignant souls to do so. He begins buffing on those knots along with a saliva so as the same vicious and harming mixes are sent out of his malignant self. Upon the permission of his almighty the God the devil soul helps hem to harm the enchanted person . In actual the people come to the enchanter believing that he can support them to release themselves from the tyranny which afflicted them by others, or because he has the power to do what they could not do. Actually they do not consider his an enchanter but a clinical using the Quran in his treatment. This is procedure which majority of the enchanter refuge to by using the Quran verses but in between they insert the Quran or write it upside down. So we find the people when seeing the written verses in the talisman and amulets, they get confident of them selves by carrying them while they do not that they are under the control of one of the enchanters. Majority of this happens to he ignorant people of the legal doctrine irrespective of their secular education, i.e. Such as a philosopher scholar in a university or teacher or a highly educated man but not specialized in the religious doctrine, or any man of poor religious belief. In addition, those whom their belief and destiny is weakening and look to change whatever God already destined to them without knowing that it is a destiny which already depicted to them. So, they deviate to this type of people thinking that they are pious and very near to God, have such religious yields as well as other propaganda which people spread themselves. From now on some people become famous and people from near and far forward to them. In this procedure the good fame of these enchanters and jugglers is spread and the person comes to them carrying a tract or clothes or nails or hair , he asks about the name of the mother, it is an important question as the enchanters do not believe in the marital relationship because they consider all people are sons of . As it is known the son of is related to his mother as the father is unknown. Accordingly, the devils and demons consecrate themselves to service this enchanter , Moreover the name of the mother is a mark connecting the enchantment with the enchanted so the enchanter takes over knotting the trace presented to him, then he buffs on it and reads several devilish spells and talisman containing the request of help and assistance from the devilish souls of jenni which the enchanters worship instead of God. They will not serve him or provide any assistance unless he infidels God and worship them instead. As long as this enchanter remain far from God, infidels God as much as he becomes nearer from the demons who help him. As long as the man remain nearer to God the Merciful and obeying him, the demon flies away from him. So who ever stands beside the demon the devils takes over to exploit some of the rebellions to serve this malignant enchanger, so these souls takes over linking the enchantment inside the body of the enchanted, they remain servants and guards to this enchantment, they go on following the intended person until they find the suitable change to enter the intended body for enchanting the man, at that time they begin baiting this enchanted patient and execute all orders of the enchanter according to the quantity of harm and remain there until the enchantment is vanished, the knot are released by the permission of God as he was inflicted with them by the permission of God only. In most times the enchanter used some of the malignant materials to be hidden in the ground for some times or being hidden in secret places or thrown in the sea so as to keep its place secret, otherwise the enchantment will be void. Some stench materials such as the blood of menstruation or simen which will be mixed and dried so as to look like powder, then the enchanter reads some spells and enchanting talisman, they are introduced to the subject who is under enchantment and put in his food or drink so as to reside in his belly, they begin attracting the malignant soul, i.e. the soul servant, which to the body and come in touch with it. When these malignant souls reside in that body, they begin performing the duty which the enchantment was prepared for. If it is for the separation between the man and woman, they perform several things making the man hates his wife or vice versa or causes heavy to the man when setting with him wife or vice versa , or making one husband so nervous, and so on of the matters which lead to the separation between the two husbands. It may cause some pains and annoyment to man and accordingly this type of enchantment is of the most strong types of enchantment which people suffer in our days.
Section Three: Metaphoric Enchantment:
The coming out smoke flow on the surface of the metal in the shape of brown coloured material. Upon touching a witty surface, this smoke is transferred to smoke once again. Accordingly the juggler begin burning this material and when it is transferred to stiff smoke in the form of brown coloured material on the surface of the metal in which it was burnt. He brushes it with the surface of his hand so as the material remains there in condition the hand should be dry. So if any body comes to him and complains of a particular disease or he is enchanted, he brings a cup of water, reads some verse for duping, then trash the hand of this patient with this water using his dried hand which does not have this material (the stiffened smoke), then brushes the hand of the patient where smoke begins exiting in a thick mode for a period. Later he tells the patient that the disease had already left him. Another trick is when some jugglers bring a pot with little water and put some ink inside it or any paint, with a light movement they stick a veil of paper on the cover which covers the pot. They stick it using gum, then ask the person to look inside the pot but nothing he can see. Later they install the pot over fire so as the water boils while covering it with the veil so as the patient could not see the other side of the cover. When the pot is covered under a severe heat, the coming out vapour melts the glue and the veil falls down inside the pot.
Later the cover is removed and the patient sees the screen or amulet inside the pot where the smuggler informs him : “you are enchanted and this is your enchantment material”. Accordingly the patient believes the story. There are some types of lies and trick, which are used by those lyres, they are plenty and more than the ability to define them.
As the enchantment is of this degree of danger such as destruction of houses, inflecting the enmity and hatred between the people, so it is same as being discribed by the prophet God bless him and grant him salvation when he put them in the line of the seven disasters. The Islamic doctrine concentrated on the reply on these enchanters and jugglers. It is enough that God the Almighty reminded us of the atheism of the enchanter. Moreover, the prophet god bless him and grant him salvation mentioned that who ever visits these enchanters and predictors is atheism when he said : “Who ever visits a fortuneteller or predictor and believed him, he is atheist since he infidels all what has been descended on the prophet Mohammad god bless him and grant him salvation . The scholars concerned about this matter, both the ancestors and descendents. One of the best scholars who wrote in this complicated field, the polite Imam of Al-Sunnah and Jama’h in our present Twentieth Century days, may God pay mercy upon him, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz who issued several formal legal opinions during his life, he was that sword confronting all the enchanters, smugglers and lyres and innovators. We may request God the Almighty to assign him the higher position in the paradise beside all the prophets, the veracious people and the martyrs who are the best comrades.
Some of these formal legal opinions a complete message addressed :
The legal Judgement on the enchantment and prediction:
Thanks to God The Almighty and all prayers & peace upon the prophet , the last of all prophets, and
Due to the large number of jugglers who recently appeared under several jobs such as who pretends the medicine and treats people depending on the enchantment and prediction. Due to their spread around the country and their exploitation of simple and dupe people who are nearly ignorant. After depending on God the Almighty, I found it is my duty to describe that great danger blowing on the Islamic doctrine and Moslems due to such contents which rely on things other than God the Almighty and contract his order as well as his prophet’s God bless him and grant him salvation orders. After depending on God I would like to say that the treatment is permitted jointly, the Moslem should visit the doctor of abdomen or surgery or nerves, …etc. who can diagnose the disease and treat him accordingly using such legalized medicines depending upon his knowledge in the world of medicine. In actual this procedure depends on the normal reasons and does not contradict the trust in God. God The almighty found the disease and descended the medicine with it . Who ever knows or who ever ignores. Anyhow God the Almighty did not authorize the recovery of his worshippers by using the forbidden things. So it is not permitted for the patient to refuge to any predictor who pretends knowing the invisible world where he can come to know the patient’s sickness. Moreover he should not believe what they tell as they are speaking randomly about the invisible things or evoking the demons and requesting their help to perform what they want. These people are destined to atheism and astray as long as they pretend the knowledge of the invisible. Moslem reported in his Sound Book that the prophet god bless him and grant him salvation said : Who ever visits a predictor and asks him about anything, his prayer for forty days is not acceptable”. Abu Horariah may Gold bless him , said that the prophet god bless him and grant him salvation said “who ever refuges to any fortuneteller and believes his saying he is atheist of all descended message on Mohammad god bless him and grant him salvation “ reported by Abu Dawood and confirmed by the four Sunan book holders, corrected by Al-Hakem in relating it the prophet God bless him and grant him salvation as follows: “who ever refuges to a predictor or fortuneteller and believed what he says, he is atheism of all what had been descended on Mohammad God bless him and grant him salvation . Reported by Omran Bin Hussain, may God bless him, that he said “The prophet god bless him and grant him salvation said “ He is not from us who ever omens by evil or being evil omenned or predicted or predicted to him or enchanted or enchanted to him, who every refuges a predictors, believes whatever he says he will be atheism of all descendents on Mohammad God bless him and grant him salvation “, reported by Al-Bazzaz with good reputation.
In the elevated discourses, we find the prohibition and warning for refuge to the predictors, fortunetellers, the enchanters and similar for the purpose of request and then believe them.
It is the duty of the people in charge, the Hesbah people and others who has the ability and power to stop these predictors and fortunetellers, etc and to prohibit dealing in such things throughout the markets and elsewhere. The forceful rejection on them and their refugees . We should not prejudice their authenticity in some situations or the volume of their visitors from peoplwho are ignorant and people should not prejudice in such people in application to what our prophet God bless him and grant him salvation prohibition to visit them or request them or believe them due to all the great reprehensible actions, the huge danger and the fearful correspondences as they are all nothing but an immoral lye . Moreover, in these discourses an evidence on the atheism of the fortuneteller and the enchanter who pretend the knowledge of the invisible which represents the atheism itself. Because they do approach their aim only after receiving the help of the demons and worship them instead of God the Almighty. This is an atheism in God and polytheism in God be praised. Who believes them in their pretence is in their line, even who ever receives these matters from their dealers , The prophet God bless him and grant him salvation is relieved from him . It is not permitted for any Moslem to submit to their pretended treatment such as humming of Talisman or pouring the lead and so on of the superstitions they perform. This work is a characteristic of the prediction and deception of people, who ever accepts this would have helped them in their atheism and falseness. Moreover, it is not permitted for any Moslem to refuge them and look for their prediction about the future of their wife/husband son/ daughter or relative or what would exit of love between the husband and wife and their families, the hatred or enmity and separation, … etc. These matters are invisible known only by God the Almighty . The enchantment is forbidden as it leads to atheism as God the Almighty said in regard of the two angles in Al-Baqara Sura: (They know nothing until they say : we are a charm”. Do not be atheism, they learn from them what separates between the man and his wife, but they hard nobody except by the permission of God, they learn what harms them or does not benefit them. They came to know of the purchaser that he has nothing of creation in destiny, What miser they bought , what if they come to know). These verses confirm that the enchantment is an atheism and the enchanters separate between the husband and wife . Moreover they mark out that the enchantment could not help itself whether good or bad but effects only after the permission of God of Universe and destiny because God the Almighty is the creature of good and evil. The harm extravagated, the condition is worsening with these slanderers who inhereited these sciences from the polytheisms and joked on the poor minded people, We are from God and o God , we trust on God who is the best trusted. Moreover the verse confirmed that who learn enchantment they only learn what harms them but not what benefits them and they have nothing of entrust to God, i.e. from the luck and portion . This is a great threatening reflecting the vehemence of loss in both life and the everlasting abode , they sold themselves very cheap, so they were censured by God the Almighty when he said : O at what cheapness they sold themselves for, if they can come to know” . The purchase here means selling, we request God the protection and safety from the evil of these enchanters, predictors and other jugglers. Moreover we request God’s protection for all Moslems from the vices of those people. Moreover, we request God to bless the Moslems Governors to be careful in front of these people and to apply the rules of God on them so as the worshippers will be safe from their harms and their vicious works, God is the Generous and graceful. God the Almighty decreed for his worshippers all things to protect themselves from the vice of the enchanters before inflicting them. God the Almighty explained the treatment after infliction as a mercy on them and generosity from him to them and a completion of his beneficiary on them. Following a statement of the things which can be used to protect the self from the dangers of the enchantment before infliction and the treatment things in case of inflection.
Legally allowed things:
The message is ended. From the above it is clear the danger of this matter, moreover, whoever comes to know anything from this science he has to explain it to the people , the duty of the working scholar in this field is bigger, when God the Almighty adorned them with the knowledge of religion, so their responsibility is more important. We request him God the Almight to defend us against the intrigues of the vice enchanters and turn their enchantment upside down to afflict them and to suffice Moslems, males and females, from their vices . We request that this work is complying with his acceptance and be of benefit for every body who reviews and reads, Ameen.