How should magic be treated through lawful means?
2026-09-21
F32 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
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Complete published question and answer, including all quoted verses, supplications, the Shaykh’s experience with sidr leaves, and his final qualification that healing is in Allah’s hand.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
وأولى رسائل هذه الحلقة رسالة وردت من الأخ عطية الجهني من جدة، كنا أذعنا له فيما مضى سؤالين منها وها نحن نذيع أو نطرح بقية الأسئلة، يقول: سمعت من أحد العلماء قوله: أن من يظن أنه قد عمل له سحر عليه أن يأخذ سبع ورقات من السدر، ثم يضعها في سطل ماء ويقرأ عليها سورة المعوذات وآية الكرسي، وسورة قل يا أيها الكافرون، وقوله تعالى: وما أنزل على الملكين ببابل هاروت وماروت [البقرة:102]، وسورة الفاتحة، فما صحة هذا وماذا يفعل من يظن أنه قد سحر؟ أفيدونا أفادكم الله.
الجواب
الحمد لله، وصلى الله وسلم على رسول الله، وعلى آله وأصحابه ومن اهتدى بهداه.
أما بعد: فلا شك أن السحر حق، وأنه يقع ويؤثر بإذن الله عز وجل، كما قال سبحانه وتعالى في حق السحرة: وما يعلمان من أحد [البقرة:102] يعني: الملكين: حتى يقولا إنما نحن فتنة فلا تكفر فيتعلمون منهما ما يفرقون به بين المرء وزوجه وما هم بضارين به من أحد إلا بإذن الله [البقرة:102]، فالسحر له تأثير ولكنه بإذن الله الكوني سبحانه وتعالى، إذ ما في الوجود شيء إلا بقضاء الله وقدره سبحانه وتعالى، ولكن هذا السحر له علاج وله دواء، وقد وقع على النبي ﷺ فخلصه الله منه وأنجاه الله من شره، ووجدوا ما فعله الساحر فأخذ وأتلف، فأبرأ الله نبيه من ذلك عليه الصلاة والسلام، وهكذا إذا وجد ما فعله الساحر من تعقيد خيوط أو ربط مسامير بعضها ببعض أو غير ذلك فإن ذلك يتلف؛ لأن السحرة من شأنهم أن ينفثون في العقد ويضربون عليها وينفثون فيها لمقاصدهم الخبيثة، فقد يتم ما أرادوا بإذن الله وقد يبطل، فربنا على كل شيء قدير سبحانه وتعالى.
وتارة يعالج السحر بالقراءة، سواء قرأ المسحور نفسه إذا كان عقله معه سليم أو قرأ غيره عليه، فينفث عليه في صدره أو في أي عضو من أعضائه، ويقرأ عليه بالفاتحة، وآية الكرسي، وقل هو الله أحد، والمعوذتين، وآية السحر المعروفة من سورة الأعراف وسورة يونس وسورة طه،
ومن سورة الأعراف قوله جل وعلا: وأوحينا إلى موسى أن ألق عصاك فإذا هي تلقف ما يأفكون فوقع الحق وبطل ما كانوا يعملون فغلبوا هنالك وانقلبوا صاغرين [الأعراف:117-119]،
ومن سورة يونس قوله سبحانه: وقال فرعون ائتوني بكل ساحر عليم فلما جاء السحرة قال لهم موسى ألقوا ما أنتم ملقون فلما ألقوا قال موسى ما جئتم به السحر إن الله سيبطله إن الله لا يصلح عمل المفسدين ويحق الله الحق بكلماته ولو كره المجرمون [يونس:79-82]،
ومن سورة طه قوله سبحانه: قالوا يا موسى إما أن تلقي وإما أن نكون أول من ألقى قال بل ألقوا فإذا حبالهم وعصيهم يخيل إليه من سحرهم أنها تسعى فأوجس في نفسه خيفة موسى قلنا لا تخف إنك أنت الأعلى وألق ما في يمينك تلقف ما صنعوا إنما صنعوا كيد ساحر ولا يفلح الساحر حيث أتى [طه:65-69]،
ويقرأ أيضا سورة الكافرون قل يا أيها الكافرون إلى آخرها، وسورة قل هو الله أحد، و قل أعوذ برب الفلق، و قل أعوذ برب الناس، والأولى أن يكرر سورة قل هو الله أحد والمعوذتين ثلاث مرات،
ثم يدعو له بالشفاء: اللهم رب الناس أذهب البأس واشف أنت الشافي لا شفاء إلا شفاؤك شفاء لا يغادر سقما، ويكرر هذا ثلاثا: رب الناس أذهب البأس واشف أنت الشافي لا شفاء إلا شفاؤك شفاء لا يغادر سقما، يعني: مرضا،
وهكذا يرقيه بقوله: باسم الله أرقيك، من كل شيء يؤذيك، ومن شر كل نفس أو عين حاسد الله يشفيك باسم الله أرقيك ويكررها ثلاثا ويدعو له بالشفاء والعافية، وإن قال في رقيته: أعيذك بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلق وكررها ثلاثا فحسن، كل هذا من الدواء المفيد،
وإن قرأ هذه الآيات والدعاء في ماء ثم شرب منه المسحور واغتسل بباقيه وتروش به كان هذا أيضا من أسباب الشفاء والعافية، وإن جعل في الماء سبع ورقات من السدر الأخضر دقها وجعلها في الماء كان هذا أيضا من أسباب الشفاء، وقد جرب هذا كثيرا ونفع الله به، قد فعلناه مع كثير من الناس فنفعهم الله بذلك، فهذا دواء مفيد ونافع للمسحورين،
وهكذا ينفع هذا الدواء لمن حبس عن زوجته؛ لأن بعض الناس قد يحبس عن زوجته لأسباب ولا يستطيع جماعها، فإذا أتى بهذه الآيات وهذا الدعاء فإن قرأه على نفسه أو قرأه عليه غيره أو قرأه في ماء ثم شرب منه واغتسل بالباقي، أو جعل عليه ورقة سدر سبعا فقرأ فيه ما تقدم ثم اغتسل به كل هذا نافع بإذن الله للمسحور وللمحبوس عن زوجته،
والشفاء بيد الله سبحانه وتعالى، إنما هي أسباب والله الموفق سبحانه وتعالى وكل شيء بيده جل وعلا، الدواء والداء هو كله بقضائه وقدره سبحانه وتعالى، وما أنزل داء إلا جعل له شفاء فضلا منه سبحانه وتعالى، لكن علمه من علمه وجهله من جهله.
والله الموفق.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited complete published Arabic transcript; not an official translation.
Original question
The first letter in this episode is from brother Atiyyah al-Juhani of Jeddah. We previously broadcast two of his questions and now present the rest. He says: I heard a scholar say that someone who thinks magic has been done against him should take seven sidr leaves, put them in a bucket of water and recite over it the protective surahs, Ayat al-Kursi, Surat ‘Say: O disbelievers,’ the words of Allah, ‘And what was sent down to the two angels in Babylon, Harut and Marut’ [al-Baqarah 2:102], and Surat al-Fatihah. How sound is this, and what should someone who thinks he has been affected by magic do? Please advise us; may Allah benefit you.
Answer
Praise belongs to Allah. May Allah grant peace and blessings to the Messenger of Allah, his family, his Companions and those who follow his guidance.
To proceed: there is no doubt that magic is real, that it occurs and has an effect by the permission of Allah, mighty and exalted. As He, glorified and exalted, says concerning magicians, ‘The two did not teach anyone’ [al-Baqarah 2:102]—meaning the two angels—‘until they said: We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve. They learned from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. Yet they do not harm anyone through it except by Allah’s permission’ [al-Baqarah 2:102]. Magic has an effect, but by Allah’s permission in His creation, exalted is He, since nothing exists except by His decree and determination. Yet this magic has a treatment and a remedy. It affected the Prophet ﷺ, and Allah freed him from it and saved him from its evil. They found what the magician had done; it was taken and destroyed, and Allah cured His Prophet of it, peace and blessings be upon him. Likewise, if what a magician has done is found—knotted threads, nails tied to one another or something else—it is destroyed. Magicians characteristically blow into knots, strike them and blow into them for their evil purposes. What they intend may come about by Allah’s permission, or it may be nullified. Our Lord has power over everything, exalted is He.
Sometimes magic is treated through recitation, whether the person affected recites for himself, if his intellect is sound, or someone else recites over him. The reciter blows lightly over his chest or another part of his body and recites al-Fatihah, Ayat al-Kursi, ‘Say: He is Allah, One,’ the two protective surahs, and the well-known verses about magic from Surat al-Araf, Surat Yunus and Surat Ta Ha.
From Surat al-Araf are His words, majestic and exalted: ‘We revealed to Musa: Throw your staff. At once it swallowed what they were falsely producing. Thus the truth was established and what they were doing was nullified. They were defeated there and returned humbled’ [al-Araf 7:117–119].
From Surat Yunus are His words: ‘Pharaoh said: Bring me every learned magician. When the magicians came, Musa said to them: Throw whatever you are going to throw. When they had thrown, Musa said: What you have brought is magic. Allah will certainly nullify it. Allah does not make the work of those who cause corruption prosper. Allah establishes the truth by His words, even though the criminals dislike it’ [Yunus 10:79–82].
From Surat Ta Ha are His words: ‘They said: Musa, either you throw, or we shall be the first to throw. He said: Rather, you throw. Then, through their magic, their ropes and sticks appeared to him to be moving. Musa felt fear within himself. We said: Do not fear; you will have the upper hand. Throw what is in your right hand: it will swallow what they have made. What they have made is only a magician’s trick, and the magician will not succeed wherever he goes’ [Ta Ha 20:65–69].
He also recites Surat al-Kafirun, ‘Say: O disbelievers,’ to its end; Surat ‘Say: He is Allah, One’; ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak’; and ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.’ It is preferable to repeat ‘Say: He is Allah, One’ and the two protective surahs three times.
Then he supplicates for the person’s healing: ‘O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and heal. You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness.’ He repeats this three times: ‘Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and heal. You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no saqam’—meaning illness.
Likewise, he performs ruqyah for him by saying, ‘In the name of Allah, I perform ruqyah for you, against everything that harms you, and against the evil of every soul or envious eye. May Allah heal you. In the name of Allah, I perform ruqyah for you.’ He repeats it three times and supplicates for healing and well-being. If, in his ruqyah, he says, ‘I seek protection for you in Allah’s perfect words from the evil of what He has created,’ and repeats it three times, that is good. All of this is beneficial treatment.
If he recites these verses and supplications over water, and the person affected by magic then drinks some of it and washes and bathes with the remainder, this too is one of the means of healing and well-being. If he crushes seven green sidr leaves and puts them in the water, this too is one of the means of healing. This has been tried frequently and Allah has brought benefit through it. We have done it with many people and Allah has benefited them through it. It is useful and beneficial treatment for those affected by magic.
This treatment likewise benefits someone prevented from having intercourse with his wife. Some people may, for certain reasons, be prevented from their wives and be unable to have intercourse with them. If he uses these verses and supplications—reciting them over himself, or having someone recite them over him, or reciting them over water and then drinking some and washing with the remainder, or adding seven sidr leaves to it, reciting what has been mentioned and washing with it—all of this is beneficial, by Allah’s permission, for the person affected by magic and the person prevented from having intercourse with his wife.
Healing is in the hand of Allah, exalted is He. These are only means. Allah grants success, exalted is He, and everything is in His hand, majestic and exalted. Both remedy and illness are entirely subject to His decree and determination, glorified and exalted is He. He has sent down no illness without providing a cure for it, out of His bounty, exalted is He. Those who know it know it, and those who do not know it are ignorant of it.
Allah is the One who grants success.
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Bāz website fatwa 6919
الموقع الرسمي للشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
Official website of Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz
Complete published question and answer restored from the official Arabic source. Arabic diacritics removed for display; honorific glyphs expanded. Source transcript gaps are retained where present. English checked clause by clause against the Arabic; editorial and hadith notes remain separate.