Brother, once I had a severe headache and I went to almost all the doctors but they said due to stress I was having the headache.
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I would really appreciate if you can give me a prompt reply on this.
Brother, once I had a severe headache and I went to almost all the doctors but
they said due to stress I was having the headache. But even after medicines I
was still getting the headache. Then when I had gone to my home country, one
religious person said this was an evil effect and he prayed for me and gave
water to drink and completely the headache disappeared. Now for the last 1 ˝
years I didn’t get the headache, Alhamdulillah. But since last two weeks I have
been getting the headache once again. Please advise what should I do now about
this.
Jassakallah Kairun.
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Answer:
Visit moulvi for
headache cure
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
If one has a computer breakdown, would it be intelligence
or wisdom to take the broken computer to the chemist??? To take a broken computer to a chemist for
repairs is unwise in itself; but to top that and apply the remedy suggested by
a chemist to repair a broken computer would be utter ignorance and foolhardy to
say the least!
If one has a physical ailment, it is only prudent that one
try to treat their ailment through the advice and treatment of a person
qualified in the field of medicine.
Seeking the help of a ‘supposed’ religious priest or ‘moulvi’ for a
physical ailment makes as much sense at taking a broken computer to a
chemist!
Your Question: Then
when I had gone to my home country, one religious person said this was an evil
effect and he prayed for me and gave water to drink and completely the headache
disappeared.
Allah Says in His Holy Quran Chapter 35 Surah
Fatir verse 2:
2 What Allah out of His Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none can
withhold: what He doth withhold there is none can grant apart from Him: and He
is the Exalted in Power Full of Wisdom.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 160:
If Allah helps you none can overcome you: if He
forsakes you who is there after that that can help you? In Allah then let believers put their trust.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 17:
17 "If Allah touch thee with affliction none can remove it but He;
if He touch thee with happiness He hath power over all things.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 3:
And put your trust in Allah Alone; and enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 9 Surah Taubah verse 51:
Say: "Nothing
will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us: He is our Protector"; and on Allah let the believers put their
trust.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, we guarantee you in the
Blessed Name of Allah Subhanah, the ‘moulvi’, or his diagnosis of some ‘evil
effect’, or his ‘holy water’ had absolutely nothing, and we reiterate,
absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance of your ailment! It is Allah Subhanah Alone Who afflicts whomsoever
He Wills and Pleases to put in a trial; and it is Allah Subhanah Alone Who
removes the afflictions of man whenever He Wills and Pleases to put an end to
the period of trial.
Your
Statement: ….one religious person said this was an evil effect and he prayed
for me and gave water to drink…..
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3656 Narrated by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
The Prophet (saws) said, "There are
three who will not enter Paradise: one who is addicted to wine, one who breaks
ties of relationship, and one who believes in (the effects of)
magic."
Beloved
Brother, the first thing we, as believers, must understand that those who claim
to do magic, or harm people in the ‘unseen’, and even those who claim to remove
the magic, or remove the supposed ‘evil spell’ which they are supposedly cast
under….such people and all their rites, rituals, charms, spells, and anti-dotes
combined do not have the power to hurt or benefit anyone in the absolute least.
No harm and no benefit can happen to the believer without the Will of Allah
Subhanah. If Allah does not will it, all
the magicians and ‘moulvis’ of the world can get together and try their magic
on someone, they cannot harm him in the least!; for Absolutely All Power and
All Strength belongs to none save Allah Subhanah Alone!
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1019 Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
The Prophet (saws) used to seek protection
against the Jinn and the evil eye till Surahs al-Falaq and an-Naas were
revealed. After they were revealed, he (saws) stuck to them and discarded
everything beside them.
If one fears any evil from any quarter whatsoever, one
should recite the Muawwidaat (113th Surah Al-Falaq and 114th
Surah An-Naas) thus seeking refuge in the One and Only Lord Most High. Allah is our witness sister, there is no
other or better source of refuge or protection than in Allah Subhanah, the Lord
of the Worlds. After one has recited the
Muawwidaat and remained constant in its recitation, one should know and believe
with absolute conviction that they are under the refuge and protection of none
other than Allah Subhanah, and no amount or combinations of Jinns, or magic
doers, or evil-eyes, or any harm can
come towards them from any quarter.
If one fears any evil from any quarter of the unseen and
does anything else, like using a ‘taaweedh’, or an amulet, or a charm, or
sprinkle water, or drinks or eats something given by the unscrupulous magic or
evil effect removers or do absolutely anything else other than seeking refuge
in their Lord and reciting the ‘Muawwidhaat’ (Surahs 113 Al-Falaq and 114
An-Naas)…..then it would be deemed that they have put their trust in a thing or
being other than Allah Subhanah, and all such forms and rites would constitute
the evil manifestation of ‘shirk’ in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.
Uqbah ibn 'Amir
narrates that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "If anyone wears an
amulet (taaweedh), may Allah not help
him in fulfilling his wish. If anyone
wears a sea-shell around his neck, may Allah give him no peace."
Narrated by Ahmad
and Al-Hakim.
It is reported from
Ibn Mas'ud that once, when he entered his home, he noticed his wife wearing a
knotted object round her neck. He took
it away and broke it. Then he remarked: 'The family of Abdullah has become so
arrogant that they now associate with Allah those for whom He has sent down no
authority.' I have heard the Messenger
of Allah (saws) saying: 'Verily, incantations, amulets, and love charms
are acts of shirk (associating gods with Allah).' The people said: 'O Abu Abdullah! We are familiar with incantations and
amulets, but what is a love charm (altawlah)'?'
He replied: 'It is a sort of magical formula by which women sought to
gain their husbands' love'." (Related by Al-Hakim and Ibn Hibban).
Imran ibn Hasin
reports that the Messenger of Allah (saws) saw a man wearing a bracelet of
copper on his arm. The Prophet (saws)
exclaimed to him: 'Woe be to you!' What
is this? ' The man replied: 'I am
suffering from weakness (al-wahinah).' (Al-wahinah is a disease that causes
pain in the shoulders and hands. The man was wearing a copper bracelet
believing it would relieve his pain and suffering). The Prophet (saws) prohibited him from
wearing it because he regarded it as an amulet. The Prophet (saws) said:
'It will give you nothing but pain.
Throw it away. Had you died
while wearing it, you would never have achieved salvation! (ie. you
would have died in the state of the unforgivable sin of ‘shirk’'"
(Narrated by Ahmad)
Your Question: …. But
since last two weeks I have been getting the headache once again. Please advise
what should I do now about this.
Sahih
Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.544 Narrated
by Aisha
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "No
calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of
it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn."
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, rest absolutely assured
that your ailment is not the effect of someone’s magic or evil spell, etc., but
it is an affliction and a trial from your Lord Most Majestic, Most Supreme and
there are only two lawful things you can and should do when afflicted with any
trial or affliction:
Allah is our witness brother, if one seeks to cure one’s
affliction with a supposed remedy of the ‘unseen’ (charms, spells, taaweedh,
amulets, minnat, ‘holy water’, etc.)….they would be guilty of the abomination
of ‘shirk’ in the Sight of Allah Subhanah!
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance
and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of never ever being
misled; but if one believes, obeys and
follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of being led astray.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
