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Cited in 14 segments across 6 recordings · 2017 to 2020 · term/term:ruqya

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21 Nov 2020video Is the jinn exorcism and ruqya industry a fraud? The ruqya industry is largely a fraud drenched in abuse; the Mu'tazila, who rejected possession, were never afflicted, and al-Jahiz already recorded a practitioner using a possession claim to explain away a lost virginity. Lessonposition checkedal-JahizMu'tazilaruqyaOmar Suleiman machine6 min 37 s43:12on YouTube
22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does Islam teach that jinn can possess people? Mufti Abu Layth does not believe in jinn possession, saying the Quran and Sunnah do not support it. The guest recounts a young man at his da'wah centre whose 'possession' appeared only around believers in it and vanished in front of doctors, which he reads as a psychological phenomenon rather than a jinn. Discussionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)jinnruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted) machine5 min 13 s1:15:32on YouTube
1 Aug 2019On Current Events Is it wrong to judge someone who has become an atheist or left Islam? A person's atheism or doubts are their own choice and he does not judge them; what he objects to, he says, is staged exorcisms and charity money taken under false pretences. Lessonposition checkedruqyajinnQuran 2:256 (no compulsion in religion), alluded to machine5 min 43 s10:45on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What does the hadith 'Satan flows through the son of Adam like blood' mean? In context it is about suspicion: the Prophet said it after explaining to some men that the woman with him was his wife Safiyya, so it refers to the insinuations that pass through human minds, not to possession. Mufti Abu Layth adds that the exorcism trade is a large industry whose practitioners may nonetheless be sincere. Lessonposition checkedreport: satan flows through the son of adam like bloodSafiyyaShaytanwaswasa (whispering) machine2 min 39 s22:09on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions If exorcisms and ruqya sometimes work, does that prove possession is real? No: real symptoms can be produced or relieved by belief alone, as Ted Kaptchuk's study with fake pills and retractable needles showed, so an exorcism or ruqya can 'work' through the placebo effect. Some people would also have recovered regardless. Lessonposition checkedTed Kaptchuk (placebo researcher)placebo effectnocebo effectruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted) machine3 min 56 s40:37on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions If jinn do not possess people, what is ruqya for? The Quran is a cure for what is in the hearts, meaning disbelief and superstition, not a medical treatment. Ruqya and the du'as taught against omens are a scaffolding that steadies a person's faith until it can stand on its own, because the mind clings to ritual. Lessonposition checkedruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted)shifa (cure)Quran 10:57 (a cure for what is in the hearts) [?]iman machine3 min 55 s44:33on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions How does Mufti Abu Layth explain an exorcist who says he is possessed by a jinn? As displacement of guilt: the exorcist's 'jinn' professed sexual love for him, which Mufti Abu Layth reads as the man projecting desires he could not reconcile with his religious identity onto a jinn. He says the man may sincerely believe it, but belief does not make it true. Lessonposition checkedjinnruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted) machine3 min 56 s1:01:35on YouTube
2 Jan 2018Responding to Refutations Ruqya and the Quran as a cure: spiritual diseases, not cancer The Quran is a cure for the spiritual diseases of the heart, not a replacement for medicine for physical illness. The Prophet told people to seek medicine. Lessonposition checkedAbu Ibraheem HusnaynQuran 17:82 (we send down of the Quran what is a shifa) [?]report: lift your hand and read the whole verse (unresolved)report: tadawaw seek medicine (unresolved) machine5 min 20 s40:38on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Did Ibn Taymiyya believe in jinn possession, and does his view have proof? Ibn Taymiyya believed jinn possess people and treated them, but by his own rule of accepting nothing without proof from the Quran and Sunnah his claims fail: seeing something leave a patient does not prove it was a jinn. Levitating patients and beating the 'possessed' are tricks played on onlookers. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)Ibn TaymiyyaIbn HazmFakhr al-Din al-Razi machine3 min 56 s30:59on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Why does the guest warn women never to go to exorcists? Exorcists exploit women: the guest recounts a girl coached to feign possession to hide her lost virginity, and says many women have been made pregnant by such men in India and on a large scale in Britain. Every illness has a cure that must be sought by proper effort. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)raqi (one who performs ruqya; exorcist)ruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted)jinn machine3 min 56 s34:55on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Did the Prophet use ruqya or doctors when he was ill? When the Prophet fell ill Arab doctors treated him, which is how Aisha learnt medicine, so recited verses were never meant as a cure-all and the 'treatment by Quran' books misuse the book. The Quran's verses help against whispering, and one reads them for oneself without any raqi. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Akram Nadwi (guest)AishaAbu Bakrreport: aisha learned medicine from the arab doctors who treated the prophet when he fell ill machine5 min 18 s38:51on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What harm does belief in jinn possession do? Belief in possession sustains beatings, sexual violence, exploitation and the extraction of money and even houses, and because it is dressed as Islam, Islam will be dismissed as mythology by the coming generation. Neurosis and psychosis are introduced as the frame for the psychological cases. Lessonposition checkedraqi (one who performs ruqya; exorcist)ruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted)jinn machine2 min 39 s1:24:46on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions If someone got better after ruqya or an exorcism, does that prove it worked? Not necessarily: the placebo and nocebo effects produce real relief and real symptoms, as Kaptchuk's trial with cornstarch pills and retractable needles showed. Some patients would also have recovered anyway and are counted as cures. Lessonposition checkedTed KaptchukHarvard Universityruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted) machine3 min 56 s1:31:20on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions If jinn do not possess people, what is ruqya for? The Quran is a cure for what is in the hearts, meaning disbelief and superstition, and ruqya and the taught du'as are a scaffolding to steady people's iman because humans cling to ritual and fall easily into superstition. The du'a against omens shows the Prophet using this method. Lessonposition checkedQuran 10:57 (a cure for what is in the hearts)ruqya (reading Quran over the afflicted)report: o allah there is no omen but your omen and no good but your good and no god but youtiyara (belief in omens) machine2 min 36 s1:35:16on YouTube