Sihr Al-Junūn

Khārija lbn şalāt reported that his paternal uncle went to the Prophet and declared his conversion to Islām. On his way back, his uncle passed by a people who had fettered a lunatic in chains. They said: "We were told that your companion (the Prophet) has brought good with him. 

Do you have anything with which to cure our lunatic?" I recited al-Fātiha and he was cured. They gave me one hundred sheep and then approached the Prophet to inform him of it. He asked: "Did you say anything other than this?" I replied: "No." He said: "Take it, for by my life, some would accept in return for a false ruqya, but you have done this with a genuine one." According to another narration, "the man cured him by reciting al-Fatiha for three days, day and night; whenever he finished reciting it, he would gather his saliva and spit."

Symptoms 

1. Severe absentmindedness and forgetfulness 

2. Confused speech 

3. Bulging eyes and deviation of sight 

4 Restlessness 

5.Inability to do a task regularly. 

6.Disnterest in one's appearance 

7.In severe cases, one can tell from a lunatic's face that he does know where he is going, and he would probably sleep in derilict places.

How is it done? 

The Jinn entrusted with the sihr enters into the targeted person and settles in his brain, as instructed by the sähir. He then begins pressing on the brain cells for thought, memory and behaviour; or managing them in a way which only Allah knows. As a result, symptoms appear on the victim. 

Treatment of Sihr Al-Junūn (Lunacy) 

1 Recite the ruqya mentioned in the second stage (treatment) 

2.If the patient becomes epileptic, follow the same steps mentioned above. 

3.If he does not become epileptic, repeat the same ruqya three times or more. Then, record the following chapters on audiotapes and advise the patient to listen to them two or three times a day for one whole month: Al-Baqara, Hūd, Al-Hijr, As-sāffāt, Qäf. ArRahmān, Al-Mulk, Al-Jinn, AI-A'lā, Az-zalzala, Al-Humāza, AlKāfirün, Al-Falaq, and An-nãs. 

Note that the patient may feel uncomfortable listening to these chapters and may become epileptic during such a period and the Jinn may speak as a result. The pain may increase for fifteen days, then ease gradually and completely subside by the end of the month. At this time, recite the ruqya only to check that the patient has in fact been cured. 

4. The patient must not take tranquilizers during the course treatment because they would affect him. 

5. You may use electric shocks during the course of treatment, since they would harm the Jinn, speeding up the recovery process. 

6.The period of treatment can take less than a month, but may take up to three months or more. 

7. During the course of treatment, the patient must avoid committing a sin, be they major or minor, such as listening to music, smoking, neglecting the performance of salāt on time, and not wearing hijāb (for a woman.) 

8.If the patient feels a stomach-ache, then it is evident that he/she has had the sihr in his/her food or drink. In this case, recite the entire verses of rugya over some water and advise the patient to drink it during the period of treatment in order to prevoke the sihr to react inside his stomach or cause him to vomit it out.

Examples of the Treatment of Sihr Al-Junūu (Lunacy) Case One 

A group of men came to me with a young man tied up in shackles. As soon as the young man saw me, he kicked with his foot and undid shackles, but the men grounded him. I began reciting some verses of the Qur'än, and every time I did, he would spit on my face. 

finally gave the men some verses of the Qur'an recorded audiotapes and advised the men to make him listen to these for a period of forty five days, and then to consult me after this period. 

After forty five days, the young man who was once a lunatic came to me in a sound state of mind and apologized for what had happened despite the fact that he was unaware of the incident. I recited the ruqya for a second time, but there was no reaction on his part, which meant that he had recovered. 

He asked me if he owed a specific şadqa for his treatment, so I advised him that he was not obliged, but I recommended that if he wanted to give sādaqa to the poor among his fellow countrymen or fast to show gratefulness to Allah, then that would be a good act.

Case Two

A young man came to me and explained that he was losing his mind and that he was not happy with his behaviour. I recited a ruqya to find that he appeared to have been suffering from the sihr of lunacy, which was probably done to him as he was about to get married.

I recommended that he should listen to some verses of the Qur'an which I recorded on audiotapes for him, and also gave him some water to wash with or drink, telling him to visit me after a month Approximately twenty days later, one of his relatives came and informed me that the young man recovered and finally got married.