When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the 'Nushrah' (counteracting magic by magic), he said: It is an act of the devil
Narrator in the source: Jābir reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah say:
Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that when the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the 'Nushrah' (counteracting magic with magic), he said: "It is an act of the devil."- Grade in the source
- Authentic hadith
- Reported by
- Narrated by Abu Daoud - Narrated by Ahmad
- Source entry
- HadeethEnc · 3402 ↗
Original Arabic wording
عن جابر رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سئل عن النُّشْرَةِ؟ فقال: هي من عمل الشيطان.Understand this hadith
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the ruling on treating the bewitched person in the way that was commonly practiced in the pre-Islamic era, such as counteracting magic with magic. He replied by saying that it was an act of the devil or carried out by the devil. This is because such a way of treatment involves magic and satanic methods, and is thus prohibited and tantamount to disbelief. However, there is a permissible type of Nushrah, which involves neutralizing magic by using Ruqyah, finding the magic spell and breaking it by hand along with reciting the Qur'an, or by taking lawful medications.
Lessons from the hadith
- The legitimacy of asking the scholars about unambiguous rulings so as to avoid falling into what is prohibited.
- It is prohibited to perform Nushrah (charm for one who is possessed) in the way it was done in Jāhiliyyah (the pre-Islamic period), for it is sorcery, which is a form of disbelief.
- The works of Satan are all prohibited.
References (original Arabic)
1- الملخص في شرح كتاب التوحيد، صالح بن فوزان بن عبد الله الفوزان، دار العاصمة، الرياض، الطبعة: الأولى، 1422هـ - 2001م. 2- الجديد في شرح كتاب التوحيد، محمد بن عبد العزيز السليمان القرعاوي، تحقيق: محمد بن أحمد سيد، مكتبة السوادي، الطبعة: الخامسة، 1424هـ - 2003م. 3- سنن أبي داود، سليمان بن الأشعث أبوداود، تحقيق: محمد محيي الدين عبد الحميد، المكتبة العصرية، صيدا، بيروت. 4- مسند الإمام أحمد بن حنبل، أحمد بن حنبل أبو عبدالله الشيباني، تحقيق: شعيب الأرنؤوط و عادل مرشد، وآخرون، تحت إشراف: عبد الله بن عبد المحسن التركي، مؤسسة الرسالة، الطبعة: الأولى، 1421هـ - 2001م. 5- سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة وشيء من فقهها وفوائدها، محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، مكتبة المعارف للنشر والتوزيع، الرياض.