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Iluv♥Allah
My freind who is a very pious Catholic Christian is being disturbed by evil jinn. She said she cant sleep at night. I gave her a Quran couple of weeks back but she said she is having hard time to recite the Bible or the Quran. She told me has become so weak that she cant find the strength to even touch the Divine scriptures. She wants to try Muslim prayer to get rid of those evil jinn cause she strongly believes that Muslim prayer is very powerful. I dont know how to help her. She cant read Arabic that I'd tell her to recite the ruqyah on herself but I have an english book on jinn and exorcism which has the ruqyah in English. So, I was wondering I'd tell her to read from that. does this sound good? what do you think? please advice me what can I do to help her?
Assalamu-alaikum sister,
If your friend is showing an interest in Islam and has intentions of reverting, then Alhamdulillah - you should focus on this first.
Giving her a translated copy of the Quraan is a good start.
Perhaps you can also provide her with information about Islam, the prophet (sallahu alaihi wasalam) - either by means of simplified brochures/ booklets, as well as discussing with her the beauty of this deen.
Also mention to her that in Islam, we believe in the world of jinn - and that the cure for this is by means of Quraan and prayer.
However, to be able to use these means, one needs to give up actions that 'attract' jinn to oneself ......engaging in, and the consumption of that which is haraam and harmful to us, for example.
We can try all sorts of ruqyahs, but if the affected person does not solidify his relationship with Allah Taa'la, and distance himself as far as possible from those activities that Shaytaan loves, then this will be to no avail.
With regards to psychiatry:
It is true - the basis for mood/ psychiatric disorders have not been adequately established.
Having said this though, so have many other medical conditions - e.g. autoimmune conditions such as SLE, RA (what causes the body to attack itself? - genetics?, viruses?, ?) - the list is endless.
Yet, despite lacking this knowledge, we are, by the qoedrat of Allah, able to assist these patients - perhaps not in terms of cure, but instead relief.
And in many instances, the same applies in psychiatry.
The person who was initially swinging from the railings and attacking all those who approached him/her - Alhamudlillah, actually do respond to an extent to anti-psychotic agents and mood stabilisers, often without religious intervention being adopted.
As mentioned, we can not exclude jinn as being the cause of a persons psychotic symptoms.
So, in cases such as these, it is worth finding someone who is trusted in this field of jinn - to read for them and see if there is something of this nature affecting the person.
(Often the hardest part is finding someone trustworthy, and who are not engaged in witch-craft themselves. Perhaps contact your local ulama and imams to gain advice on this.)
May Allah reward you for being the means of dawah to your troubled friend, and insha Allah, this trial that she faces, becomes the road that leads her to Islam and shifaa'.
Ameen.
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