In his Evil Eye, Jinn Possession, and Mental Health Issues, G. Hussein Rassool noted the practice of “Ruqyah”:
Islam
also offers its beliefs the opportunity to treat ailments with Qur’anic treatment
and healing through Ruqyah. Ruqyah refers to Qur’anic verses (and
duahs) that are used to treat various ailments. (G. Hussein Rassool, Evil Eye, Jinn Possession, and Mental
Health Issues: An Islamic Perspective [Explorations in Mental Health;
Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2019], )
Elsewhere, while discussing the use of Ruqyah to exorcise a jinn,
the demonized person believed that the demon/jinn was a Buddhist(!)
Epilepsy-Jinn
possession
[CRI]
This adapted case report from Shaykh Abdullah Mushrif al-‘Amree (cited in A.A.B.
Philips, Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips The Exorcist Tradition in Islaam
[Birmingham: Al-Hidaayah Publishing & Distributors, 2008]). A 28-year-old
woman complained of having epileptic seizures from time to time over a period
of two years and sometimes she would lose consciousness. She was prescribed
anti-convulsant medications (by injections). She still had very intense
seizures and her family brought her to a faith healer. The family reported that
the hospital informed them that she suffered psychological problems.
Comments
When Ruqyah
was performed, it was obvious that she was possessed, and the cause was from
magic. The Jinn in her was a Buddhist. She did not respond
immediately after recitation, but subsequently, the Jinn presented
himself and informed us about the magician who put the spell on her and the
charm’s location. (Ibid., 270, emphasis added)
