Allah and reliance upon Him, serve as a protective shield against sorcery and any other kind of evil. Moreover, they are to be used as the most effective weapons for undoing sorcery after it has been done. This should be accompanied by a lot of entreaties to Allah (Glorified be He) to remove the harm and suffering. Among the supplications authentically reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him)
for treating diseases, such as sorcery and others, is the following supplication that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say three times when performing Ruqyah (reciting Qur'an and saying supplications over the sick seeking healing) for any of His Sahabah (Companions): O Allah! Lord of mankind, remove suffering, heal, for You are the Healer. There is no Healing but Yours, that leaves no infirmity.
Jibril (Gabriel, peace be upon him) said the following supplication when he performed Ruqyah for the Prophet (peace be upon him): In the Name of Allah, I recite over you to heal you from every thing that harms you, and from the evil of every soul, and envious eye. May Allah cure you. In the Name of Allah, I recite over you.
This is to be repeated thrice.
One method of treating sorcery after its occurrence it is also an effective remedy for a man who cannot have sexual intercourse with his wife because of sorcery is the following: Take seven leaves of the green Sidr (lote tree) and pound them with something like a stone; then put them in a vessel and pour into it an amount of water enough for washing. After that, recite the following Surahs and Ayahs over the water: AyatulKursy, Surahs AlKafirun, Al Ikhlas, AlFalaq, and AlNas, and the Ayahs in Surah AlA`raf that speak of sorcery, which read:
And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) (saying): "Throw your stick," and behold! It swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed.
Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.
So they were defeated there and returned disgraced.
In addition, recite the Ayahs in Surah Yunus, which read: And Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said: "Bring me every wellversed sorcerer."
And when the sorcerers came, Mûsâ (Moses) said to them: "Cast down what you want to cast!"
Then when they had cast down, Mûsâ (Moses) said: "What you have brought is sorcery; Allâh will surely make it of no effect. Verily, Allâh does not set right the work of AlMufsidûn (the evildoers, corrupters). "And Allâh will establish and make apparent the truth by His Words, however much the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) may hate it."
Also recite the Ayahs in Surah TaHa, which read:
They said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Either you throw first or we be the first to throw?" [Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Nay, throw you (first)!" Then behold! their ropes and their sticks, by their magic, appeared to him as though they moved fast. So Mûsâ (Moses) conceived fear in himself. We (Allâh) said: "Fear not! Surely, you will have the upper hand. "And throw that which is in your right hand! It will swallow up that which they have made. That which they have made is only a magician's trick, and the magician will never be successful, to whatever amount (of skill) he may attain."
Thereafter, drink three times from that water and wash yourself with the rest. Thus, the illness will be cured, if Allah so wills. This method may be employed two times or more until the illness is cured.
Another most effective means of treating sorcery is to exert effort to know the place where the item on which sorcery was done is hidden. If it is discovered, taken out and damaged, the sorcery done will be nullified. The foregoing are some of the methods employed for the prevention and treatment of sorcery. And success can only be achieved with the Permission and Help of Allah.
However, it is not permissible to seek a remedy for sorcery through the work of sorcerers, which involves attempts to gain the favor of Jinn by offering them slaughtered animals and other offerings. Indeed, this is a Satanic act and a major Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship). Hence, Muslims must beware of that. Also, it is not permissible to seek such treatment from soothsayers, diviners, and charlatans and do what they say, for they are liars, evildoers and disbelievers who claim to have knowledge of the Ghayb and cause confusion in the minds and hearts of people. The Messenger (peace be upon him) warned us against consulting them, asking for their help, and believing what they say, as previously illustrated at the beginning of this article. It was authentically reported from Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) that:
He was asked about Nashrah (undoing sorcery by means of sorcery) for a possessed person. His reply was: It is the work of Satan. (Related by Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud, with a good Sanad)
What the Prophet (peace be upon him) meant by Nashrah refers to that which the people of Jahiliyyah (preIslamic time of ignorance) used to do, when they would ask sorcerers to undo spells or undo sorcery by means of a spell from another sorcerer.
Yet, as demonstrated above, it is only permissible to undo sorcery by means of Ruqyah and prescribed supplications for refuge and protection, along with the religiously permitted medicines.
This view is adopted by the erudite scholar Ibn AlQayyim and Shaykh `AbdulRahman ibn Hasan (may Allah be merciful with both of them) in FathulMajid, in addition to other scholars. I implore Allah to protect Muslims from all harm and sins, preserve for them their religion, grant them a sound and deep understanding of it, and protect them form anything that opposes His Shar` (Law). Peace and