Section: Introduction

الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِّئاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا ، مِنْ يَهْدِهُ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِي لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا اِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُوْلَهُAll praise is due to Allāh, we praise Him, seek His aid and His forgiveness, We seek refuge in Allāh from the evils of our souls and the evils of our actions. Whomsoever Allāh guides there is none to misguide and whomsoever Allāh misguides there is none to guide. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allāh, alone, without any partners and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.There is not an illness that Allāh has sent except that along with it, He sent its cure-some people know it and others do not. Allāh has shown the believers how to cure afflictions-and praise is for Allāh who has made the cure easy for the one to whom Allāh gives ease and grants success.The cure is attainable for the Muslim who fears Allāh, worships Him, supplicates to Him and remembers Him plentifully-for the one who establishes the Prayer, pays the Zakāh, fasts the month of Ramadan and performs Hajj (when he is able to). He obeys Allāh and His Messenger (ﷺ) in what they have commanded and keeps away from what they have prohibited-he protects himself from following his desires and from falling into major sins. The believer follows the Sunnah of the Messenger (ﷺ) in all matters and is constant in seeking forgiveness from Allah, being remorseful and repentant.The sinful and disobedient servants are more prone to being afflicted with possession, evil-eye and magic than the steadfast worshippers-and likewise, it is the righteous who are cured more readily than the sinful, That is because the sinners do not remember Allah or supplicate to him as they ought to-they engage in behaviour that displeases Allah and they keep company with the disobedient. When such a person falls ill and is afflicted, he calls upon Allah because he is in need, but why should his supplication be accepted? The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the story of a man who travels a long journey such that his hair becomes dishevelled, covered with dust-then he raises his hands to towards the sky asking, "O my Lord! O my Lord!" yet his food is harām, his drink is harām, his clothes are harām and his sustenance is harām. How can his supplication be accepted? [Muslim no. 1015]The believer who calls upon Allah, performs ruqyah and seeks Allah's help is answered in one way or another, Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Ra) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is not a Muslim who supplicates to Allah for that which contains no sin or cutting family ties, except that Allah will grant him one of three things: either He will hasten for him what he asked for, or He will store it for him in the Hereafter, or He will avert from him its equivalent of evil.” They said: "Then we shall increase in supplicating!" He replied: "With Allah is more!" [Tirmidhi no. 3573 and Bukhāri in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, no. 710. Graded sahih by Al-Albāni in Sahih Al-Jami' As-Saghir 5/116]And Abu Hurairah denke, narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "There is not a man who calls upon Allah and asks for something except that he is answered. Either it shall be granted to him in this world, or stored up for him in the Hereafter as long as he does not become hasty or impatient." They said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is being hasty?" He (ﷺ) replied, "That he says: “I have asked and asked but I don't think that I'll be answered." [Bukhāri in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, 711. Shaikh Zayd AlMadkhali said it is sahih due to the hadith that has preceded]Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Your Lord, the Blessed and Most High, is Ever-Living and Generous. When His slave raises his two hands to Him, He is shy [as befits His Majesty] to return his two hands empty [without a response]." [Abu Dāwūd no. 1488, At-Tirmidhi no. 3556, Ibn Mājah no. 3865. Declared sahih by Al-Albani in Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/179]So what follows from the types of ruqyahs and durās should be built upon what I have stated above because it is a sincere advice to the Muslims who seek Allah's help and His cure.