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someone has given me your email adress and i've been told that you can help me. i just want to say that i have read somewhere that to protect yourself from magic and jinns, you should perform ruqaya. please tell me what is ruqayah and what is precedure for performing it. i really urgently need to know so please if you can answer my question as soon as possible. jazakumullah

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Question:
In a message , Basirat writes:

assalamo alaikum
dear sir
someone has given me your email adress and i've been told that you can help me. i just want to say that i have read somewhere that to protect yourself from magic and jinns, you should perform ruqaya. please tell me what is ruqayah and what is precedure for performing it. i really urgently need to know so please if you can answer my question as soon as possible. jazakumullah

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Answer:

Bismillah Rahman Raheem
Salam alaykum Ramadhan Mubarak:

Question: Does ruqyah work against magic and evil?

Answer: Yes.

It is mentioned in Quran and in the sunnah for a person to read Quran for protection from the jinn and magic.

The proper preformance is to hold the hands in front of the face, blow into them (some say the blowing takes place after the reading), then recite Quran into the hands, and then wipe the hands over the entire body.

The surahs mentioned in the hadith to read include:
Surah Fatihah (first one)
Surah Al Ikhlaas (112)
Surah Al Falqa (113)
Surah An Naas (114)
Ayatul Kursi (2:255)

These are the primary ones used by the prophet, peace be upon him. Pray to Allah with all sincerity and seek refuge with Allah from this type of evil and stay away from people who are not trying to be close to Allah. Avoid pictures hanging in your house, get rid of any statues or figurines or dolls or images of humans or animals. Do not listen to music, stay away from things that take your mind away from the devotion to Allah.

Stay close to people who love Allah and have good and sound knowledge about true beliefs in Islam. Do not go around with people of deviant groups. Stay on the main path. Stay close to Allah.

He will protect you if you are sincere. Everything is with Allah for the outcome.

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