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Although most accounts of possession and exorcism in Islam involve Jinn, Muslim cosmology features more creatures capable of possession, such as marrid (demons), bhut (evil spirits), and shaytaan (satanic beings).
Jan 2, 2018 · This article focuses on jinn possession and mental illness in Islam. After discussing spirit possession generally and its classification in DSM-5, we present an overview of several studies examining the role of jinn in mental distress in Muslims in the UK.
- Simon Dein, Abdool Samad Illaiee
- 2013
- The Long-Term Patient
- The Patient Whose Ability to Work Was Affected
- The Dramatic Patient
- The Preschool Patient
- The Training of A Female Raqi Apprentice
On a later occasion, I asked Raheem if P1 is a “ruqya junkie”.Footnote 13 Raheem told me that P1 used to visit several local raqi before they met. He also spent much time reading the Qur’an. Raheem thought that this made him “go around in circles” instead of progressing. He initially instructed P1 to read Salawat(blessings of the Prophet) instead i...
Raheem calls the prophetic medicine an oxymel. He explains that it is initially based on Greek medicine but that it is recommended in the Sunna.Footnote 15 From a Western academic perspective, one might be surprised that P2 told me that she does not believe in sihr. Despite her disbelief, she reported regularly coming to the mosque for Raheem to pe...
When Raheem first met P3, he spent time converting and then interviewing P3’s possessing djinn as he found the djinn very interesting. It told him how it interacted with Swedish [non-African] djinns, e.g., with dwarves [in contrast to P3, who is very tall; my reflection]. According to Raheem, the first djinn was a lion djinn. He explained to me tha...
One might suspect that this gentler version of ruqya is an adaption to Swedish laws because a child is involved. Moreover, it is impossible for me to know if Raheem adapted any of his practices because I was observing him. However, based upon my fieldwork with Raheem, my subjective opinion is that this gentler version reflects Raheem’s personality ...
Raheem explained after the session that A has brought several family members to him for ruqya. She once phoned him in the middle of the night on behalf of one of her cousins. Raheem then told her what passages to read over water and to then give her cousin the water to drink until Raheem could get to their place. A later brewed tea with some of the...
- Michael Marlow
- michael@marlow.se
The Islamic explanation of the Jinn provides us with so many answers to modem day mysteries. Without the knowledge of this world, the Muslims would become like the non-Muslims and be running around looking for any old answer to come their way. So, who or what are the Jinn? Existence.
The permissibility of exorcism, as well as models for its practice, can be traced to Hadiths reporting Muhammad and Jesus performing exorcism rites. [39] Islamic exorcisms might consist of the treated person lying down, while a sheikh places a hand on a patient's head and recites verses from the Quran, but this is not mandatory. [40]
Aug 25, 2017 · In this article I apply film theory as an analytic prism through which to examine the ritual mechanisms of a particular kind of Islamic exorcism (al-ruqya al-sharʿiyya).
Aziz and Esther arrive. Aziz is a Lebanese Palestinian, 44 years old, smartly dressed in a black suit, shiny leather shoes, and tie. Esther told me earlier he is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Recently he started explaining his illness in terms of affliction by blue magic.
