What is possession (mass), how is it treated, and is it true that there is a sorcery for madness?
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"Touch" (mass) is when the jinn possess humans. Its treatment involves the Holy Quran, prophetic supplications, admonition, reminding, encouraging, and deterring. As for magic (sihr), it may lead to madness, but that is by the decree of Allah the Almighty.
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