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Is the method mentioned—a therapeutic program from a licensed shaykh that includes ruqyah (exorcism), bathing with water, salt, and apple cider vinegar, and anointing the body with musk and olive oil—correct for treating a wife who suffers from nightmares, physical pain, and hearing voices calling out, and whom the shaykh informed is enchanted, possessed, and afflicted by the evil eye?

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There is no harm in seeking treatment by reciting [Qur'an] over oil and water, then drinking it and pouring it over the sick person, and washing with it. Similarly, we see no harm in reciting [Qur'an] over vinegar.

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