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What is the ruling on performing certain actions, such as glorifying God using specific names, writing names and then burning and burying them, in order to facilitate marriage, and are these actions considered forbidden?

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It should not be asserted that the delay in marriage is due to magic (sihr) or the evil eye (ayn), for it may be due to other reasons. Everything happens at its appointed time, and marriage is a provision (rizq). The most important advice is to supplicate frequently, for it is the key to all good, and a father's supplication for his child is answered. If there is a strong suspicion of magic, the cure is ruqya according to the Shariah, while being wary of magicians and charlatans. You have done well by rejecting the method mentioned in the question, for it is a forbidden form of divination (kahana). You must be patient.

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