What is the legitimate Islamic way to extract treasures, and has it been mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah, in order to convince the family that other methods used for their extraction involve polytheism (shirk)?
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There is no text in the Quran or that specifies a method for extracting treasure. However, if a treasure guarded by jinn is found, they can be expelled by reciting the Quran, remembrances (adhkar), and authentic incantations.
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