What is the religious ruling regarding a woman in Tunisia who treats intractable diseases by reciting the Quran and massaging the patient's body, claiming that she saw someone in a dream commanding her to do so, and that she deals with a "spiritual entity"?
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One must seek treatment for illnesses. This treatment can be through physical medicines known to doctors, or through legitimate ruqyah (exorcism) using the Qur'an and prophetic supplications. It is not permissible to go to a woman who deals with jinn. Her healing of some illnesses is not proof of her righteousness; it could be a means of enticement and temptation. The term "spiritual" (روحي) is only used for spirits that do not have bodies, such as angels and jinn.
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