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What is the ruling on a sick person smelling a wolf's hide, claiming it reveals the presence or absence of jinn?

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The exorcist's use of a wolf skin for the afflicted person to smell, in order to diagnose their affliction with madness, is sorcery and a corrupt belief that is impermissible. It must be completely prohibited. The saying that the jinn fear wolves has no basis.

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