What is the ruling on learning the sciences of "Reiki" or "Energy Healing," which rely on the body's energy and how to utilize it for treatment, and which are studied and certified by doctors, ruqyah practitioners, and religious scholars? And if the reason for prohibition is removed—such as it not involving polytheism—is it permissible to learn it?
Bio-energy therapy is based on charlatanism and sorcery, rooted in Buddhist principles. Dr. Fawz Kurdi has addressed these therapies, explaining that they are pagan practices intermingling quackery, sorcery, and magic. It should be known that this matter is strictly forbidden. There is no comparison between these pagan rituals and cupping (hijama). As for acupuncture, there is a detailed explanation: if it is limited to puncturing specific points proven beneficial by experience, then there is no harm, provided the treatment is administered by a trustworthy physician. However, if the practitioner claims that the puncture points are nodes in "Chi and Ki" pathways that connect creatures to the Absolute, and that the needle treats imbalances in these pathways, then this links it to false pagan beliefs and is impermissible.
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