What is the ruling on working as a therapist using energy healing, homeopathy, and cupping, and the patient imagining the treatment remotely, while seeking assistance through the Basmalah, supplication, and asking Allah for healing?
People's questions about energy healing and homeopathy indicate an issue with them, as scientifically proven medicine is not questioned regarding its ruling. Legal reservation towards these unproven methods is obligatory, especially if they are mixed with rituals from other religions. Remote healing is even more subject to reservation; if legal (Islamic incantation) is prohibited for an absent person, then prohibiting remote healing through unknown or pagan methods is even more paramount. Achieving good results does not imply permissibility according to Islamic law, as it might be a form of demonic assistance. Ibn Taymiyyah stated that Satan might deceive some of God's saints and confuse them with certain extraordinary feats.
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