SORCERY TREATMENT ON IBN QAYYIM AL-JAW ZIYYA’S (691H/1292M-751H/1350M) PERSP ECTIVE an‎d THE REALITY IN IS LAMIC MEDICAL CENTRE IN MA LAYSIA: A COMPA RATIVE STUDIES

Nowadays, there is a trend and rapid growth mainly be observed in Malaysia concerning Islamic Treatment Centers, which provides the services and treatments for the diseases. Several methods and approaches were offered for the treatment of various diseases. Sorcery was one of the diseases which it needs serious concern in Islamic Treatment Centers. The fieldwork in Malaysia was conducted in 23 Islamic Treatment Centers in order to investigate and identify the methods and approaches practiced in the treatment of sorcery and those related to it. Through a comparative analysis method, this article seeks to examine Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya thought on this issue by his several works such as al-Tibb al-Nabawi, Zad al-Ma’ad fi Hadyi Kahyr al-‘Ibad and Tafsir al- Mu‘awwidhtain. The study found out there are twenty methods being practiced to treat the sorcery in Islamic Treatment Centers in Malaysia. However, Ibn Qayyim only provided three major approaches and methods for the sorcery treatment: (1) search, discharge and omit the sorcery; (2) purify the body suffered from the sorcery; (3) use ruqyah al-shar’iyyah to treat the patient. From all of twenty treatment approaches and methods practiced in Islamic Treatment Centers,there are only four methods based on Ibn Qayyim’s view.