Exorcism in Islam

In Islam, exorcism or ruqya shariya (, legislative incantation/invocation/spell, ), ruqyah or simply ruqya, involves reciting Quranic verses or prescribed supplications while blowing on the painful area of ​​the body (or on the patient) in order to expel spiritual entities such as jinns from the possessed person, and is part of the wider body of the "prophetic medicine". It is a common treatment method in the Arab and Islamic world. It is preferable for a person to perform ruqya on themselves, as it has been proven that the Islamic Prophet Muhammad performed ruqya on himself. The practice of exorcism in Islam is also called ''ṭard al-shayṭān/al-jinn'' (expulsion of devil/Jinn), and exorcists are called raqi.

Belief in the supernatural creatures such as ''jinn'' are both an integral part of Islamic belief, and a common explanations in society "for evil, illness, health, wealth, and position in society as well as all mundane and inexplicable phenomena in between". Given the moral ambivalence ascribed to supernatural agents in Islamic tradition, exorcisms can be addressed to both good and evil spirits. Provided by Wikipedia