What is the Islamic ruling on the healing rituals performed by Datuk Ibrahim Mat Zin, known as Raja Bomoh?

Summary

The Federal Territories Mufti's Office found that these rituals have no basis in the Quran, authentic hadith or the reports of the pious predecessors, and therefore treated them as a rejected innovation that contradicts Islamic teaching. Problems cited include the use of items such as a bamboo telescope, bamboo cannon and coconuts, the throwing of coconuts and sprinkling of water into the sea resembling animist practice, and repeated errors in tajwid and pronunciation when reciting Quranic verses. The practices were also judged to breach several JAKIM guidelines on traditional healing, including the prohibition of divination and the risk of giving a poor impression of Islam.

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