Case Study of Ruqyah Therapy On Muslim Patient with Eczema



Abstract Views
7387

Downloads
3968

Citations

Share

##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.sidebar##

Submitted Jan 29, 2021
Published Feb 10, 2021
10.24018/ejmed.2021.3.1.696

Abstract viewed = 7387 times

Table of Contents

##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main##

A case study on a female Malay living in the UK with serious eczema was presented. Her parents believed that it was a condition called santau, a common cultural belief in South East Asian countries. Santau is believed as the insertion of poisonous materials into the victim’s body with the help of jinn. Santau is normally differentiated from other medical skin conditions by the rapid deterioration of the condition and rapid improvement after successful treatment. Her skin condition was intolerable after a trip to Malaysia. Unable to be admitted to hospital because of the pressure on hospital beds during the Covid-19 pandemic, she resorted to intensive multiple-day ruqyah therapy, a therapy based on the incantation of verses from the Quran. Remarkable improvement was observed after three days. Apart from delivering therapeutic outcome, ruqyah therapy as a Traditional and Complementary Medicine has its role in relieving the pressure on the mainstream health system especially in time of pandemic.

Keywords: Complementary medicine Jinn possession Ruqyah Santau

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

  1. D. Haron and K. Mokhtar, Kaedah Merawat Santau. Selangor: PTS Islamika Sdn Bhd, 2013.
     Google Scholar
  2. H. A. Rahman, M. K. Mokhtar, A. R. Roseliza-Murni, and A. C. Kasim, “Intra and Inter-psyche Conflicts and Analysis of Symptoms of Jinn Possession,” Malaysian J. Med. Heal. Sci., vol. 15, no. SUPP1 April 2019, pp. 110–113, 2019.
     Google Scholar
  3. Y. M. Eneborg, “Ruqya Shariya : Observing the rise of a new faith healing tradition amongst Muslims in east London,” Ment. Health. Relig. Cult., vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1080–1096, Dec. 2013.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  4. A. Khadher, M. A. Ramli, and N. A. A. Rahman, “Pemahaman Terhadap Aspek Penggunaan Ruqyah Dalam Rawatan Penyakit : Analisis Berasaskan Fiqh al-Hadith imam al-Bukhari,” Al-Bayan – J. Qurʾan Ḥadith Stud., vol. 14, pp. 168–205, 2016.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  5. M. F. Satrianegara and A. Mallongi, “Influence of self ruqyah treatment on cortisol content, depression, and quality of life, spiritual life quality of cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy in Makassar City, Indonesia,” Syst. Rev. Pharm., vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 212–218, 2020.
     Google Scholar
  6. M. W. Mashitah and K. A. Lenggono, “Quran recitation therapy reduces the depression levels of hemodialysis patients,” Int. J. Res. Med. Sci., vol. 8, no. 6, p. 2222, 2020.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  7. M. A. Mohamad and N. Othman, “The Ruqyah Syar’iyyah Spiritual Method As An Alternative For Depression Treatment,” Life Sci. J., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 75–80, 2017.
     Google Scholar
  8. Adynata and Idris, “Effectiveness Of Ruqyah Syar’iyyah On Physical Disease Treatment In Riau Province,” J. Ushuluddin, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 211–233, 2016.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  9. S. Hussin, N. A. A. Rahman, L. K. On, and M. K. Mokhtar, “Bridging Modern Medicine with Islamic Complementary Medicine: Preliminary Attempts in Malaysian Context,” Adv. Sci. Lett., vol. 24, pp. 4820–4823, 2018.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  10. H. A. Rahman and S. Hussin, “Case Study of Using Ruqyah Complementary Therapy on a British Muslim Patient with Cluster Headache,” Eur. J. Med. Heal. Sci., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 5–7, 2021.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  11. N. A. Rahman, S. Sukardi, and S. Husin, “A Case Study of Modern Medical Practice and Islamic Complementary Therapy on a Patient with Over 2000 Embedded Nails,” Int. J. Public Heal. Sci., vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 310–314, 2015.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  12. WHO, WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014-2023. 2013.
     Google Scholar
  13. M. S. Younis, R. K. Lafta, and S. Dhiaa, “Faith healers are taking over the role of psychiatrists in Iraq,” Qatar Med. J., vol. 2019, no. 3, pp. 1–8, 2019.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar
  14. Z. A. Razali, N. A. A. Rahman, and S. Husin, “Complementing the treatment of a major depressive disorder patient with Ruqyah Shar‘iyyah therapy : A Malaysian case study,” J. Muslim Ment. Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2018.S. Chen, B. Mulgrew, and P. M. Grant, “A clustering technique for digital communications channel equalization using radial basis function networks,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks, vol. 4, pp. 570-578, July 1993.
    DOI  |   Google Scholar