KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Perak Mufti Tan Sri Dr Harussani Zakaria has endorsed a recently launched anti-hysteria kit for the purpose of healing, provided that it is not steeped in superstition.
He told Harian Metro that any effort at healing can be equated to modern medicine such as injections to treat illnesses.
“We take injections just like other religious communities because it is for health and does not go against Islamic teachings,” he said in the Malay daily’s report.
“Hence, if this kit is guided by the Quran and hadiths then there is nothing wrong with it so long as there is no witchcraft that leans towards idolatry and superstition,” the religious leader added.
Last week, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) unveiled an anti-hysteria kit the university developed to deal with the alleged high rate of possessions that happen across the country.
UMP vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Daing Nasir Ibrahim said the nearly RM9,000 kit includes items regularly used by Islamic faith healers to exorcise spirits from their human hosts.
The kit was developed based on a study on hysteria and possession carried out by three UMP researchers lead by Dr Mahyuddin Ismail and with the cooperation of the Al-Manarah treatment centre.
