The Marabouts (spiritual doctors) part 2

Magicians.
They are divided into two categories by experts. Those who practice tricks. This people practiced their trade hard and are very careful in the extend they go in entertaining viewers. They usually specialise in cards and fast hands. They are the least into the devil world.
The real magicians are those who go the extra mile by. They do things unusual and strange. They can make things disappear, they hypnotises audiences easily. They perform rituals before performing magic. This people are all over the place, in Asia, Africa, Europe, America. Everywhere. They can do things for people but mostly they do performances. In Africa we refer to them as witch doctors or voodoo art masters. They advice people to do rituals must often than not involving red animals and horns.
This people can hold snakes, cut themselves, make money appear out of nowhere etc.

Why do people really go to marabouts and sorcerers practicing voodoo or magic?
The answer varies. There is no easy answer. What is apparent is that, envy, jealousy and hatred plays a key part in the decision making. Also the desire to attain wealth easily and quickly and power and position. This all contribute to people visiting marabouts.
The truth that many marabouts will honestly testify to is that, the majority of their customers or clients are women. This is a very sad social trend. But unfortunately, women are the most emotional beings among humans. Their emotion sometimes drove them to easily make hasty decision. Also the social make-up of the African region makes women wanting to be love and cared for. Since some areas, men can marry more than one wife; the need for women to compete for the heart of the man becomes all the more ruthless. The marabouts benefits more than the women and other visitors.
The jealous rivalry drove these women to the marabouts in doing things that makes the husband have an eye for only them. The husband can be feed contaminated food; this takes a long period before the effect is seen.
Some men unfortunately die through regular consumption of the NASOO or medicine prepared by the marabouts. Some men instantly spot pot bellies and slight deformation due to the bad effect of the herb. Some rival women don’t stop at the husband, they go after the kids of the co-wife. That is why this marabouts are dangerous, no job is too small so long as the price is paid.
Also policians use the help of marabouts extensively. Some accounts reveal rival dying during campaign or being inflicted with terrible illness, some leading to impotency. The marabouts also help students, business men and women, every one basically. Even potential travellers abroad seek their help.
Can we say the under lying reason for visiting them is poverty and illiteracy? NO. I have personally seen some of the richest and educated men in the Gambia visit this people. Just like in India the wealthiest patronise the monks and holy men, and even bow down to them, people also believe highly in the abilities of this marabouts.
How can a person affected with magic or marabout work be spotted?
Some few signal documented by experts is that of the following:
A man suddenly dislikes the actions of his wife and vice versa for women.
If the magic is buried in a house or compound, whenever the affect person comes close to it, he/she gets agitated a little.
The affected person quarrels very easily, he/she found things irritating very quickly.
Bad dream and nightmares is very common, Usually violence.
Very poor concentration and easy change of behaviour or attitude.
How do the items prepared by the marabouts or serign used?
There are many forms of utilising the marabout’s work:
Some are placed in horn of a certain type, example goat, sheep, etc depending of the type of magic.
Some are placed in a silver ring; this is usually for seeking wealth and fame.
What about amulets? This is the most widely use form of utilising marabout’s work. The katim (usually writing mixture of some verses and strange numbers and wordings anagrammatised together with the incantation before folding it into different shapes, commonly refer to as jujus). The marabouts can advice on the type of animal skin to place the work into. Mainly goat skin is use or sheep skin. It can be made into square like shape or long snake like shape. This is worn around the waist, arm or neck. The most dangerous of this amulets or juju is refer to has mankano ( a very rapid impact juju) this is so bad, in the old days men who wore it avoid touching their own kids or wife's during the period they are having it on. the impact is that, as soon as the one is angry with some one, you pull it to a certain stretch.
Another form of utilising the marabout or magician work is the preparation of liquid type, this is naasoo (black colour writing on tablet that is wash-off into a bowl and poured into a bottle).
If this is the verses of the holy book, then that it is very sad, the fact that one either drinks this water or apply it. Which means one will urinate the water later run. The verses of the holy book urinated is very unislamic.
The amulets are carry into all sorts of places, if its contain some verses of the holy book, then not taking the word of God into dirty and filthy places is broken. The extend of sin is incalculable.
Some works are buried as stated earlier in road inter-section or under trees, hanging them of tress is also usual. Extreme cases involve tying it to a bird’s leg and releasing it. Each method of usage has a symbol and a meaning.
The sacrifices for the Jinns
Animal offerings. This are dependent on the need of the occasion and the demands of the client. Animals are the commonest but sometimes, accusations are thrown at certain rich individuals who don’t seems to be doing anything extra ordinary but they are strangely rich. This people are accused of involvement in human sacrifice for the jinns.
Money sometimes comes at a price. Hard work or dubious corrupt means, but the odd accusation of devilish wealth is a common utterances in Nigeria, the Gambia, Ghana, Senegal, in Europe and South America and even the U.S got their own kind of accusation of human sacrifices. I don’t mean here, unnecessary wars for diamond or oil or even gold. This sound ridiculous but as they say, there is no smoke without fire. The vomiting serpent.
What are the method of curing someone with marabout’s magic?
Some experts recommend drinking a pounded lotus tree leaves. The affected person should avoid sinful areas. He/she must perform his prayers on time and read the Quran very often. He can go to a righteous Muslim who is not into the marabout art to read the Quran over him. Some people also recommend the black seed oil, with honey. The zam zam water is also recommended. The constant read ing of ayatul kurdsi Quran 2: 255,20:69,7:117-122,10:81-82 and also surah 2:285 and 286. Many other duaas of the noble prophet.
The preventative measures against the marabouts evil work.
Again the performance of Sallah or prayer on time. Avoidance of sinful activities and places where act of immorality takes place.
Reading the last three surahs or chapters of the Quran before bed and after Fajr prayers in the morning. And also being in wudu (cleanliness) all the time. The Satan fears people in pure state. They can hardly affect you when one places his trust in God only and no one else. Eating only halal food earn honestly avoiding taking bribes and corrupt income and illegal drug money. Being just with people and between people under one’s control.
What is the punishment for magicians, fortune tellers, evil marabouts, astrologers?
Clearly the prophet of Islam stated that, anyone who visit a fortune teller and believes in what he has to say, his prayers for forty days will not be accepted. This means if one dies in that state, he is destining for hell. there are several methods of doing fortune telling, one which is acceptable is istikara. this is perform by an individual himself. no need to consult any one for this. the others are all forbidden according to hadith. marabouts use sand, palm, water, cards (this is very common, in fact this is what many use. it is call ramble.) many would advice their marabouts to do a istikara for them, the marabout conveniently do a ramble, it easy and more clearer.
What about if one make someone sick or separate couples? Only God can say what the extend of the punishment is.
How do fortune tellers sometimes give people accurate accounts or news?
It is stated that every person has two jinns with him or her at all times. This jinns are invincible to us but they are present with us all the time. One influence us positively and the other negatively.
The magician, voodoo master, marabouts, sorcerer has his own jinn that works for him. That Jinn or devil communicate with the bad or evil jinn with people. He gets some facts from him and then pass that information to the marabout or magician or marabout's jinn.
You may go to this marabouts and they can tell you your name and what happen to you in the past few days. This puzzle people. Many takes this as a great wonder and place this devil worshiper at a very high status. These are tricks. The two jinn communicate on things that one has already knows. Say you strongly intend to do something, the two Jinn automatically knows that. The place you live and the details about you are known to the jinn. So when you visit the marabouts, depending on his level of involvement with the Jinn, his jinn can get detail account of one’s life from the visiting person’s Jinn. This shouldn't’t be of any surprise and reasons to believe in the abilities of the marabout or magician. He has sold his soul already.
The jinn can predict the future inaccurately, just like people can use machine to forecast the future weather. The marabouts can surprise you with few future events, this may come to pass, but still he is getting such information in an evil way.
What about astrologers? to be continued insahalah.