Main Puteri: Healing or Faith?

This ritual looks Islamic. There are Quranic verses. There are prayers.

There is healing. But there is also trance, spirit voices, and ancient rituals

that date back generations. And it raises one uncomfortable question: When healing feels

spiritual, how do we know it is still Islamic? In parts of

Kelantan and Southern Thailand, there is a traditional healing ritual called Main Puteri.

A healer chants, a patient enters trance, and spirits are spoken to.

People go because doctors say nothing is wrong, and medication does not work.

When science fails, people look for meaning, not medicine. But Islam also