The question/claim: "For the evil eye or magic, is pouring lead, visiting a spell-breaker / jinn-hodja, or putting an amulet in water a religious remedy? Or is it superstition?"
What does the Qur'an say? — magic is real, but the cure is with God
The Qur'an affirms magic exists yet ties it to disbelief:
"…the devils taught people magic… they learned what harmed them and did not benefit them…" (2:102)
Protection and healing rest on the Qur'an and on refuge in God:
"We send down of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for the believers…" (17:82)
"Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak / the Lord of mankind…" (113:1; 114:1)
Lawful ≠ superstition
- Lawful ruqyah: reciting the Qur'an (esp. al-Fātiḥa, al-Falaq, an-Nās), supplicating, seeking refuge in God. This is in the Sunnah and is permitted.
- Superstition/charlatanry: pouring lead, casting amulets into water, "untying" knot-magic, getting "news" from jinn, or charging money saying "so-and-so bewitched you." These themselves often fall into magic/charlatanry, and claiming knowledge of the unseen is contrary to monotheism.
- A healer claiming to know the unseen or to guarantee a cure contradicts the principle that healing is from God alone.
An honest limit
- Certain: magic appears in the Qur'an; guarding against it is through refuge in God, supplication and the Qur'an.
- Cultural/superstition: lead-pouring, the jinn-hodja, talismans — these originate in folk sorcery, not a command of the religion; some carry a direct risk of magic/shirk.
Conclusion: we do not deny that magic exists; but its remedy in the Qur'an is refuge in God and supplication. Pouring lead and spell-breaking are not a religious cure — they are often superstition or charlatanry in themselves.
Source: Qur'anic verses (M. Okuyan meal). The line between lawful ruqyah and superstition follows the authentic Sunnah; not a fiqh fatwa.