Is cauterisation or burning the skin part of ruqya?

No. Some material in this field lists cauterisation or pricking as a way to weaken a jinn. This should not be done.

Deliberately burning skin causes injury, scarring and infection risk, and it has no place in ruqya. Ruqya is recitation.

It is worth noting that the Prophet, peace be upon him, expressed reservation about cauterisation even in its medical context of his time, where it was used to stop bleeding and treat wounds. It was a surgical measure of last resort, not a technique for spiritual treatment.

If any practitioner proposes burning, branding, pricking, or any procedure that breaks or marks the skin, leave. The same applies to extreme heat, extreme cold, prolonged restraint, striking, or forced fasting.

None of these is ruqya, all of them cause harm, and people including children have died in sessions where they were permitted.