1. He asks patient’s his Mother’s name.
2. He takes a sweaty garment from the patient (a piece of cloth, hat, etc)
3. He sometimes asks for an animal, with certain specifications, in order to slaughter it without saying the name of Allah.
4. He may use the sacrificial blood to stain some painful areas of the patient, or throw the carcass in ruined site.
5. He writes incantations. Sometimes the incantations are written with rose water, or urine mixed with rose water, or blood of menses mixed in rose water or Saffron water.
6. He recites unclear incantations.
7. He gives the patient a hijab (incantation written on a piece of paper), which contains squares within which figures or letters are written.
8. He instructs the patient to isolate himself in a dark room and not to talk with people for certain period of time.
9. He instructs patient not to touch water for certain period of time, usually 40 days, this indicates the particular jinn working for sahir magician is a Christian jinn.
10. He gives the patient some pieces of paper to burn to use as incense for their body.
11. He murmurs unclear words.
12. He sometimes informs the patient his name, his town and reason for his visit.
13. He writes broken letters on a piece of paper (hijab) on a plate made of white porcelain, and instructs the patient to dissolve the writing in water, and then drink it.