What is used to treat the sick, and the ruling on reciting a verse or surah a specific number of times
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Question:
This is for the questioner who says: Reciting al-Fatihah seven times, the Throne Verse seven times, al-Kafirun and al-Nas seven times, and the first five verses of al-Baqarah. Is this a Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)?
Answer:
Shari'ah ruqyah is that one recites al-Fatihah over the sick person or the site of the affliction, because al-Fatihah is a ruqyah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 5736 and among its names is "the Ruqyah." So the sick person and the afflicted one are treated with it by reciting and blowing over them. Likewise, if one recites the verses that contain supplication to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) for healing, and what contains the need and matches the condition, such as the verse "And if I am ill, He is the One who cures." And other suitable verses.
As for specifying seven times, or the Throne Verse, or this, it has not been transmitted. It has not been transmitted to recite it once; that is what has been transmitted. And one recites the surah
This is for the questioner who says: Reciting al-Fatihah seven times, the Throne Verse seven times, al-Kafirun and al-Nas seven times, and the first five verses of al-Baqarah. Is this a Shari'ah ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)?
Answer:
Shari'ah ruqyah is that one recites al-Fatihah over the sick person or the site of the affliction, because al-Fatihah is a ruqyah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Some of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) came across a tribe amongst the tribes of the Arabs, and that tribe did not entertain them. While they were in that state, the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion). They said, (to the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) ), "Have you got any medicine with you or anybody who can treat with Ruqya?" The Prophet's companions said, "You refuse to entertain us, so we will not treat (your chief) unless you pay us for it." So they agreed to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them (the Prophet's companions) started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering his saliva and spitting it (at the snake-bite). The patient got cured and his people presented the sheep to them, but they said, "We will not take it unless we ask the Prophet (whether it is lawful)." When they asked him, he smiled and said, "How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? Take it (flock of sheep) and assign a share for me."
وما أدراك أنها رقيةAs for specifying seven times, or the Throne Verse, or this, it has not been transmitted. It has not been transmitted to recite it once; that is what has been transmitted. And one recites the surah
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1785 - ما يرقى به المريض، وحكم قراءة آية أو سورة بعدد معين - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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