Healing by Ruqyah and Sorcery
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Question:
He asks: How is healing by the Qur'an done? And is it permissible to go to a sorcerer in order to break the sorcery?
Answer:
Healing by the Qur'an is through ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), where one recites over the patient and blows on him. One recites and blows on the patient, or recites into water and gives it to the patient to drink. This is the ruqyah in the Qur'an. As for sorcery, it is not permissible to practice it, neither for healing nor for anything else, because it is kufr (disbelief). Is it permissible for a person to commit kufr in order to be healed? No, this is not permissible. One does not commit kufr.[Al-Baqarah 2:102] Teaching sorcery and practicing sorcery is kufr. It is not permissible, neither for healing nor for anything else.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek medical treatment, but do not seek treatment with what is haram (forbidden)." Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is among the greatest of what is haram, and sorcery is among the greatest of what is haram. It is not permissible to seek treatment with sorcery. Allah has made the Muslims rich with what is halal (lawful) and with lawful medicine. Allah did not send down a disease without sending down for it a cure, which He has made known to those who know it and unknown to those who do not know it. It is a permissible cure.
He asks: How is healing by the Qur'an done? And is it permissible to go to a sorcerer in order to break the sorcery?
Answer:
Healing by the Qur'an is through ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), where one recites over the patient and blows on him. One recites and blows on the patient, or recites into water and gives it to the patient to drink. This is the ruqyah in the Qur'an. As for sorcery, it is not permissible to practice it, neither for healing nor for anything else, because it is kufr (disbelief). Is it permissible for a person to commit kufr in order to be healed? No, this is not permissible. One does not commit kufr.
But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve
وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek medical treatment, but do not seek treatment with what is haram (forbidden)." Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is among the greatest of what is haram, and sorcery is among the greatest of what is haram. It is not permissible to seek treatment with sorcery. Allah has made the Muslims rich with what is halal (lawful) and with lawful medicine. Allah did not send down a disease without sending down for it a cure, which He has made known to those who know it and unknown to those who do not know it. It is a permissible cure.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يكون العلاج بالقرآن؟ وهل يجوز الذهاب للساحر لفك السحر؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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