The Ruling on Reciting al-Fatihah over Herbs and Medicines
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it prescribed to recite al-Fatihah over herbs and medicines when taking them for treatment and continuing to do so, or is this considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
This is one of the charlatans who make a living with money. He does not recite over the herbs; he recites directly over the patient. He wipes over him, he blows on him. He does not recite over something and give it to the patient; rather, he does it directly. He blows on him, he recites over him, he performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) in water and he drinks it. There is no harm in that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it prescribed to recite al-Fatihah over herbs and medicines when taking them for treatment and continuing to do so, or is this considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
This is one of the charlatans who make a living with money. He does not recite over the herbs; he recites directly over the patient. He wipes over him, he blows on him. He does not recite over something and give it to the patient; rather, he does it directly. He blows on him, he recites over him, he performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) in water and he drinks it. There is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 127-2 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|المناسك|طواف القدوم والرمل والاضطباع فيه|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (1:11:15)
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