Is it permissible for us to go to someone who performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) if we do not understand some of what the ruqi (healer) says?
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The questioner : Regarding the Shaykh who harms people, he may recite, meaning, gibberish or things that may be from the gibberish of the Shayatin (Satan). Is there, for example, no requirement for the one who takes from the Shaykh that he recite, meaning, aloud so that the one being recited to knows what the Shaykh is saying? Are they verses from the Qur'an or not?
The Shaykh : And it is required.
The questioner : And likewise, if a person is forced to make this Shaykh recite, he would be sinful, and he knows that this Shaykh, for example, did not use verses from the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : And it is required in ruqyah; it has conditions. The first condition is that it does not contain shirk (associating partners with Allah). If it contains shirk, then it is haram (forbidden) and not permissible, just as if one were calling upon the Shayatin or calling upon the awliya (close friends of Allah) or the like. The second is that its meaning must be known. If it is unknown, like talismans and gibberish, where you hear the reciter only gibberishing, then it is not permissible until its meaning is known. Do we require that it be in the Arabic language or not?
The questioner : Capable. Huh? Capable.
The Shaykh : We say that it is not a condition. If it is not from the Qur'an, it is not a condition. But if he is reciting to an Arab person, let it be in Arabic so that he understands what is being recited to him; otherwise, it is not necessary, even if it is not in Arabic. Did you see? O Shaykh, I and so on. Based on this, it is not permissible for us to go to a reciter who recites while we strongly suspect that he is reciting with what is shirk, and it is not permissible, because we would be assisting him in his shirk, and because this shirk does not benefit at all, and if it appears to benefit, the thing that happened to him was not by it, but by way of trial and test.
The Shaykh : And it is required.
The questioner : And likewise, if a person is forced to make this Shaykh recite, he would be sinful, and he knows that this Shaykh, for example, did not use verses from the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : And it is required in ruqyah; it has conditions. The first condition is that it does not contain shirk (associating partners with Allah). If it contains shirk, then it is haram (forbidden) and not permissible, just as if one were calling upon the Shayatin or calling upon the awliya (close friends of Allah) or the like. The second is that its meaning must be known. If it is unknown, like talismans and gibberish, where you hear the reciter only gibberishing, then it is not permissible until its meaning is known. Do we require that it be in the Arabic language or not?
The questioner : Capable. Huh? Capable.
The Shaykh : We say that it is not a condition. If it is not from the Qur'an, it is not a condition. But if he is reciting to an Arab person, let it be in Arabic so that he understands what is being recited to him; otherwise, it is not necessary, even if it is not in Arabic. Did you see? O Shaykh, I and so on. Based on this, it is not permissible for us to go to a reciter who recites while we strongly suspect that he is reciting with what is shirk, and it is not permissible, because we would be assisting him in his shirk, and because this shirk does not benefit at all, and if it appears to benefit, the thing that happened to him was not by it, but by way of trial and test.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2537 - 4600 هل يجوز أن نذهب لمن يرقي إذا كنا لا نفهم بعضاً مما يقوله الراقي؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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