The Meaning of "They Do Not Seek Ruqyah" and Self-Administered Ruqyah with the Mu'awwidhat
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The questioner:
And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the people of the Surah of Shaykh Abdullah who enter Paradise without Islam, that they do not enter and they do not seek ruqyah.
The Shaykh:
No, he did not say "they do not seek ruqyah," he did not say "they do not seek ruqyah," he said "they do not seek ruqyah," meaning they do not ask others for it, because asking people for this involves humiliation. As for them performing ruqyah, this is prescribed. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah and was the subject of ruqyah, and this is a good deed. You perform ruqyah on the sick person and supplicate for his healing; this is a good deed. What is disliked, and not forbidden or haram, is that you ask someone else for ruqyah, but it is disliked as a lesser dislike (makruh tanzihi), because being independent of people is better. This is what is required. Yes.
The questioner:
I recite the two Mu'awwidhat and al-Fatihah, then I blow into my hands and advise that he gather his sides and remember in this sunnah.
The Shaykh:
This is ruqyah, this is good. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do this. He used to blow into his hands and recite Surah al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat, and wipe with them whatever part of his body he could, (peace and blessings be upon him). And this is not seeking ruqyah from others; this is ruqyah where he performs ruqyah on himself. Yes.
The presenter:
I invoke Allah for you.
And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the people of the Surah of Shaykh Abdullah who enter Paradise without Islam, that they do not enter and they do not seek ruqyah.
The Shaykh:
No, he did not say "they do not seek ruqyah," he did not say "they do not seek ruqyah," he said "they do not seek ruqyah," meaning they do not ask others for it, because asking people for this involves humiliation. As for them performing ruqyah, this is prescribed. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah and was the subject of ruqyah, and this is a good deed. You perform ruqyah on the sick person and supplicate for his healing; this is a good deed. What is disliked, and not forbidden or haram, is that you ask someone else for ruqyah, but it is disliked as a lesser dislike (makruh tanzihi), because being independent of people is better. This is what is required. Yes.
The questioner:
I recite the two Mu'awwidhat and al-Fatihah, then I blow into my hands and advise that he gather his sides and remember in this sunnah.
The Shaykh:
This is ruqyah, this is good. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do this. He used to blow into his hands and recite Surah al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat, and wipe with them whatever part of his body he could, (peace and blessings be upon him). And this is not seeking ruqyah from others; this is ruqyah where he performs ruqyah on himself. Yes.
The presenter:
I invoke Allah for you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 15 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / التجوز في القول وترك التكلف والتنطع/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة — youtube.com (50:31)
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