Ruling on touching a woman during ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)
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Question:
He says: I am a practitioner of ruqyah, and I perform it on those who suffer from obsessive thoughts, specifically. Sometimes women come to me. Is it permissible for me to touch this woman, given that it is a necessity?
Answer:
No, there is no harm in reciting over her while she is veiled and without seclusion, in the presence of her mahram (a relative one may not marry). You recite over her and blow on her without seclusion, and she should be covered in her entire body, and you do not touch her with your hand. Fatwas have been issued by the Permanent Committee prohibiting touching a woman on the pretext that one is reciting over her. So, you recite and blow on her from a distance, and you also recite over water for the woman to drink. This is the same treatment that involves no harm. Yes.
He says: I am a practitioner of ruqyah, and I perform it on those who suffer from obsessive thoughts, specifically. Sometimes women come to me. Is it permissible for me to touch this woman, given that it is a necessity?
Answer:
No, there is no harm in reciting over her while she is veiled and without seclusion, in the presence of her mahram (a relative one may not marry). You recite over her and blow on her without seclusion, and she should be covered in her entire body, and you do not touch her with your hand. Fatwas have been issued by the Permanent Committee prohibiting touching a woman on the pretext that one is reciting over her. So, you recite and blow on her from a distance, and you also recite over water for the woman to drink. This is the same treatment that involves no harm. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-079-قنوات السحر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (35:08)
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