Advice for Ruqah Practitioners Regarding Ruling on Those Afflicted by the Evil Eye or Sorcery
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Question:
He says: We hope Your Eminence will offer advice to those ruqah practitioners who rush to issue rulings, attributing the condition of those who come to them to the evil eye, sorcery, or the like.
Answer:
A ruqah practitioner must have knowledge of ruqah and possess sound belief. He must have sound belief and be aware of the rulings concerning ruqah. Not everyone has sound belief, nor does everyone know the matters of lawful ruqah. If the practitioner has knowledge and sound belief, his only duty is to recite and make du'a for the afflicted person. As for saying to him, "You are bewitched," "You have the evil eye," or "You are such and such," that is not permissible. He should say, "You are ill, and I am reciting over you, and the matter is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) alone." That is his function.
He is not a doctor who diagnoses, nor does he know. It is not permissible for him to associate people with one another, saying, "So-and-so bewitched you" or "So-and-so bewitched you," thereby sowing enmity among people. That is not permissible. He must recite over the person and make du'a for him. That is all. He should not say, "You are bewitched," "You have the evil eye," or "You have such and such." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
He says: We hope Your Eminence will offer advice to those ruqah practitioners who rush to issue rulings, attributing the condition of those who come to them to the evil eye, sorcery, or the like.
Answer:
A ruqah practitioner must have knowledge of ruqah and possess sound belief. He must have sound belief and be aware of the rulings concerning ruqah. Not everyone has sound belief, nor does everyone know the matters of lawful ruqah. If the practitioner has knowledge and sound belief, his only duty is to recite and make du'a for the afflicted person. As for saying to him, "You are bewitched," "You have the evil eye," or "You are such and such," that is not permissible. He should say, "You are ill, and I am reciting over you, and the matter is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) alone." That is his function.
He is not a doctor who diagnoses, nor does he know. It is not permissible for him to associate people with one another, saying, "So-and-so bewitched you" or "So-and-so bewitched you," thereby sowing enmity among people. That is not permissible. He must recite over the person and make du'a for him. That is all. He should not say, "You are bewitched," "You have the evil eye," or "You have such and such." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-016-الإيمان حقيقته أركانه شعبه ثمراته|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:59)
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