What is the difference between asking a righteous man for supplication and asking him for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between asking a righteous man for supplication and asking him for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? The former is permitted, while the latter is disliked, and in both cases, one is relying on a created being?
The Shaykh:
I do not know what the question is.
The questioner:
He says: What is the difference between asking a righteous man for supplication and asking him for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? The former is permitted, while the latter is disliked, and in both cases.
The Shaykh:
There is a difference between the two. Asking for supplication or asking for ruqyah. Ruqyah is supplication. You ask him to supplicate for your healing. So both are asking for supplication. Asking a created being for supplication is permissible. If he is righteous and his supplication is expected to be accepted, it is permissible for you to ask him. However, you supplicating to Allah yourself and not needing anyone is better. So it is disliked in the sense that this involves needing a created being, and whenever you can do without a created being, that is better for you. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between asking a righteous man for supplication and asking him for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? The former is permitted, while the latter is disliked, and in both cases, one is relying on a created being?
The Shaykh:
I do not know what the question is.
The questioner:
He says: What is the difference between asking a righteous man for supplication and asking him for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? The former is permitted, while the latter is disliked, and in both cases.
The Shaykh:
There is a difference between the two. Asking for supplication or asking for ruqyah. Ruqyah is supplication. You ask him to supplicate for your healing. So both are asking for supplication. Asking a created being for supplication is permissible. If he is righteous and his supplication is expected to be accepted, it is permissible for you to ask him. However, you supplicating to Allah yourself and not needing anyone is better. So it is disliked in the sense that this involves needing a created being, and whenever you can do without a created being, that is better for you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [805 /1350] ما الفرق بين طلب الدعاء من الرجل الصالح، وبين طلب الرقية منه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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