What is the ruling on paying a fee to a Ruqyah practitioner?
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Question:
Is it permissible to pay a fee to the one who recites over a vessel?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible to pay a fee for Ruqyah. It is permissible to pay a fee for Ruqyah. The story of those who performed Ruqyah on the one bitten by a scorpion among the Companions: they conditioned that he give them a flock of sheep, so they performed the Ruqyah on him, and he was cured and the pain was removed from him. They came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him. He said: "The most deserving of what you have taken a fee for is the Book of Allah." Yes. So he approved them in that. Yes.
Is it permissible to pay a fee to the one who recites over a vessel?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible to pay a fee for Ruqyah. It is permissible to pay a fee for Ruqyah. The story of those who performed Ruqyah on the one bitten by a scorpion among the Companions: they conditioned that he give them a flock of sheep, so they performed the Ruqyah on him, and he was cured and the pain was removed from him. They came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him. He said: "The most deserving of what you have taken a fee for is the Book of Allah." Yes. So he approved them in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم دفع أجرة للراقي؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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