The Ruling on Relying Solely on a Tape of Ruqyah (Healing by Qur'anic Recitation)
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: If singing affects the heart,
The Shaykh:
that is, any of the types of it, any of the types.
The questioner:
If singing affects the heart, what is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, to the one who says that the prescribed ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) is beneficial, even if he hears it on a tape?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, this is not permissible, this is not permissible. It is for Allah, and a supplication for the sick person, a cure for the sick person by the permission of Allah. It is an act, a work, an act of worship. The tape is not sufficient. The act must be performed, just as the adhan (call to prayer) is not sufficient from a tape; a mu'adhdhin (one who calls to prayer) is required, because the adhan is an act and the iqamah (second call) is an act. Reciting the Qur'an is an act; it is not sufficient from a tape. However, it is permissible for a person to listen to the tape in order to correct his recitation and learn the correct recitation. But to consider it a ruqyah, to consider that the tape is sufficient in place of the ruqyah, that is not allowed.
The ruqyah is an act, and an act must be performed by a Muslim. The tape is a machine, the tape is a machine. It does not perform the prescribed act of worship.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: If singing affects the heart,
The Shaykh:
that is, any of the types of it, any of the types.
The questioner:
If singing affects the heart, what is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, to the one who says that the prescribed ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) is beneficial, even if he hears it on a tape?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, this is not permissible, this is not permissible. It is for Allah, and a supplication for the sick person, a cure for the sick person by the permission of Allah. It is an act, a work, an act of worship. The tape is not sufficient. The act must be performed, just as the adhan (call to prayer) is not sufficient from a tape; a mu'adhdhin (one who calls to prayer) is required, because the adhan is an act and the iqamah (second call) is an act. Reciting the Qur'an is an act; it is not sufficient from a tape. However, it is permissible for a person to listen to the tape in order to correct his recitation and learn the correct recitation. But to consider it a ruqyah, to consider that the tape is sufficient in place of the ruqyah, that is not allowed.
The ruqyah is an act, and an act must be performed by a Muslim. The tape is a machine, the tape is a machine. It does not perform the prescribed act of worship.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 64 من 64/شرح القصيدة النونية/يا أيها القارئ لها اجلس مجلس الحكم الأمين/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (49:46)
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