What is Ruqyah and what are its conditions?
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Question:
He says: What is Ruqyah, what are its conditions, and what is its ruling?
Answer:
Ruqyah is reciting over the sick or afflicted person, reciting something from the Qur'an and blowing on them by the reciter, reciting some of the lawful supplications and lawful seekings of refuge, then blowing on the afflicted person or on the place of pain. Reciting over the one bitten by a snake or stung by a scorpion from those that have venom—this is the lawful Ruqyah, and it is a cause of healing by the permission of Allah. One recites Surat al-Fatihah, which is the greatest of the Ruqyahs, and recites Surat al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat (chapters of seeking refuge), and blows on the sick person. One also recites whatever is easy for him of the Qur'an, especially the verses appropriate to the illness for which the Ruqyah is intended. So if one recites over someone afflicted with sorcery, for example, he recites over him the verses that were revealed regarding sorcery from the various surahs. As for the conditions of Ruqyah, they are that it be from the Qur'an or from the lawful supplications, and not with supplications that are not transmitted, or with unknown words, or with polytheistic seekings of refuge.
Second, that it be with Arabic words, not with a word. Third, that the intention of the Ruqi (practitioner) and the one being treated be that their intention with it is to obtain healing from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and that they do not rely on the Ruqyah, but rather they rely on Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and the Ruqyah is only a cause.
Among the causes of healing by the permission of Allah. So the reliance is not on the Ruqyah, and the person, whether the Ruqi or the one being treated, does not believe that healing occurs by the Ruqyah, but rather he believes that healing is from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and that the Ruqyah is only one of the causes.
He says: What is Ruqyah, what are its conditions, and what is its ruling?
Answer:
Ruqyah is reciting over the sick or afflicted person, reciting something from the Qur'an and blowing on them by the reciter, reciting some of the lawful supplications and lawful seekings of refuge, then blowing on the afflicted person or on the place of pain. Reciting over the one bitten by a snake or stung by a scorpion from those that have venom—this is the lawful Ruqyah, and it is a cause of healing by the permission of Allah. One recites Surat al-Fatihah, which is the greatest of the Ruqyahs, and recites Surat al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat (chapters of seeking refuge), and blows on the sick person. One also recites whatever is easy for him of the Qur'an, especially the verses appropriate to the illness for which the Ruqyah is intended. So if one recites over someone afflicted with sorcery, for example, he recites over him the verses that were revealed regarding sorcery from the various surahs. As for the conditions of Ruqyah, they are that it be from the Qur'an or from the lawful supplications, and not with supplications that are not transmitted, or with unknown words, or with polytheistic seekings of refuge.
Second, that it be with Arabic words, not with a word. Third, that the intention of the Ruqi (practitioner) and the one being treated be that their intention with it is to obtain healing from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and that they do not rely on the Ruqyah, but rather they rely on Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and the Ruqyah is only a cause.
Among the causes of healing by the permission of Allah. So the reliance is not on the Ruqyah, and the person, whether the Ruqi or the one being treated, does not believe that healing occurs by the Ruqyah, but rather he believes that healing is from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and that the Ruqyah is only one of the causes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي الرقية وما هي شروطها؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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