What is your opinion on people going to a well located in Mughayil 'Asir, whom they believe contains healing in its water?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In our southern region, people have been deceived by a well located in Mughayil 'Asir, and they believe that it contains healing. So they bathe in it, drink from it, and travel long distances for its sake. What is the ruling on their doing this? And what is the advice for the people?
Answer:
It is obligatory that a report be written about this well and what happens there, and that it be submitted to the Ifta' department, and they will look into it, if Allah wills.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In our southern region, people have been deceived by a well located in Mughayil 'Asir, and they believe that it contains healing. So they bathe in it, drink from it, and travel long distances for its sake. What is the ruling on their doing this? And what is the advice for the people?
Answer:
It is obligatory that a report be written about this well and what happens there, and that it be submitted to the Ifta' department, and they will look into it, if Allah wills.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1896- 4717] ما رأيكم بقصد الناس لبئر يقع في محايل عسير يعتقدون أن في مائه الشفاء؟ -صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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