Is a recorded ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) on a tape sufficient?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: You mentioned that recitation for the purpose of ruqyah is an act of worship and requires intention. Therefore, is it permissible for me to record Surat al-Baqarah with my voice on a tape and have it played in the home with the intention that the jinn must flee from the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited?
Answer:
This does not achieve the intended purpose. The tape does not achieve the intended purpose because the tape is inanimate; the voice is stored in the tape and confined in the tape, and it is inanimate. The recitation in the house must be from a reciter, because recitation is an act of worship that a tape does not perform. It must be from a reciter who recites Surat al-Baqarah.
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: You mentioned that recitation for the purpose of ruqyah is an act of worship and requires intention. Therefore, is it permissible for me to record Surat al-Baqarah with my voice on a tape and have it played in the home with the intention that the jinn must flee from the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited?
Answer:
This does not achieve the intended purpose. The tape does not achieve the intended purpose because the tape is inanimate; the voice is stored in the tape and confined in the tape, and it is inanimate. The recitation in the house must be from a reciter, because recitation is an act of worship that a tape does not perform. It must be from a reciter who recites Surat al-Baqarah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تكفي الرقية المسجلة على الشريط؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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