Taking a fee for dream interpretation and ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a dream interpreter to take a fee for his interpretation, and to make that his source of livelihood?
The Shaykh:
This was not known among the Salaf (the earliest generations) or among the recognized scholars of knowledge; this was not known, yes. Moreover, dream interpretation is only speculative; one may be correct or one may not. You take something for something, you take money for something you do not know whether it is correct or not. This is not appropriate, and you do not set up a place for dream interpretation. You do not make dream interpretation a source of earning.
Because it is a guess; one may be correct or one may not. Often one is correct, and often one is not. So how can you take money for it? As for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), there is nothing wrong with it, because it is reported that one may take a fee for it. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, and Honorable.
The Shaykh:
Even with ruqyah, you do not make it a profession. You do not make it a trade for you, a source by which you live. The Salaf (the earliest generations) did not do this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible for a dream interpreter to take a fee for his interpretation, and to make that his source of livelihood?
The Shaykh:
This was not known among the Salaf (the earliest generations) or among the recognized scholars of knowledge; this was not known, yes. Moreover, dream interpretation is only speculative; one may be correct or one may not. You take something for something, you take money for something you do not know whether it is correct or not. This is not appropriate, and you do not set up a place for dream interpretation. You do not make dream interpretation a source of earning.
Because it is a guess; one may be correct or one may not. Often one is correct, and often one is not. So how can you take money for it? As for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), there is nothing wrong with it, because it is reported that one may take a fee for it. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, and Honorable.
The Shaykh:
Even with ruqyah, you do not make it a profession. You do not make it a trade for you, a source by which you live. The Salaf (the earliest generations) did not do this. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 07-01-1435هـ — af.org.sa (1:00:41)
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