The Conditions of Lawful Ruqyah and Going to the Ruqah Practitioners
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The questioner:
Your question, my brother. I have a question, Shaykh, about what has spread among us in the villages, which is called lawful ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). They put up signs, gather people, and spray them, saying, "You, O woman, you have the evil eye on you," and "You, O woman, you are bewitched," and "You, O woman, I do not want to cure you." Instead of the haram (forbidden) things they talk about with each other, the Shaykh says some of them are average, and some of them have nothing but a sixth-grade education. Long live you. They put them in a room at the door, they put honey in it, they put water in it, ten riyals for the bottle, half a riyal, they put it in, whatever. It is just them, Shaykh, and their spread in the villages and their playing with the common people for half a year. Thank you, thank you.
The Shaykh:
Yes. What is the question?
The presenter:
He means, Honorable Shaykh, that there are people who perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) without having any Shari'ah knowledge, and people gather around this raqi (practitioner of ruqyah). What are the conditions for ruqyah and for going to these raqi?
The Shaykh:
The conditions for ruqyah are: first, sound 'aqidah (creed), meaning that the person must be from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and sound creed. Second, that he has knowledge of ruqyah. Third, that the ruqyah be in the Arabic language that is understood, not in a foreign language. Fourth, that he believes that ruqyah is one of the causes, and that ruqyah itself is not what heals the patient, but rather it is one of the causes. So he performs it, relies upon Allah, and hopes for its benefit. Yes.
Your question, my brother. I have a question, Shaykh, about what has spread among us in the villages, which is called lawful ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). They put up signs, gather people, and spray them, saying, "You, O woman, you have the evil eye on you," and "You, O woman, you are bewitched," and "You, O woman, I do not want to cure you." Instead of the haram (forbidden) things they talk about with each other, the Shaykh says some of them are average, and some of them have nothing but a sixth-grade education. Long live you. They put them in a room at the door, they put honey in it, they put water in it, ten riyals for the bottle, half a riyal, they put it in, whatever. It is just them, Shaykh, and their spread in the villages and their playing with the common people for half a year. Thank you, thank you.
The Shaykh:
Yes. What is the question?
The presenter:
He means, Honorable Shaykh, that there are people who perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) without having any Shari'ah knowledge, and people gather around this raqi (practitioner of ruqyah). What are the conditions for ruqyah and for going to these raqi?
The Shaykh:
The conditions for ruqyah are: first, sound 'aqidah (creed), meaning that the person must be from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and sound creed. Second, that he has knowledge of ruqyah. Third, that the ruqyah be in the Arabic language that is understood, not in a foreign language. Fourth, that he believes that ruqyah is one of the causes, and that ruqyah itself is not what heals the patient, but rather it is one of the causes. So he performs it, relies upon Allah, and hopes for its benefit. Yes.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 20-05-1436هـ — af.org.sa (13:23)
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