Advice to Ruqyah Practitioners and the Spread of Material Greed in Ruqyah
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, nowadays the talk about the topic of ruqyah and the ruqyah practitioners has spread or increased, ranging from those who are lax to those who are strict. The practices of the ruqyah practitioners now, some of them are in accordance with what the Sunnah brought, and some may be the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of some of the ruqyah practitioners, may Allah guide us and them. So what is your guidance and advice for the ruqyah practitioners?
Answer:
Ruqyah has now been infiltrated by material greed. This material greed has led to people entering the field who do not know how to perform it, seeking only material gain, or people with bad creed entering it for material gain, or people who mix it with shirk-based invocations and talismans. All of this is due to the greed behind ruqyah. Ruqyah has become a profession and a trade. What is it?
This is not permissible. This is not permissible. Only one who is knowledgeable about ruqyah and has a sound creed should perform it. He should have a desire to benefit his brother, and his desire should not be for money only, but rather he should have a desire to benefit his sick brother. If he is given some money, there is no harm in him taking it. However, making it a profession and opening shops is an exaggeration in ruqyah. Also, it is a pursuit of greed only, not for the benefit of people. As we mentioned, sorcerers and charlatans may enter into it. They read from books of sorcery and recite them to people for material gain, because there are books of sorcery under the name of ruqyah.
It contains sorcery, it contains evil, it contains seeking help from the jinn, seeking help from the devils, and it contains calling for aid from other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Therefore, the ruqyah practitioner must be knowledgeable, have insight, be trustworthy, and have a sound creed. He must not be a charlatan or a sorcerer. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, nowadays the talk about the topic of ruqyah and the ruqyah practitioners has spread or increased, ranging from those who are lax to those who are strict. The practices of the ruqyah practitioners now, some of them are in accordance with what the Sunnah brought, and some may be the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of some of the ruqyah practitioners, may Allah guide us and them. So what is your guidance and advice for the ruqyah practitioners?
Answer:
Ruqyah has now been infiltrated by material greed. This material greed has led to people entering the field who do not know how to perform it, seeking only material gain, or people with bad creed entering it for material gain, or people who mix it with shirk-based invocations and talismans. All of this is due to the greed behind ruqyah. Ruqyah has become a profession and a trade. What is it?
This is not permissible. This is not permissible. Only one who is knowledgeable about ruqyah and has a sound creed should perform it. He should have a desire to benefit his brother, and his desire should not be for money only, but rather he should have a desire to benefit his sick brother. If he is given some money, there is no harm in him taking it. However, making it a profession and opening shops is an exaggeration in ruqyah. Also, it is a pursuit of greed only, not for the benefit of people. As we mentioned, sorcerers and charlatans may enter into it. They read from books of sorcery and recite them to people for material gain, because there are books of sorcery under the name of ruqyah.
It contains sorcery, it contains evil, it contains seeking help from the jinn, seeking help from the devils, and it contains calling for aid from other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Therefore, the ruqyah practitioner must be knowledgeable, have insight, be trustworthy, and have a sound creed. He must not be a charlatan or a sorcerer. Yes.
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