The ruling on writing on a piece of paper and washing it off with water for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) from the evil eye
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The questioner:
Peace be upon you. This questioner says: You write the Mu'awwidhat and the Ayat al-Kursi on a piece of paper, then take a picture of it to show the person afflicted with the evil eye. Is this method a Shari'ah method?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question, do not rush.
The questioner:
He writes the Mu'awwidhat and the Ayat al-Kursi on a piece of paper, then takes a picture of it to show the person afflicted with the evil eye. Is this method a Shari'ah method?
The Shaykh:
This is a type of ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). Yes. The Imams, such as Imam Ahmad and Ibn al-Qayyim, mentioned that there is no harm in writing on a plate or a piece of paper, then washing it off with pure water and having the patient drink it. This is one of the permissible types of ruqyah. Yes.
Peace be upon you. This questioner says: You write the Mu'awwidhat and the Ayat al-Kursi on a piece of paper, then take a picture of it to show the person afflicted with the evil eye. Is this method a Shari'ah method?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question, do not rush.
The questioner:
He writes the Mu'awwidhat and the Ayat al-Kursi on a piece of paper, then takes a picture of it to show the person afflicted with the evil eye. Is this method a Shari'ah method?
The Shaykh:
This is a type of ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). Yes. The Imams, such as Imam Ahmad and Ibn al-Qayyim, mentioned that there is no harm in writing on a plate or a piece of paper, then washing it off with pure water and having the patient drink it. This is one of the permissible types of ruqyah. Yes.
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