Going to the reciter to seek reassurance regarding illnesses
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Question:
Is there any harm in going to one who treats with the Qur'an to seek reassurance for oneself regarding illnesses?
Answer:
The one whom Allah has kept healthy should not go. The one whom Allah has kept healthy should praise Allah and not go. It leads to doubts in him; he says, "I want to go to the reciter so he can recite over me, I am afraid there is something in me." Perhaps Shaytan will take advantage of him, and he will abandon it. The one whom Allah has kept healthy, and his reciting over himself, and his reciting in the morning and evening, and his increasing in the remembrance of Allah, is better for him than going to someone and saying, "Recite over me, by the permission of Allah." This is part of the matter of the people who do not seek ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) in the description of the seventy thousand; they do not seek ruqyah, meaning they do not ask others for ruqyah, because this involves humiliation before people and asking people.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Is there any harm in going to one who treats with the Qur'an to seek reassurance for oneself regarding illnesses?
Answer:
The one whom Allah has kept healthy should not go. The one whom Allah has kept healthy should praise Allah and not go. It leads to doubts in him; he says, "I want to go to the reciter so he can recite over me, I am afraid there is something in me." Perhaps Shaytan will take advantage of him, and he will abandon it. The one whom Allah has kept healthy, and his reciting over himself, and his reciting in the morning and evening, and his increasing in the remembrance of Allah, is better for him than going to someone and saying, "Recite over me, by the permission of Allah." This is part of the matter of the people who do not seek ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) in the description of the seventy thousand; they do not seek ruqyah, meaning they do not ask others for ruqyah, because this involves humiliation before people and asking people.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [36] — alfawzan.live (51:36)
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