The Attributes of the Ruqah Practitioners: Lighting a Fire and Dedication of Qur'anic Recitation to the Wife
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Question:
A young woman says, “May Allah guide you, O Shaykh. Some of the green [practitioners] described a woman as needing to bathe with water from every source, and they said it is beneficial if it is for the evil eye. Then they described another woman as needing to light a fire, and after using it, extinguish it with water in front of the imam, with the woman above the fire. This is a metaphor for the bowing of prostration or the rain, and she has it with her. They also described that the husband should recite some surahs and dedicate the reward to his wife, meaning he dedicates the reward of the recitation. Is this permissible as you see it?”
Answer:
As for reciting the Qur'an and dedicating it to the two matters, there is no evidence for this, and it is not permissible; rather, it is an innovation. However, reciting over the woman, blowing on her, and holding her hand is established; this is ruqah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), where one recites something good over her. But reciting the Qur'an and dedicating it, or dedicating its reward, to a living person or a dead person is not established and is not permissible. As for extinguishing the fire, this is from the practices of the sorcerers. Extinguishing the fire extinguishes the evil eye and extinguishes [the affliction]; this is sorcery. It is not permissible to do this with dreams. This is not permissible, just like pouring molten lead, where they say they place water on the head of the sick person and pour lead into it, imagining that it will reveal the sorcery and show its image. This is the work of Satan. They call it pouring lead; this is the work of Satan. Are these actions not permissible? I say that it is not permissible to go to anyone except a person who is trusted in his knowledge and trusted in his creed, so that these entrances and these sorceries do not enter.
A young woman says, “May Allah guide you, O Shaykh. Some of the green [practitioners] described a woman as needing to bathe with water from every source, and they said it is beneficial if it is for the evil eye. Then they described another woman as needing to light a fire, and after using it, extinguish it with water in front of the imam, with the woman above the fire. This is a metaphor for the bowing of prostration or the rain, and she has it with her. They also described that the husband should recite some surahs and dedicate the reward to his wife, meaning he dedicates the reward of the recitation. Is this permissible as you see it?”
Answer:
As for reciting the Qur'an and dedicating it to the two matters, there is no evidence for this, and it is not permissible; rather, it is an innovation. However, reciting over the woman, blowing on her, and holding her hand is established; this is ruqah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), where one recites something good over her. But reciting the Qur'an and dedicating it, or dedicating its reward, to a living person or a dead person is not established and is not permissible. As for extinguishing the fire, this is from the practices of the sorcerers. Extinguishing the fire extinguishes the evil eye and extinguishes [the affliction]; this is sorcery. It is not permissible to do this with dreams. This is not permissible, just like pouring molten lead, where they say they place water on the head of the sick person and pour lead into it, imagining that it will reveal the sorcery and show its image. This is the work of Satan. They call it pouring lead; this is the work of Satan. Are these actions not permissible? I say that it is not permissible to go to anyone except a person who is trusted in his knowledge and trusted in his creed, so that these entrances and these sorceries do not enter.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [31] — alfawzan.live (1:14:18)
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