What is the ruling on sitting at the doors of mosques and asking the worshippers to blow on water for a sick person to drink?

The questioner : The questioner says: When some of the people in their house fall ill, Shaykh, they take water and sit at the doors of the mosques for the worshippers to blow on it. Is this a practice with a basis, or is there any harm in it?

The Shaykh : This is not a practice with a basis. Nor should it be done. Because a person may blow into it with all the diseases in his mouth. The sick person may be afflicted with these diseases that result from the breath.

The questioner : What is your guidance for one who is afflicted with an illness? Should he recite over himself?

The Shaykh : Our guidance is that he should recite over himself. And if it happens that he is visited by someone whose intercession is hoped for, that is good.