Ruqyah and blowing on the face of an elderly woman without a hijab
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A friend of mine asked me to recite ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) over his mother. She is elderly, about seventy years old, and bedridden. However, this elderly woman wants me to blow on her head and face without a hijab, and she says this will benefit her more. Knowing that I am not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to her, should I agree to her request?
Answer:
No, this request is forbidden, and she is ignorant. The one who says such things is ignorant. Ruqyah is beneficial by the permission of Allah, even if she does not uncover her face. If you recite for her, or over her, or recite in water and give it to her to drink, that is sufficient, if Allah wills, without uncovering. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A friend of mine asked me to recite ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) over his mother. She is elderly, about seventy years old, and bedridden. However, this elderly woman wants me to blow on her head and face without a hijab, and she says this will benefit her more. Knowing that I am not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to her, should I agree to her request?
Answer:
No, this request is forbidden, and she is ignorant. The one who says such things is ignorant. Ruqyah is beneficial by the permission of Allah, even if she does not uncover her face. If you recite for her, or over her, or recite in water and give it to her to drink, that is sufficient, if Allah wills, without uncovering. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 081-باب الشك في الطلاق - باب الرجعة - 16-2-25 هـ — archive.org (29:23)
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