The ruling on reciting over water for the sick
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Question:
Some people come to others to recite for them and give them water to drink. Some people come to others to recite over them and give them water to drink with the intention of curing them of certain illnesses, and they say that they recite this Qur'an and supplications over it. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
There is no harm if one recites over water, or over a spouse, or over anything else, and gives it to the sick person to drink or to sit in. There is no harm in that, because it is reported in the hadith in Abu Dawud and others that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited over water or blew into water and gave it to the sick person. So recitation and the like, there is no major issue if it is from the Qur'an or from the supplications. Yes.
Some people come to others to recite for them and give them water to drink. Some people come to others to recite over them and give them water to drink with the intention of curing them of certain illnesses, and they say that they recite this Qur'an and supplications over it. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
There is no harm if one recites over water, or over a spouse, or over anything else, and gives it to the sick person to drink or to sit in. There is no harm in that, because it is reported in the hadith in Abu Dawud and others that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited over water or blew into water and gave it to the sick person. So recitation and the like, there is no major issue if it is from the Qur'an or from the supplications. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة وأجوبة - ٠٥ — archive.org (48:30)
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