The Legal Criterion for Lawful Ruqyah and Taking Money for It
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The questioner:
With Allah's blessing, we begin this episode with this question from one of our dear male listeners from Jeddah. He says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the legal criterion in lawful ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), given that matters have become mixed and ruqyah has become more material than it is for Allah and in Allah?
The Shaykh:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, lawful ruqyah is a type of treatment, and it is the best of treatments. Lawful ruqyah consists of reciting the Noble Qur'an over the afflicted patient and blowing on the site of the pain. Surat al-Fatihah is a ruqyah, as are Surat al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat (Surat al-Falaq and Surat al-Nas). One also supplicates to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for the patient with the supplications that have been transmitted for ruqyah. This is part of taking the means, while the Healer is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. However, ruqyah is one of the means and one of the types of treatment. The one performing the ruqyah must have sound belief so that he does not introduce into it anything of shirk (associating partners with Allah). He must also be knowledgeable about ruqyah so that he does not introduce into it something that is not appropriate, which he is unaware of. Therefore, he must have knowledge of ruqyah, its rulings, and its limits. He must have sound belief, free from shirk or superstitions. Also, he must be confident in Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Both the one performing the ruqyah and the one receiving it must be confident in Allah, and that ruqyah is a beneficial means among the means. Yes.
The questioner:
He used to ask about financial matters. May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
Regarding financial matters, it is not permissible to make ruqyah a profession for the purpose of gathering money, but if the ruqyah practitioner is given some money, he may take it. Yes.
With Allah's blessing, we begin this episode with this question from one of our dear male listeners from Jeddah. He says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the legal criterion in lawful ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), given that matters have become mixed and ruqyah has become more material than it is for Allah and in Allah?
The Shaykh:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَThe questioner:
He used to ask about financial matters. May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
Regarding financial matters, it is not permissible to make ruqyah a profession for the purpose of gathering money, but if the ruqyah practitioner is given some money, he may take it. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/196 — archive.org (0:57)
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