The Ruling on Seeking Ruqyah (Healing by Qur'anic Recitation) from One Who Is Asked for It
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I am asking about the ruling on seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) from any person, and are there specific people from whom one should seek ruqyah?
Answer:
Ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) is sought from the people of knowledge and correct creed. They have knowledge of the prescribed and prohibited ruqyah, and they have taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. If this is the case, then ruqyah is sought; it is one of the causes of healing by the permission of Allah. As for seeking ruqyah from an ignorant person who does not know, and who may perform ruqyah with a shirk (associating partners with Allah)-based ruqyah, and does not realize it, and people have found it, or he read it in a book, or something similar, or if he is not pious, if he has a defective creed, it is not permissible to seek ruqyah from him; because he does not believe in it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I am asking about the ruling on seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) from any person, and are there specific people from whom one should seek ruqyah?
Answer:
Ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) is sought from the people of knowledge and correct creed. They have knowledge of the prescribed and prohibited ruqyah, and they have taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. If this is the case, then ruqyah is sought; it is one of the causes of healing by the permission of Allah. As for seeking ruqyah from an ignorant person who does not know, and who may perform ruqyah with a shirk (associating partners with Allah)-based ruqyah, and does not realize it, and people have found it, or he read it in a book, or something similar, or if he is not pious, if he has a defective creed, it is not permissible to seek ruqyah from him; because he does not believe in it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/236 — archive.org (8:15)
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