The ruling on making ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) a trade and charging fees for it
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Question:
The Shaykh said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A young man recites over a spirit, binding it to the spirit of the Qur'an, and targets a specific person for a high fee, which is called a "bound recitation." He also sells dates and honey at very high prices, and sometimes, due to disputes, he recites them. Many such people have become common. What is your esteemed opinion regarding this?
Answer:
Making it a trade or a business, this is not permissible. Making ruqyah a business, so that a person becomes a place for ruqyah, all of this is not permissible, because it turns it from an act of devotion and worship into a trade seeking worldly gain. This takes ruqyah out of its proper sphere and out of what it was legislated for. Ruqyah is doing good to people and drawing near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). A person uses it to benefit people and do them good. If they give him something without him imposing amounts or prices on them, if they give him something, there is no harm. But a person should not sit and open a shop and say to people, "Come." However, if they come to him without him seeking this out, without him opening a shop for it, there is no harm in him giving them the ruqyah and taking what they give him without imposing conditions on them. Now, the matter has fallen into the hands of the greedy. In fact, many ignorant people, corrupters, and evildoers have entered into it, seeking worldly gain or misleading people in their beliefs. One must be cautious of these people, and be very cautious of them.
The Shaykh said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A young man recites over a spirit, binding it to the spirit of the Qur'an, and targets a specific person for a high fee, which is called a "bound recitation." He also sells dates and honey at very high prices, and sometimes, due to disputes, he recites them. Many such people have become common. What is your esteemed opinion regarding this?
Answer:
Making it a trade or a business, this is not permissible. Making ruqyah a business, so that a person becomes a place for ruqyah, all of this is not permissible, because it turns it from an act of devotion and worship into a trade seeking worldly gain. This takes ruqyah out of its proper sphere and out of what it was legislated for. Ruqyah is doing good to people and drawing near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). A person uses it to benefit people and do them good. If they give him something without him imposing amounts or prices on them, if they give him something, there is no harm. But a person should not sit and open a shop and say to people, "Come." However, if they come to him without him seeking this out, without him opening a shop for it, there is no harm in him giving them the ruqyah and taking what they give him without imposing conditions on them. Now, the matter has fallen into the hands of the greedy. In fact, many ignorant people, corrupters, and evildoers have entered into it, seeking worldly gain or misleading people in their beliefs. One must be cautious of these people, and be very cautious of them.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، تتمة باب من حقق التوحيد دخل الجنة بغير حساب، وباب الخوف من الشرك — islamhouse.com (9:26)
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