The ruling on one who mocks ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and is content with modern medicine
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Question:
And another noble questioner asks about one who inquires about ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and says that modern medicine is sufficient for it. What is the ruling? May Allah preserve the general public. One who mocks ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and says that modern medicine is sufficient for it, and what
Answer:
I am between two possibilities: either he is ignorant and says what he does not know, or he knows but is a heretical disbeliever who does not believe in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt that this is very serious speech, and it is disbelief in Allah the Exalted and disbelief in His verses. It is He who created medicine, He who revealed the Book and informed us that it is a healing and mercy for the believers. It is He who created the medicines and created medicine, He who revealed the Book and informed us that it is a healing, and He who commanded us to supplicate to Him and promised us that He will respond to us. There is no contradiction between these two.
And another noble questioner asks about one who inquires about ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and says that modern medicine is sufficient for it. What is the ruling? May Allah preserve the general public. One who mocks ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and says that modern medicine is sufficient for it, and what
Answer:
I am between two possibilities: either he is ignorant and says what he does not know, or he knows but is a heretical disbeliever who does not believe in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt that this is very serious speech, and it is disbelief in Allah the Exalted and disbelief in His verses. It is He who created medicine, He who revealed the Book and informed us that it is a healing and mercy for the believers. It is He who created the medicines and created medicine, He who revealed the Book and informed us that it is a healing, and He who commanded us to supplicate to Him and promised us that He will respond to us. There is no contradiction between these two.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في النُّشرة — islamhouse.com (1:03:49)
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