Bathing in salt water, extinguishing a fire, and dedicating the reward of recitation to the wife
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Question:
He says: A woman, may Allah preserve you, described that some readers told a woman to bathe in water containing salt, saying that it is beneficial if she has the evil eye. They also told another woman to light a fire, and after using it, to extinguish it with water, or rather, to extinguish it with water while the woman is above the fire, which means raising the smoke or the vapor, and she is with it. They also told them that the husband should recite some of the surahs and dedicate the reward to his wife, meaning he dedicates its reward. Is it permissible to do these mentioned things, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
As for reciting the Qur'an and dedicating it to another person, there is no evidence for this, and it is not permissible; it is a religious innovation (bid'ah). However, if he recites to the woman, recites over her, and blows on her, this is a reported practice; this is ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and he heals her with something good. But if he recites the Qur'an and dedicates it, or dedicates its reward, to a living person or a dead person, this is not reported and is not permissible. As for extinguishing the fire, this is sorcery; extinguishing the fire and claiming that this extinguishes the evil eye is sorcery. Is this action not permissible? This is not permissible. It is like pouring molten lead, where they say they put water on the head of the sick person and pour lead into it, imagining that it will reveal the sorcery and show its image. This is the work of Satan, what they call pouring molten lead; this is the work of Satan and is not permissible. Are these actions not permissible? And I say: It is not permissible to go to anyone except a person trusted in his knowledge and trusted in his creed, so that one does not fall into these traps and these sorceries.
He says: A woman, may Allah preserve you, described that some readers told a woman to bathe in water containing salt, saying that it is beneficial if she has the evil eye. They also told another woman to light a fire, and after using it, to extinguish it with water, or rather, to extinguish it with water while the woman is above the fire, which means raising the smoke or the vapor, and she is with it. They also told them that the husband should recite some of the surahs and dedicate the reward to his wife, meaning he dedicates its reward. Is it permissible to do these mentioned things, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
As for reciting the Qur'an and dedicating it to another person, there is no evidence for this, and it is not permissible; it is a religious innovation (bid'ah). However, if he recites to the woman, recites over her, and blows on her, this is a reported practice; this is ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and he heals her with something good. But if he recites the Qur'an and dedicates it, or dedicates its reward, to a living person or a dead person, this is not reported and is not permissible. As for extinguishing the fire, this is sorcery; extinguishing the fire and claiming that this extinguishes the evil eye is sorcery. Is this action not permissible? This is not permissible. It is like pouring molten lead, where they say they put water on the head of the sick person and pour lead into it, imagining that it will reveal the sorcery and show its image. This is the work of Satan, what they call pouring molten lead; this is the work of Satan and is not permissible. Are these actions not permissible? And I say: It is not permissible to go to anyone except a person trusted in his knowledge and trusted in his creed, so that one does not fall into these traps and these sorceries.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في النُّشرة — islamhouse.com (1:07:58)
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