The Ruling on Seeking Ruqyah (Healing by Qur'anic Recitation) for Another Person
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The questioner:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for another person? And what about the one who does that?
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for another person?
The Shaykh:
The seeker of ruqyah, what is it?
The questioner:
For another person, meaning not for himself?
The Shaykh:
I mean an intermediary.
The questioner:
Yes, and does the one who does that not become…?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with seeing someone performing ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and saying to him, "So-and-so is ill," and counting on his ruqyah, provided this person is known for sound 'aqidah (creed). It is permissible to send him to the ruqyah practitioner; this is striving for good. This is like the saying of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib: "They only seek reconciliation through it, and as for what benefits people, it has not been prohibited."
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: What is the ruling on seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for another person? And what about the one who does that?
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for another person?
The Shaykh:
The seeker of ruqyah, what is it?
The questioner:
For another person, meaning not for himself?
The Shaykh:
I mean an intermediary.
The questioner:
Yes, and does the one who does that not become…?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with seeing someone performing ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and saying to him, "So-and-so is ill," and counting on his ruqyah, provided this person is known for sound 'aqidah (creed). It is permissible to send him to the ruqyah practitioner; this is striving for good. This is like the saying of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib: "They only seek reconciliation through it, and as for what benefits people, it has not been prohibited."
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب ما جاء في النشرة — islamhouse.com (29:12)
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