The Ruling on Ruqyah (Healing by Qur'anic Recitation) with Water and Oil
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is ruqyah or recitation in water and oil considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)? Since we have a professor at the university who says it is a forbidden bid'ah, and the reason for that is that it was not reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from the righteous Salaf (the earliest generations)?
Answer:
Yes, it was reported. It was reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited in water and gave it to the sick person to drink. So ruqyah in water is permissible, and the same applies to oil, and the same applies to all ointments; there is nothing wrong with it. This professor, explain to him that he has not looked into the hadith. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is ruqyah or recitation in water and oil considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)? Since we have a professor at the university who says it is a forbidden bid'ah, and the reason for that is that it was not reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from the righteous Salaf (the earliest generations)?
Answer:
Yes, it was reported. It was reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited in water and gave it to the sick person to drink. So ruqyah in water is permissible, and the same applies to oil, and the same applies to all ointments; there is nothing wrong with it. This professor, explain to him that he has not looked into the hadith. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ارتياد المكان الرخو وما يكره التخلي فيه — islamhouse.com (56:53)
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