Taking a fee for ruqyah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to take a fee for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. Indeed, the most deserving thing for which you may take a fee is the Book of Allah. Those who performed ruqyah on the man with the skin disease stipulated that they be given a flock of sheep, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) approved of that, andSunan ad-Daraqutni 13:221. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to take a fee for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)?
Answer:
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. Indeed, the most deserving thing for which you may take a fee is the Book of Allah. Those who performed ruqyah on the man with the skin disease stipulated that they be given a flock of sheep, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) approved of that, and
He said: Indeed, the most deserving thing for which you may take a fee is the Book of Allah
قال إن أحق ما أخذتم عليه أجرا كتاب الله
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما يقتل من الدواب في الحرم والإحرام — islamhouse.com (1:12:21)
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