Uncovering a woman’s face and touching her body during ruqyah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, there is a person who performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) on patients, as it appears to be legitimate ruqyah, but he uncovers the woman’s face and touches her chest and back. Is there anything wrong with his action? And if it is not permissible, what should be done with someone like him?
Answer:
This is haram (forbidden), and it is not permissible to uncover a woman’s face; a woman’s face is 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), and it is not permissible to touch her body. That is, it is haram (forbidden) for him. Someone like this must have his case reported to the authority; the authority should be informed about him, and the authority will take action against him, meaning they have instructions regarding such matters. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, there is a person who performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) on patients, as it appears to be legitimate ruqyah, but he uncovers the woman’s face and touches her chest and back. Is there anything wrong with his action? And if it is not permissible, what should be done with someone like him?
Answer:
This is haram (forbidden), and it is not permissible to uncover a woman’s face; a woman’s face is 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), and it is not permissible to touch her body. That is, it is haram (forbidden) for him. Someone like this must have his case reported to the authority; the authority should be informed about him, and the authority will take action against him, meaning they have instructions regarding such matters. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الهبة — islamhouse.com (1:11:49)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.