The Ruling on Taking a Fee for Ruqyah
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The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on taking a fee for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and what is the ruling on requesting it?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in that. There is no harm in that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved of the Companions who performed ruqyah on the one who was bitten and took a flock of sheep. He approved of them doing so and said, "The most deserving thing for which you take a wage is the Book of Allah." Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
This should not become a profession. It should not become a profession where he sits and opens his door and sets up a clinic as if he were a doctor, and they arrange the people and give them appointments. This is an exaggeration. Some of them read over the water tank, the water tank or the water pipe. Some of them, the ones who are known for this, read over the attendees, even if they are a group filling the mosque; he reads over them. All of this is an exaggeration. This is not what was transmitted. Or he directs himself toward the direction he claims the patient is in, whether in the east or the west, and he spits. All of this is an exaggeration and taking ruqyah beyond its limit. Yes.
He says: What is the ruling on taking a fee for ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and what is the ruling on requesting it?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm in that. There is no harm in that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved of the Companions who performed ruqyah on the one who was bitten and took a flock of sheep. He approved of them doing so and said, "The most deserving thing for which you take a wage is the Book of Allah." Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
This should not become a profession. It should not become a profession where he sits and opens his door and sets up a clinic as if he were a doctor, and they arrange the people and give them appointments. This is an exaggeration. Some of them read over the water tank, the water tank or the water pipe. Some of them, the ones who are known for this, read over the attendees, even if they are a group filling the mosque; he reads over them. All of this is an exaggeration. This is not what was transmitted. Or he directs himself toward the direction he claims the patient is in, whether in the east or the west, and he spits. All of this is an exaggeration and taking ruqyah beyond its limit. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم أخذ الأجرة على الرقية؟ وما حكم طلبها؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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