Advice on Interpreting Visions and Ruqyah
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, in our time there are many who interpret visions and delve into them. What is the advice of Shaykh al-Fawzan (may Allah keep him safe) regarding this?
Answer:
Strange things have become widespread. Ruqyah has become a means of making a living and gathering money. People who do not know how to perform it have entered into it, and even those who do not pray, or those who hold a defective creed, have entered into it, either out of a desire for money or with the intention of deceiving people and corrupting their religion. So, various things have crept into it.
Likewise, the interpretation of dreams. There is nothing wrong with interpreting dreams in the hands of one who is skilled in interpreting them, but one should not make this a profession or a habit, sitting with people to interpret their dreams for them and giving them phone numbers. Or, this is an expansion in the interpretation of visions that may lead to things that cannot be contained. Jinn and Shayatans may enter with this deluded person and inform him about things from the unseen regarding people, as has happened with some of them. This is a matter that must be restricted; a limit must be set for it, and those who play with the interpretation of visions must be prevented.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, in our time there are many who interpret visions and delve into them. What is the advice of Shaykh al-Fawzan (may Allah keep him safe) regarding this?
Answer:
Strange things have become widespread. Ruqyah has become a means of making a living and gathering money. People who do not know how to perform it have entered into it, and even those who do not pray, or those who hold a defective creed, have entered into it, either out of a desire for money or with the intention of deceiving people and corrupting their religion. So, various things have crept into it.
Likewise, the interpretation of dreams. There is nothing wrong with interpreting dreams in the hands of one who is skilled in interpreting them, but one should not make this a profession or a habit, sitting with people to interpret their dreams for them and giving them phone numbers. Or, this is an expansion in the interpretation of visions that may lead to things that cannot be contained. Jinn and Shayatans may enter with this deluded person and inform him about things from the unseen regarding people, as has happened with some of them. This is a matter that must be restricted; a limit must be set for it, and those who play with the interpretation of visions must be prevented.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 241 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (7:32)
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