The Conditions of Lawful Ruqyah, and Does a Daughter Perform Ruqyah on Her Mother?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, the sister Maha says in her question: Does a daughter perform ruqyah on her mother? And I want to ask Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him), and I say that the ruqyah practitioners have multiplied in our time; do we go to them? Please tell us about this topic.
Answer:
Does she perform ruqyah? Does a daughter perform ruqyah on her mother? There is no objection if she is skilled in ruqyah from the Book and the Sunnah and the lawful supplications; then she performs ruqyah on her mother and on herself. As for lawful ruqyah, it is what is from the Book and the Sunnah, from the verses, from the hadiths, and from the lawful supplications. This is the ruqyah. It is considered a cause, and one does not rely upon it; it is considered one of the causes. If Allah wills, it will benefit, and if He wills, it will not. It must be in the Arabic language, not in a language other than Arabic. One does not go to everyone who claims that he performs ruqyah. There are madmen, there are charlatans, and there are fraudsters who want to earn money. They call themselves ruqyah practitioners and open shops. It is not permissible to go except to one whom you know performs the lawful ruqyah that contains no shirk (associating partners with Allah) and no bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, the sister Maha says in her question: Does a daughter perform ruqyah on her mother? And I want to ask Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him), and I say that the ruqyah practitioners have multiplied in our time; do we go to them? Please tell us about this topic.
Answer:
Does she perform ruqyah? Does a daughter perform ruqyah on her mother? There is no objection if she is skilled in ruqyah from the Book and the Sunnah and the lawful supplications; then she performs ruqyah on her mother and on herself. As for lawful ruqyah, it is what is from the Book and the Sunnah, from the verses, from the hadiths, and from the lawful supplications. This is the ruqyah. It is considered a cause, and one does not rely upon it; it is considered one of the causes. If Allah wills, it will benefit, and if He wills, it will not. It must be in the Arabic language, not in a language other than Arabic. One does not go to everyone who claims that he performs ruqyah. There are madmen, there are charlatans, and there are fraudsters who want to earn money. They call themselves ruqyah practitioners and open shops. It is not permissible to go except to one whom you know performs the lawful ruqyah that contains no shirk (associating partners with Allah) and no bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1983 - شروط الرقية الشرعية وهل ترقي البنت أمها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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