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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Which is better when in need: seeking ruqyah or leaving it?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. When there is a need to seek ruqyah, is it better to seek it or not to do so? When in need.

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; it is not forbidden. Ruqyah is not forbidden. However, leaving the request to people is part of the perfection of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), because asking people involves humility before them. But if they perform ruqyah on them without being asked, there is nothing wrong with it; there is no obstacle. Or if he is content with that, there is no obstacle. The issue is asking people; that is the point. Yes.
And seeking du'a' (supplication) is better when one can do without it; it is better for a person to make du'a' himself. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab:
My younger brother, do not forget me in your supplication.لا تنسنا يا أخي من صالح دعائك
Sunan Abi Dawud 1498Da'if (Al-Albani)
. They say the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to honor 'Umar with this, to honor him with this instruction. As for the hadith, as far as I know, there is discussion about it. Or did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) intend to clarify permissibility? The Messenger sometimes forbids something and then does it to show that the prohibition is not for making it unlawful, but because it is disliked.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 121- أيّهما أفضل عند الحاجة: طلب الرقية أم تركها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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