The Qur'an is a healing for hearts and bodies

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta

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The second question of Fatwa No. ( 143 ):

Q2: If a man asks for a ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) due to pain, and the practitioner writes some Qur'anic verses for him and says, "Put them in water and drink it," is this permissible or not?
A2: A response has previously been issued by the Department of Ifta regarding a question similar to this one. The text of that response is as follows: Writing something from the Qur'an in a cup or on a piece of paper, washing it, and drinking it is permissible; due to the generality of the statement of Allah the Exalted:

And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers

وَنُنَـزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

[Al-Isra 17:82]

, for the Qur'an is a healing for hearts and bodies, and for what was narrated by al-Hakim in [al-Mustadrak] and Ibn Majah in [al-Sunan] from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

You should take the two that bring healing: Honey and the Qur’an.

عليكم بالشفاءين العسل والقرآن

Sunan Ibn Majah 3452Da’if (Darussalam)

, and what was narrated by Ibn Majah , from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:

The best of medicine is the Qur'an

خير الدواء القرآن

, and Ibn al-Sunni narrated from
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): (If a woman has difficulty in childbirth, take a clean vessel and write on it)

It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ

[Al-Ahqaf 46:35]

the verse, and

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا

[An-Nazi'at 79:46]

the verse, and

There was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding

لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لأُولِي الأَلْبَابِ

[Yusuf 12:111]

the verse, then wash it and have the woman drink from it and sprinkle it on her belly and face). And Ibn al-Qayyim said in [Zad al-Ma'ad] (Vol. 3, p. 381): ( al-Khallal said: Abdullah ibn Ahmad told me: I saw my father writing for a woman who had difficulty in childbirth in a white cup or something clean, writing the report of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): (There is no god but Allah, the Most Forbearing, the Most Generous, Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne),

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

[Al-Fatihah 1:2]

It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلا سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ بَلاغٌ

[Al-Ahqaf 46:35]

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

[An-Nazi'at 79:46]

. al-Khallal said: ( Abu Bakr al-Marwazi informed us that Abu 'Abdullah was approached by a man who said: O Abu 'Abdullah , you are writing for a woman who has had difficulty in childbirth for two days, so he said: Tell him: let him bring a wide cup and saffron, and I saw him writing for someone other than
one), and Ibn al-Qayyim also said: (A group of the Salaf saw that he should write the verses from the Qur'an for him and then drink them. Mujahid said: There is no harm in writing the Qur'an, washing it, and giving it to the sick person to drink. Similarly, it was reported from Abu Qilabah ). This is the end of the words of Ibn al-Qayyim . And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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