The ruling on taking a small sick child to the ruqah practitioners, and the ruling on writing and hanging verses around his neck?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Honorable Shaykh, he has another section regarding ruqah. He says: Is a person to be blamed when he takes his small child, who has been afflicted with an illness for a year, to the ruqah practitioners so that they recite over him? And what is the ruling on writing verses and hanging these verses around his neck?
The Shaykh:
As for taking him to trustworthy ruqah practitioners from among the people of knowledge and insight, there is nothing wrong with that. This is part of taking the means,
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
As for hanging verses on the sick person, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, and the correct view is that it is not permissible to hang them, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade hanging amulets and said that amulets, ruqah, and tawilah are shirk (associating partners with Allah). Therefore, hanging amulets is considered shirk based on the wording of this hadith, because a person relies on them and thinks that they ward off or remove the affliction, and he forgets Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Therefore, the Shari'ah-prescribed ruqah is sufficient instead of hanging amulets. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. Honorable Shaykh, he has another section regarding ruqah. He says: Is a person to be blamed when he takes his small child, who has been afflicted with an illness for a year, to the ruqah practitioners so that they recite over him? And what is the ruling on writing verses and hanging these verses around his neck?
The Shaykh:
As for taking him to trustworthy ruqah practitioners from among the people of knowledge and insight, there is nothing wrong with that. This is part of taking the means,
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
As for hanging verses on the sick person, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, and the correct view is that it is not permissible to hang them, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade hanging amulets and said that amulets, ruqah, and tawilah are shirk (associating partners with Allah). Therefore, hanging amulets is considered shirk based on the wording of this hadith, because a person relies on them and thinks that they ward off or remove the affliction, and he forgets Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Therefore, the Shari'ah-prescribed ruqah is sufficient instead of hanging amulets. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم الذهاب بالولد الصغير المريض إلى الرقاة، وحكم كتابة وتعليق الآيات في عنقه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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