What is the ruling on one who occupies people with ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) such that they abandon the congregational prayer in the mosque?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on one who occupies people with ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) such that they abandon the congregational prayer in the mosque? What is the ruling on one who occupies people with ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) such that they abandon the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? The ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation).
The Shaykh:
Meaning,
The questioner:
Yes, indeed, so it led to abandoning the congregational prayer in the mosque.
The Shaykh:
This is a great error. It is not permissible to be occupied with the congregational prayer, whether by ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) or otherwise. This is not an excuse; this is not an excuse for abandoning the congregational prayer. He should return and perform the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), completing the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). What is this about the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? This is because the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) has now become a trade; it has become a business. It is not doing good to people; rather, it is a business and exaggeration. People who do not know how to perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) have entered into it, and indeed, shirk (associating partners with Allah) has entered into it: seeking aid from the jinn. They say, "These are Muslims, we seek their aid," along with nonsense and doubts that they have introduced to people in the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). Thus, they have distorted the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) now and made people doubt its effectiveness because of their actions.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on one who occupies people with ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) such that they abandon the congregational prayer in the mosque? What is the ruling on one who occupies people with ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) such that they abandon the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? The ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation).
The Shaykh:
Meaning,
The questioner:
Yes, indeed, so it led to abandoning the congregational prayer in the mosque.
The Shaykh:
This is a great error. It is not permissible to be occupied with the congregational prayer, whether by ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) or otherwise. This is not an excuse; this is not an excuse for abandoning the congregational prayer. He should return and perform the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), completing the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). What is this about the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation)? This is because the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) has now become a trade; it has become a business. It is not doing good to people; rather, it is a business and exaggeration. People who do not know how to perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) have entered into it, and indeed, shirk (associating partners with Allah) has entered into it: seeking aid from the jinn. They say, "These are Muslims, we seek their aid," along with nonsense and doubts that they have introduced to people in the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). Thus, they have distorted the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) now and made people doubt its effectiveness because of their actions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4351- 4717] ما حكم من شغل برقية الناس عن صلاة الجماعة في المسجد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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