The ruling on a ruqyah practitioner placing his hand on a woman's forehead
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Question:
A man took his daughter to one of the ruqyah practitioners in her journey, and the daughter was covered with a proper covering. The practitioner placed his hand on her forehead. When the man asked him about it and rebuked him, he said it was to anger Satan and to know what was wrong with her—whether it was the evil eye, sorcery, or a prediction about the side. Does the ruqyah practitioner persist in this action, or is it to be condemned?
Answer:
There are two prohibitions here. The first prohibition is that he places his hand on a non-mahram woman, and this is not permissible. The second prohibition is what he claims? He claims to be a liar and a deceiver; he is a liar in this matter. It is not permissible to go to someone who claims to know sorcerers, know the types of jinn, know this, and know that. All of this is a lie.
A man took his daughter to one of the ruqyah practitioners in her journey, and the daughter was covered with a proper covering. The practitioner placed his hand on her forehead. When the man asked him about it and rebuked him, he said it was to anger Satan and to know what was wrong with her—whether it was the evil eye, sorcery, or a prediction about the side. Does the ruqyah practitioner persist in this action, or is it to be condemned?
Answer:
There are two prohibitions here. The first prohibition is that he places his hand on a non-mahram woman, and this is not permissible. The second prohibition is what he claims? He claims to be a liar and a deceiver; he is a liar in this matter. It is not permissible to go to someone who claims to know sorcerers, know the types of jinn, know this, and know that. All of this is a lie.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/107 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (53:45)
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