What is the ruling on one who performs ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) on a patient via telephone or via satellite channels?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on one who performs ruqyah when the patient is not present with him, but there is a television screen between them, such as via satellite channels?

Answer:
This is nonsense. This is among the nonsense and is not ruqyah. Ruqyah is to be done directly on the patient, blowing on him and wiping over the site of the affliction.
If it is not a woman, but as for a woman, it is not permissible to wipe over her. However, if it is a man, you wipe over the site of the affliction and blow on him. But from behind a screen and a long distance, where does the breath go? Where does it go?
I mean, does the breath or the saliva travel with the screen to reach the patient? This is among the exaggerations and the additions to this matter.
And it appears that the intention is to collect money. They do this in order to take money. Because some people call and say, "Tell me about your illness." And he tells him his illness. And pay the money. Send the money beforehand. And tell us about your illness. And tell us your mother's name. Or send me, send me something of your clothing. These are sorcerers, charlatans, and liars. It is not permissible to trust them or to contact them. Yes.