What is the ruling on seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for another person?
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The questioner : I mean... it is... it is herself.
The Shaykh : Not for herself, but for her child.
The questioner : I mean, like if we said—for example—to Abu Layla: "By Allah, recite ruqyah for our son Husayn."
The Shaykh : Yes, that is fine. There is nothing wrong with this. Istirqa' is seeking ruqyah from another person; for whom? For himself.
Abu Layla : As for the patient himself saying to him: "Recite ruqyah for me"; this is the one that has a problem.
The Shaykh : That is it, that is what it means.
The questioner : As for the one who performs the ruqyah volunteering to do so.
The Shaykh : There is nothing.
The questioner : Rather, this is it.
The Shaykh : This is the Sunnah (recommended practice).
The Shaykh : Not for herself, but for her child.
The questioner : I mean, like if we said—for example—to Abu Layla: "By Allah, recite ruqyah for our son Husayn."
The Shaykh : Yes, that is fine. There is nothing wrong with this. Istirqa' is seeking ruqyah from another person; for whom? For himself.
Abu Layla : As for the patient himself saying to him: "Recite ruqyah for me"; this is the one that has a problem.
The Shaykh : That is it, that is what it means.
The questioner : As for the one who performs the ruqyah volunteering to do so.
The Shaykh : There is nothing.
The questioner : Rather, this is it.
The Shaykh : This is the Sunnah (recommended practice).
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