The Ruling on a Ruqah Practitioner Taking Money
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This is one of the brothers asking: What is the ruling regarding a ruqah practitioner who takes money from the patient? And does the patient perform wudu' from the verses soaked in water, or does he perform ghusl? He wants to make du'a', O Shaykh!
There is no harm in the ruqah practitioner stipulating something for himself, because the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent, stayed as guests with a group of people who did not host them. So Allah decreed that their master was stung by a scorpion, and they sought a ruqah practitioner to perform ruqah for him,So they came to the Companions and said: Is there a ruqah practitioner among you?They said: Yes, but we will not perform ruqah except for so many sheep. So they gave them the sheep. One of them went and began reciting the opening of the Qur'an over him until the stung man stood up as if he had been untied from a rope, so they took what had been set for them until they brought it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about it, and he said: (Take it and make a share for me with you) So there is no harm in this.
But making it a trade -Meaning: a business - to the extent that I have heard some people write verses from the Qur'an on paper with saffron, and this paper is worth seventy riyals, and this one is worth one hundred riyals,And this one is worth fifty riyals, meaning: as if it were a pharmacy, so I doubt the permissibility of this thing.
Then I say to my brothers the reciters: Let them make their work for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and for the benefit of their brothers, so that Allah places blessing and good in their recitation.
And the story of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) may have been an excuse for the Companions, that these people did not host them despite the obligation of hosting them,So they said: these are people who did not honor us and did not fulfill our right, so we will not benefit them except with this.
As for bathing with the water over which recitation was made, or performing wudu' with it, I do not see this. What I know from the righteous Salaf is that they drink the water over which recitation was made, and that they do not wash their bodies with it or perform wudu' with it.
There is no harm in the ruqah practitioner stipulating something for himself, because the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent, stayed as guests with a group of people who did not host them. So Allah decreed that their master was stung by a scorpion, and they sought a ruqah practitioner to perform ruqah for him,So they came to the Companions and said: Is there a ruqah practitioner among you?They said: Yes, but we will not perform ruqah except for so many sheep. So they gave them the sheep. One of them went and began reciting the opening of the Qur'an over him until the stung man stood up as if he had been untied from a rope, so they took what had been set for them until they brought it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about it, and he said: (Take it and make a share for me with you) So there is no harm in this.
But making it a trade -Meaning: a business - to the extent that I have heard some people write verses from the Qur'an on paper with saffron, and this paper is worth seventy riyals, and this one is worth one hundred riyals,And this one is worth fifty riyals, meaning: as if it were a pharmacy, so I doubt the permissibility of this thing.
Then I say to my brothers the reciters: Let them make their work for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and for the benefit of their brothers, so that Allah places blessing and good in their recitation.
And the story of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) may have been an excuse for the Companions, that these people did not host them despite the obligation of hosting them,So they said: these are people who did not honor us and did not fulfill our right, so we will not benefit them except with this.
As for bathing with the water over which recitation was made, or performing wudu' with it, I do not see this. What I know from the righteous Salaf is that they drink the water over which recitation was made, and that they do not wash their bodies with it or perform wudu' with it.