Explanation of the Hadith of the Girl: (Why did you not seek ruqyah for her?)

The questioner : The hadith of the girl who had the sa'fah, not the saf'ah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered...

The Shaykh : .

The questioner : So he ordered them to seek ruqyah, not to perform ruqyah on her directly, meaning he did not teach them a specific ruqyah for them to recite over the girl?

The Shaykh : .

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : There is a difference, my brother. Recently, between me and my wife, she had been complaining for days of a persistent headache. So, despite the little I do for various reasons, I placed my hand on her head and performed ruqyah on her with some of what came in the Sunnah.

Another questioner : May Allah bless you in Umm al-Fadl.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe and preserve you. The point is, last night I said to her, "Are you still in pain?" She smiled and said, "No, praise be to Allah. Since that day, I have not seen her again." And here the topic opened up, and here is the point. She said to me, "If you feel something like that, should I ask you?" I said, "No," and I mentioned this topic. She said, "But you do it yourself?" I said, "And that is the case." Here is the point. Now the Messenger (peace be upon him) says: He said this regarding ruqyah. So now he says: Meaning, why did you not seek ruqyah for her, not for yourselves? And this is the answer to the question.
Al-Halabi : An indirect request, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes, this falls under the hadith we mentioned: I know that this man, for example, as the common people say, has a blessed soul and his supplication is answered, and so on. So I sought ruqyah for her. She did not seek it, and he did not seek it, so it did not contradict the permissible contradiction we mentioned earlier.

Another questioner : My master, is ruqyah in the category of the weaker opinion? Is it from the category of the seventy thousand?

The Shaykh : Do not say "ruqyah," my brother. Say "seeking ruqyah"!

Another questioner : If we distinguish between ruqyah, what is its status, and seeking ruqyah, what is its status?

The Shaykh : There is a difference between performing ruqyah on myself with myself, and it is like you performing ruqyah on me from yourself. This is like that, and this is prescribed!

Another questioner : Does this fall under the category of the stronger opinion?

The Shaykh : Be patient with us, and between me saying to you "perform ruqyah on me," this is the disliked thing.