What is the ruling on taking a fee for the ruqyah of a patient, and the ruling on treating a person possessed by jinn with the Qur'an?
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The questioner : Shaykh, because of what has spread now, the possession of humans by jinn, and the fact that some people have devoted themselves to ruqyah and take a reward for it, what do you see in that? They cite the hadith of the group who recited al-Fatihah over a man?
The Shaykh : As for taking a fee for the ruqyah of a patient, there is no harm in it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 5737.
And this reciter is like a healer, unlike the one who takes a fee for mere recitation, such as a man who recites to worship Allah through recitation and takes a fee for that; this is forbidden.
But if a man recites for another so that he may benefit from it, or teaches another the Qur'an, there is no harm in taking a fee.
As for the claim that they recite over the jinn and that the jinn address them, and the like of that, this needs proof. If it is established, it is not far-fetched that the jinn address a human and say that they are Muslims, or that they are disbelievers.
Because some of them, according to what we have heard from the brothers who recite, say that he is a Muslim but he does not want to leave this human because he loves him. And sometimes he explicitly says he is a disbeliever, a Jew, a Christian, a Buddhist, or the like, but he does not want to leave.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned about his Shaykh, Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), that a man possessed by a jinn was brought to him. The Shaykh recited over him, and the jinn addressed him. The jinn was a female jinn, and the man was a human. She said: "I love him." He said: "But he does not love you." She said to him: "I want to perform Hajj with him." He said: "But he does not want to perform Hajj with you." So he recited over her and struck the man on the neck with a severe blow until the hand of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah became tired and weary. Then she said: "I will leave out of respect for the Shaykh." He said to her:The Shaykh : Do not leave out of respect for me; leave in obedience to Allah and His Messenger.
The questioner : Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : So she left, and the man regained consciousness. He was amazed and said: "What brought me to the presence of the Shaykh—meaning Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah—and what brought me here?" They said: "Glory be to Allah, did you not feel the beating?" He said: "I did not feel the beating, because the beating falls on the possessed person on the surface, but in reality it falls on the one who possessed him." Yes, that is right.
The questioner : But is taking the fee, Shaykh, conditional on the fact that, meaning, if Allah the Exalted cures him?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for the patient or the afflicted person to stipulate with the reciter that if he is cured of it, he will have such and such, and otherwise he will have nothing. There is no harm in that.
The Shaykh : As for taking a fee for the ruqyah of a patient, there is no harm in it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
You are most entitled to take wages for doing a Ruqya with Allah's Book.
إن أحق ما أخذتم عليه أجرًا كتاب اللهAnd this reciter is like a healer, unlike the one who takes a fee for mere recitation, such as a man who recites to worship Allah through recitation and takes a fee for that; this is forbidden.
But if a man recites for another so that he may benefit from it, or teaches another the Qur'an, there is no harm in taking a fee.
As for the claim that they recite over the jinn and that the jinn address them, and the like of that, this needs proof. If it is established, it is not far-fetched that the jinn address a human and say that they are Muslims, or that they are disbelievers.
Because some of them, according to what we have heard from the brothers who recite, say that he is a Muslim but he does not want to leave this human because he loves him. And sometimes he explicitly says he is a disbeliever, a Jew, a Christian, a Buddhist, or the like, but he does not want to leave.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned about his Shaykh, Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), that a man possessed by a jinn was brought to him. The Shaykh recited over him, and the jinn addressed him. The jinn was a female jinn, and the man was a human. She said: "I love him." He said: "But he does not love you." She said to him: "I want to perform Hajj with him." He said: "But he does not want to perform Hajj with you." So he recited over her and struck the man on the neck with a severe blow until the hand of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah became tired and weary. Then she said: "I will leave out of respect for the Shaykh." He said to her:The Shaykh : Do not leave out of respect for me; leave in obedience to Allah and His Messenger.
The questioner : Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : So she left, and the man regained consciousness. He was amazed and said: "What brought me to the presence of the Shaykh—meaning Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah—and what brought me here?" They said: "Glory be to Allah, did you not feel the beating?" He said: "I did not feel the beating, because the beating falls on the possessed person on the surface, but in reality it falls on the one who possessed him." Yes, that is right.
The questioner : But is taking the fee, Shaykh, conditional on the fact that, meaning, if Allah the Exalted cures him?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for the patient or the afflicted person to stipulate with the reciter that if he is cured of it, he will have such and such, and otherwise he will have nothing. There is no harm in that.