What is the ruling on seeking treatment with the Qur'an and 'azaim?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, what is your opinion of those who go to have 'azaim performed that contain verses from the Qur'an, and they are told: "Put it under your pillow, or wet it and drink its water"?
The Shaykh : As for seeking healing with the Qur'an, it is prescribed. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the story of the group of men he sent, who then stayed with a people as guests, but these people did not host them. So the Companions moved aside, then Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) caused their leader to be bitten by a scorpion, and the matter became severe for him. They said: "Go to these people who stayed with you and ask them, perhaps there is a reciter among them." So they came to the Companions and said: "Is there among you one who can perform ruqyah?" They said: "Yes."
So one of them went to the leader of the people and said to them: "We will not perform ruqyah for you except for a fee." So they gave them some sheep. The man recited Surat al-Fatihah over the one who was bitten, and he rose as if he had been untied from a bond; in an instant he stood up. Then the Companions were uncertain about the sheep they had taken, so they said: "We will not eat them until we come to the city." So they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of the matter, and he said:. So seeking healing with the Qur'an is a sought-after matter and it has benefit, but in what form do we seek healing with it?
We say: One seeks healing with it in the form reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and that is by the reciter reading over the patient. The reciter reading over the patient is what is reported.
Hanging something containing something from the Qur'an around his neck: some of the Salaf permitted this and others prohibited it. Among those who prohibited it was 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and some of the scholars from the Salaf and the Khalaf permitted it.
As for placing it under the pillow or hanging it on the wall or the like of that, these are forms that were not reported from the Companions, and it is not correct for us to do an action that none of the Salaf preceded us in. And likewise, even more so, is what some people do: they read into water containing saffron, then they bring papers and draw lines in them, only lines from this saffron, lines of which it is not known what is in them. This is also from religious innovations, and it is not sound and it is not correct.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, what is your opinion of those who go to have 'azaim performed that contain verses from the Qur'an, and they are told: "Put it under your pillow, or wet it and drink its water"?
The Shaykh : As for seeking healing with the Qur'an, it is prescribed. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the story of the group of men he sent, who then stayed with a people as guests, but these people did not host them. So the Companions moved aside, then Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) caused their leader to be bitten by a scorpion, and the matter became severe for him. They said: "Go to these people who stayed with you and ask them, perhaps there is a reciter among them." So they came to the Companions and said: "Is there among you one who can perform ruqyah?" They said: "Yes."
So one of them went to the leader of the people and said to them: "We will not perform ruqyah for you except for a fee." So they gave them some sheep. The man recited Surat al-Fatihah over the one who was bitten, and he rose as if he had been untied from a bond; in an instant he stood up. Then the Companions were uncertain about the sheep they had taken, so they said: "We will not eat them until we come to the city." So they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of the matter, and he said:
Take and strike out a share for us with you, then he said: "And what makes you think that it is ruqyah?" meaning al-Fatihah
خذوا واضربوا لي معكم بسهم، ثم قال: وما يدريك أنها رقية؟ أي الفاتحةWe say: One seeks healing with it in the form reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and that is by the reciter reading over the patient. The reciter reading over the patient is what is reported.
Hanging something containing something from the Qur'an around his neck: some of the Salaf permitted this and others prohibited it. Among those who prohibited it was 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and some of the scholars from the Salaf and the Khalaf permitted it.
As for placing it under the pillow or hanging it on the wall or the like of that, these are forms that were not reported from the Companions, and it is not correct for us to do an action that none of the Salaf preceded us in. And likewise, even more so, is what some people do: they read into water containing saffron, then they bring papers and draw lines in them, only lines from this saffron, lines of which it is not known what is in them. This is also from religious innovations, and it is not sound and it is not correct.