The Ruling on Ruqyah over Water, Drinking It, and Bathing with It

Question:
This is a questioner for the program, Your Eminence the Shaykh, who sent a question inquiring, saying: Is it permissible in ruqyah for a Muslim to recite the Noble Qur'an and some of the Prophetic supplications over water or oil, and for the patient to drink that water and bathe with it? And if it is not permissible, what is the Shari'ah ruqyah, and what are the conditions that must be met in the ruqyah, such that a Muslim may use it thereafter?

Answer:
There is no harm in performing ruqyah over water, and then the patient, for example, drinks it or bathes with it; all of this is permissible. The ruqyah is performed on the patient by blowing on him, and it is performed in water that the patient drinks or bathes with; all of this is permissible. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he performed ruqyah for Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shamas in water, and then poured it over him.
So if a person performs ruqyah for his brother in water, and then drinks from it or pours it over him, health and healing are hoped for in it. And if he recites for himself over the sick limb, his hand, or his leg, or his chest, and blows on it, and supplicates for him for healing; then all of this is good.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.