The Ruling on a Woman Being Treated with the Qur'an by a Man
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Question:
In the last of this questioner's questions from Riyadh, she says: “Your Eminence, a man came to our home to treat one of my relatives by reciting verses from the Noble Qur'an for her. When I entered to listen to his recitation only, and I was wearing the Shari'ah-prescribed hijab, my brother asked the Shaykh to recite for me, although I did not want that. However, he recited for me and placed his hand on various parts of my body, such as the head, the hands, and the upper legs, but from behind the hijab. He also gave me some papers on which he had written verses from the Noble Qur'an and asked me to steam myself with them. The question is: Is this practice prescribed? Is it permissible? And do I bear any sin in this? May you be rewarded.”
Answer:
If he recites for the woman and blows upon her from the Qur'an, or if he recites for the man, this is prescribed. Or if he recites into water, and then she drinks from it, or washes with it, or if he writes Qur'an for her with saffron or the like, and she washes with it and drinks it, there is no harm. But he must not place his hand on any part of her body, her flesh, because it is her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered). But other than that, he recites over the place of pain, the place of the hand, the place of the head, the place of the chest; he recites over the place of pain without touching.
And if it is possible for the Ruqi (healer) to be a woman, that is better and more excellent: a woman for a woman, and a man for a man. But if the need calls for a man to recite, he should do so without touching. As for his writing that on a paper and washing it with saffron, for example, there is no harm in that either. Or in a dish or the like, he writes the verses with saffron, then it is washed and drunk. All of this is without harm.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, Your Eminence.
In the last of this questioner's questions from Riyadh, she says: “Your Eminence, a man came to our home to treat one of my relatives by reciting verses from the Noble Qur'an for her. When I entered to listen to his recitation only, and I was wearing the Shari'ah-prescribed hijab, my brother asked the Shaykh to recite for me, although I did not want that. However, he recited for me and placed his hand on various parts of my body, such as the head, the hands, and the upper legs, but from behind the hijab. He also gave me some papers on which he had written verses from the Noble Qur'an and asked me to steam myself with them. The question is: Is this practice prescribed? Is it permissible? And do I bear any sin in this? May you be rewarded.”
Answer:
If he recites for the woman and blows upon her from the Qur'an, or if he recites for the man, this is prescribed. Or if he recites into water, and then she drinks from it, or washes with it, or if he writes Qur'an for her with saffron or the like, and she washes with it and drinks it, there is no harm. But he must not place his hand on any part of her body, her flesh, because it is her 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered). But other than that, he recites over the place of pain, the place of the hand, the place of the head, the place of the chest; he recites over the place of pain without touching.
And if it is possible for the Ruqi (healer) to be a woman, that is better and more excellent: a woman for a woman, and a man for a man. But if the need calls for a man to recite, he should do so without touching. As for his writing that on a paper and washing it with saffron, for example, there is no harm in that either. Or in a dish or the like, he writes the verses with saffron, then it is washed and drunk. All of this is without harm.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, Your Eminence.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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