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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The meaning of “they do not seek ruqyah and they do not ask for ruqyah” in the hadith?

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Question:
The questioner says: It was mentioned in the noble hadith from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father): that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that seventy thousand from his Ummah will enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment, so he was asked about them (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said:
They are those persons who neither practise charm, nor ask others to practise it, nor do they take omens, and repose their trust in their Lord.هم الذين لا يرقون، ولا يسترقون، ولا يتطيرون، وعلى ربهم يتوكَّلون
Sahih Muslim 220a
, so does this mean that Shari'ah ruqyah is forbidden or that treatment is forbidden, and may Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
The Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) intention is not that these acts are forbidden. His intention is that these seventy thousand, and whoever is like them, and whoever is included with them, means that they fulfilled what Allah made obligatory and left what Allah forbade, to the extent that they left seeking ruqyah, which is permissible but disliked. Seeking ruqyah is asking for ruqyah; the one who seeks ruqyah asks for it, except out of need. If it is out of need, there is no dislike. Cauterization out of need has no dislike. Taking an omen is shirk (associating partners with Allah); it is not permissible absolutely. As for seeking ruqyah and cauterization, they are permissible in case of need and disliked in the absence of need.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that ruqyah be sought for the Banu Ja'far, and he ordered Aisha to seek ruqyah when she needed it. So seeking ruqyah is not wrong in case of need. The meaning is that they left the inferior and disliked things due to the perfection of their faith and their reliance upon Allah. It does not mean that seeking ruqyah is forbidden, nor that cauterization is forbidden. But due to the perfection of their reliance, they left that and were self-sufficient without it. So whoever is not self-sufficient without it, but needs it, there is no sin on him and no blame, and he does not thereby fall out of the seventy thousand; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah and was subjected to ruqyah, and he cauterized some of his Companions, and he ordered seeking ruqyah.
As for the addition
and do not perform ruqyahولا يرقون
, some scholars denied it, even though Muslim narrated it. But some of the memorizers affirmed that it is an error from some of the narrators. The correct version is
They do not seek ruqyah.لا يسترقون
. As for
They do not perform incantation.لا يرقون
, the correct version is that it is a mistake from some of the narrators; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah and was subjected to ruqyah. He is not described with the opposite of the practice of the seventy thousand (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, he is the head of the seventy thousand, the best of them, and the most excellent of them (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source binbaz.org.sa

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