Ruqyah
What the Shaykh Himself Gave Up
Shaykh Bali himself returned from three well-known practices of ruqyah — yet he did not blame those who do them. This is exactly where the etiquette lies.
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Shaykh Bali himself returned from three well-known practices of ruqyah — yet he did not blame those who do them. This is exactly where the etiquette lies.
How the Question Comes
The question was asked directly — in the chapter of ruqyah, which matters have you retracted from? Is reciting over water one of them?
Because all of this has become normal all around us — reciting verses while counting the numbers, long conversations with the jinn, bottle after bottle of recited-over water.
People give time and money to all this; then, exhausted, they wonder — why is nothing working in my case?
In reply, Shaykh Bali mentioned three things that he himself has given up.
The Shaykh's Reply
The best thing is for a person to treat themselves — the Shaykh himself stopped seeing patients more than 25 years ago.
The three things he retracted from: repeating verses a fixed number of times — this one 50 times, that one 20 times; long conversations with the jinn; and reciting over water.
The Evidence — The Measure of Amal
مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُنَا فَهُوَ رَدٌّ
Whoever performs any amal (practice) for which we have given no command, it is rejected. (Sahih Muslim 1718)
Still, the Shaykh says — some scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah and Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on them, spoke of reciting over water; so I do not adopt this myself, but I do not object to those who do it either.
What to Do
- 50 times, 20 times — let go of counting these numbers; reciting attentively is what really matters.
- No interrogating the jinn — only as much as is needed, exactly as required.
- Perform your own ruqyah yourself — the more broken-hearted a person asks, the closer acceptance is.
- Where scholars differ, do not blame anyone — hold on to this etiquette.
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Source: Based on a talk by Shaykh Wahid Abdussalam Bali
Translation and compilation: Raqi Faisal Ahmed Sabit — Al Qur'an Ruqyah Healing Center
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