Ruqya

Reciting Qur'an and prophetic supplications over a sick or afflicted person as treatment.

Also written · Ruqyah · Rukya · Roqya · Ruqia · Ruqyah shariah · Ruqya shariyyah · Raqi · Self ruqya · Spiritual healing · Islamic healing · Reciting over the sick · Quran healing

The meaning

What Ruqya means in Islam

The Qur'an calls itself a healing for what is in the chests (Qur'an 10:57). The Prophet peace be upon him permitted ruqya so long as it contains no shirk, in Muslim, and approved a Companion who recited al-Fatihah over a man who had been stung, in Bukhari and Muslim. Anyone may recite over themselves or their family; no special person is required. Large fees, secret formulas, unintelligible words, and requests for the patient's mother's name are all signs to walk away.

Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah

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