Is it permissible to read ayat and duas and blow on non muslim sick person?
Published as Reading Qur’ānic ‘āyāt and blowing on a non-muslim sick person
Question
Is it permissible to read ayat and duas and blow on non muslim sick person?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.
It is permissible for one to treat a non-Muslim through Qur’ānic ‘āyāt and invocations prescribed by Nabī Ṣallāhu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Ikraam Elias Gangat
Student - Darul Iftaa
Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
(2021-03-25)
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1]
صحيح مسلم (4/ 1727 دار إحياء التراث العربي))
عن أبي سعيد الخدري، أن ناسا من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كانوا في سفر، فمروا بحي من أحياء العرب، فاستضافوهم فلم يضيفوهم، فقالوا لهم: هل فيكم راق؟ فإن سيد الحي لديغ أو مصاب، فقال رجل منهم: نعم، فأتاه فرقاه بفاتحة الكتاب، فبرأ الرجل، فأعطي قطيعا من غنم، فأبى أن يقبلها، وقال: حتى أذكر ذلك للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فأتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر ذلك له، فقال: يا رسول الله والله ما رقيت إلا بفاتحة الكتاب فتبسم وقال: «وما أدراك أنها رقية؟» ثم قال: «خذوا منهم، واضربوا لي بسهم معكم»
- Answered by
- Ikraam Elias Gangat
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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