640. Is It Allowed To Read Ruqya And Blow On Oneself

By Asma bint Shameem

Yes it’s allowed to read ruqyah and blow on oneself or on water and drink that. 

A person can recite Qur’aanic verses into some water – then the sick person drinks from it and then pours the rest over himself whilst bathing just as the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam did for Thaabit Ibn Qais Ibn Shammaas radhi Allaahu anhu. 

Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammaas said:

“The Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam entered upon Thabit ibn Qays (when he was ill. 

He (the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) said: 

“Remove the harm, O Lord of men, from Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas.”

He then took some dust of Bathan, and put it in a bowel, and then *mixed it with water and blew in it, and poured it on him.*”

(Abu Dawood 3885; hasan by Shaikh Ibn Baaz in Majmoo’ Fatawa, 9/408, 409)

Although some of the scholars considered this hadeeth as “weak”, others considered it *hasan* or good. 

In any case, some of the Sahaabah practiced this method of Ruqyah and it brought healing by the Permission of Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala. 

Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen said:

“If a person blows with saliva after reciting Qur’aan, such as al-Faatihah – which is a kind of ruqyah and is the greatest kind of ruqyah that may be recited over a sick person – so he recites al-Faatihah then *blows into the water – there is nothing wrong with this. *

Some of the salaf did this, and it is effective and beneficial by Allaah’s leave. 

The Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam used to blow into his hands when going to sleep, after reciting Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad, and Qul A’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Falaq and Qul ‘A’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Naas, then he would wipe his hands over his face and whatever he could of his body. 

And Allaah is the Source of strength.”

(Fataawa Al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 1/107)

Many scholars such as Wahb Ibn Al-Munabbih, Imaam Ahmad, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Al-Qayyim, Shaykh Ibn Baaz, Ibn 'Uthaymeen, and Shaykh Ibn Ibraaheem Aal Ash-Shaykh, ALL said that it is permissible to perform Ruqyah this way.

And Allaah knows best.