The Quran is a spiritual and physical cure

7-2-2012 | IslamWeb

Question:

Is it possible to use the Quran as a cure for a physical disease? If so, could you please name a specialist in this kind of therapy?
Answer:

 

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

 

A large number of people believe that the Quran is a cure for certain diseases only, such as epileptic fits and symptoms associated with being possessed by Jinn, but not physical diseases. This contradicts the relevant verses of the Quran and Hadeeths that indicate that the Quran is a cure for physical diseases. Moreover, Athkaar (remembrances and mentionings of Allaah) and authentic Du‘aa’ (supplications) ascribed to the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam , are also cures for physical ailments. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers.} [Quran 17:82]

All Quranic verses are a cure and a mercy for believers. Ibn Sa‘di may Allaah have mercy upon him said that the Quran contains a cure for all ailments, including physical diseases.

Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure."} [Quran 41:44]

Ibn Sa‘di may Allaah have mercy upon him deduced from this verse that the Quran contains a cure for all physical diseases, and those of the heart, mind and soul.

The following are authentic texts from the Sunnah indicating that the Quran cures  physical diseases:

1- When Abu Sa‘eed Al-Khudri may Allaah be pleased with him   read Chapter Al-Faatihah as a Ruqyah (Quranic healing) for a sick non-Muslim, Allaah The Almighty cured him. When he told the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, about what had happened, the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, approved of what he had done. [Al-Bukhari]

Ibn Al-Qayyim may Allaah have mercy upon him deduced from this Hadeeth that the effect of reciting the Quran in Ruqyah for curing some diseases is better than the effect of medicine.

2- The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to read chapters Al-Falaq and An-Naas over a sick member of his family. Muslim narrated this Hadeeth on the authority of ‘Aa’ishah may Allaah be pleased with her.

There is a lot of evidence on this topic, but what has been mentioned should suffice. For Ruqyah to really be effective as a cure, both the person who performs it and the one who receives it must have sincere faith in Allaah The Almighty.

I cannot name a person who can perform Ruqyah for you. There are many righteous people who can do that, and I am sure you can find one of them.

Allaah Knows best.

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