BENEFIT 60: Raaqis must be cautious not to open the door to exaggerated and corrupt beliefs

Question: A Salafi man, upon visiting his hometown and family, finds that most of the villagers and his relatives bring him oil or water for him to perform ruqyah on. They believe that they will not be cured except through his ruqyah and that wellbeing is in his hands. Is their behavior correct? Sheikh Yahya Al-Hajuri, may Allah preserve him, responds: How can it be correct when they believe that wellbeing is in his hands? I seek refuge with Allah! "O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided, and grant me wellbeing among those whom You have granted wellbeing." [hadith] Wellbeing is from Allah, the Exalted. {And when I am ill, it is He who cures me.} If they believe that wellbeing is in his hands, they have committed major shirk. This is major shirk. {If Allah touches you with harm, none can remove it but He; and if He touches you with good, He has power over all things.} {Say, ‘Have you considered: if Allah should intend for me harm, can they remove His harm, or if He intends for me mercy, can they withhold His mercy?’ Say, ‘Sufficient for me is Allah; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers.’} {Whatever mercy Allah grants to people, none can withhold; and whatever He withholds, none can release thereafter. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.} "O Allah, none can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and the wealth of the wealthy does not avail against You." [hadith] Therefore, believing that wellbeing or cure is in the hands of so-and-so is a form of shirk. This is the belief of the major polytheists of old. If they bring items for ruqyah and have good thoughts of him, he should not let them persist in this belief. They might exaggerate. Do not open this door for yourself. If everyone comes to you and offer Ruqyah for them, it will lead people to think that ruqyah itself is the cure, and laypeople may fall into misunderstanding. Do not do it, and close this door which may lead to wrong beliefs and exaggeration regarding you, amd causing corrupt beliefs to spread among people. Yes, ruqyah is permissible as long as it does not contradict the Shari'ah. [hadith] "There is no harm in ruqyah as long as it does not involve shirk." But do not open this door. Explain to the ignorant people that this belief is wrong. If they request du'a, supplicate for them and their sick. There is no harm in that. But this door should be closed to prevent people engaging in falsehood. @ruqyachannel