Chargingforruqyahandpractisingfull-time—theaccusationsandwheretheanswerlives

Nothing damages raqis’ reputations like the question of money. A raqi of long experience lists what is said in gatherings — by students of knowledge and ordinary people alike — about raqis and what they take from patients:

• “Raqis rob people and deceive them.”
• “They exploit the weakness of the sick and their need for ruqyah.”
• “A raqi may not take anything for his recitation.”
• “A genuine raqi accepts nothing unless the patient gives it gladly, unasked.”
• “He should be paid only after the healing.”
• “Raqis do not recite for Allah — they recite for money.”
• “So-and-so takes money for his ruqyah; that is why it does not work.”

Where these sayings come from

1. 1Ignorance of the actual ruling on taking payment for ruqyahwhich the Sunnah addresses directly
2. 2The excess of some raqis, who do overcharge
3. 3Envy of what a raqi receives
4. 4Fatwas that have not made the question clear

His word on it: fear Allah concerning people’s honour, and judge no one until you know the ruling on taking payment for ruqyah. He treats the question fully in his book “The Raqi’s Fee and Profession” and in two recorded lessons on the fee and on devoting oneself full-time to treating people.

Our note: nothing on ruqyahwithnizam.com is ever charged for as “ruqyah”. The resources here are free. Where a payment exists (a scheduled consultation), it pays for a person’s time and attention, never for recitation, and never with any promise attached. Whatever ruling one takes on raqis’ fees elsewhere, that is the line kept here.