Asalaamu alaikum Malanding,

Alhamdulillah and here is an answer to a similar question by Sheickh
ibn-Uthaimeen (a member of the Kibaaru'l Ulamaa- the council of elder
scholars in Saudi Arabia and the most senior one after the demise of our
dear Skeickh, bin-Baaz, may Allah have mercy on him). Courtesy
www.islam-qa.com. Wa qul rabbi zidnee ilm (And say, O my Lord, increase me
in Knowledge). Ameen.


Question: (Writing aayaat of the Qur'aan, washing the words and drinking the
water)


Some people write aayaat of the Qur'aan then wash them and drink the water.
If anyone objects, they say, "It is the word of Allaah and we are seeking
healing through it." Is this action permissible?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

This action is permissible, i.e., if a person writes Qur'aan in a kind of
"ink" that it is permissible to drink (e.g., saffron), then puts what he has
written into water and shakes it, then drinks it. Some of the salaf (pious
predecessors) used to do this, using vessels such as plates and the like. If
someone does this, he has a precedent in the salaf or early generations of
Islam. He may also take as evidence the general meaning of the aayah
(interpretation of the meaning):

"And We send down from the Qur'aan that which is a healing and a mercy to
those who believe." [al-Isra' 17:82]

If a person seeks healing from the Qur'aan in this manner and benefits from
it (and there is no text to prove that doing so is haraam and no bad results
occur), then it comes under the general meaning of this aayah.

(Liqa' al-Baab al-Maftooh by Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 55/121).



Allahumma salli wasallim alaa Nabiyyina Muhammad. Wasalaam.
Modou Mbye

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