Source Attribution
This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī.
Regarding Sūrah al-Nūr, verses (39–40), it is written:
This practice is either an innovation of the author of the book or a statement attributed to some other elder, but it has no basis in the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah.
However, it is permissible to recite Qur’anic verses and perform ruqyah (blowing) with them. Likewise, benefit may be sought from prescribed and authentic supplications (adhkār).
For supplications and adhkār related to protection from various calamities and hardships, the reader may consult the book “Deliverance from Distress”, authored by the same writer, in which only authentic ḥadīth and Qur’anic verses have been included.
This excerpt is taken from the book “Aḥkām o Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Aḥmad Rabbānī.
Question
It is written in a book published by Tāj Company, titled “Aʿmāl-e-Qur’ānī”, that certain verses are to be blown (dam) over specific items and then eaten or drunk in order for a problem to be resolved.Regarding Sūrah al-Nūr, verses (39–40), it is written:
Is this claim correct?“If these verses are blown over forty cloves, and one clove is eaten every night, then offspring will be granted.”
Answer
There is no evidence in the Noble Qur’an or in any authentic ḥadīth stating that if these verses of the Qur’an are blown over forty cloves and then eaten, one will be granted offspring.This practice is either an innovation of the author of the book or a statement attributed to some other elder, but it has no basis in the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah.
However, it is permissible to recite Qur’anic verses and perform ruqyah (blowing) with them. Likewise, benefit may be sought from prescribed and authentic supplications (adhkār).
For supplications and adhkār related to protection from various calamities and hardships, the reader may consult the book “Deliverance from Distress”, authored by the same writer, in which only authentic ḥadīth and Qur’anic verses have been included.
