Do I need qualifications to perform ruqya on others?

There is no formal certificate or ijazah system for ruqya in Islam. That said, treating other people carries responsibility that self-ruqya does not, and there is a sensible minimum.

The minimum

• Correct aqidah, so that you never drift toward practices involving shirk.
• Accurate recitation of the core protective verses.
• Enough fiqh to know the rules on gender, contact and privacy.
• The honesty to say I do not know and to refer someone onward.
• The judgement to recognise when a problem is medical or psychological and needs a doctor, not a longer recitation.

That last point is the one most often neglected. A practitioner who cannot tell the difference between spiritual affliction and untreated illness will cause real harm, however sincere his intention.

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