the morning and night, for three days. Through its blessings, he was cured.^[1]

Reciting Quran as a Treatment is Permissible

Dear Islamic brothers! We learn from these two incidents that seeking a cure through the Quran, reciting the Quran over a sick person and writing verses of the Quran and wearing it as an amulet, are all permissible actions. The noble Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ would recite it as a treatment, and the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did so too, as well as encourage others to do the same. The Mother of the believers, Sayyidatunā ꜤĀˈishah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا states, “The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ordered me to perform recital for protection [if there was danger] from the evil eye.”^[2]

It is mentioned in a narration, “When any member of his household fell ill, the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would blow over them after reciting the last two Sūrahs of the Quran [Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al-Nās].”^[3]

On one occasion, when the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم fell ill, Sayyidunā Jibril عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام recited some words of cure over him.^[4]

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! It has become apparent that reciting verses of the Quran and other sacred words and blowing over a person is a sunnah of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the noble Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ and Sayyidunā Jibrīl عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام.

There are some narrations which prohibit us from wearing amulets, but these refer to those amulets which contain impermissible words, as was the practice of the people in the days of ignorance. Seeking cure by reciting Quranic verses, the names of Allah Almighty and prophetic duas