Is Ruqyah (reciting Quranic verses and supplications for healing or protection), reading the Quran, dhikr (remembrance of God), and supplicating for worldly matters considered a worldly act of worship, to which the words of Allah Almighty apply: "Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We will fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived. Those are the ones for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do"?
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Ruqyah شرعية (Islamic exorcism) is an act of worship, and there is no harm in performing it to attain its worldly and otherworldly benefits, just like Surat Al-Baqarah, which expels Satan, prevents magic, and brings blessings. One does not sin by intending permissible worldly gains and benefits from acts of worship; rather, one is rewarded for their intention.
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