What is the ruling on a male ruqyah practitioner touching a woman's body (her hand, forehead, or neck) directly, without a barrier, under the pretext of pressuring and confining the jinn within her, and is this touching comparable to what doctors do in hospitals, and what are the regulations concerning that?
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It is impermissible for the ruqya reciter to touch the body of the woman he is treating, due to the fear of temptation. He must recite upon her without touching, as his work does not depend on physical contact, unlike a doctor who may be compelled to touch for treatment.
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