Taking payment for giving an amulet or reciting and blowing over water

Question

Question: Is it permissible or not to recite and blow over an amulet or a thread and give it to some Hindu or Muslim? Is it permissible or not to recite and blow over water and give it? Is it permissible to take payment for this or not? If the sick person, after recovering, gives some reward or the like, what is the ruling on taking it?

Answer

Reciting and blowing over water, or making a charmed cord out of thread, and giving it to everyone — Muslims and non-Muslims alike — is proper; reciting and blowing over everyone is also proper. Writing a verse on an amulet and giving it to everyone — Muslims and non-Muslims alike — is proper, but in such a way that a sheet of paper or a cloth is put over it, or it is covered…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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