Reciting Qur’aan over water for ruqyah and heating it because the weather is cold

Question

Praise be to Allah.

Firstly:

We ask Allaah
to heal you, make you well and divert away from you that which you are
experiencing.

Secondly:

It is
permissible for you to recite Qur’aan over water and to drink some of it and
wash yourself with it. This has been discussed and what should be recited to
cure spells has been mentioned in the answer to question no.
12918.

With regard to
what you mention about reading for yourself over water; in Saheeh
al-Bukhaari (5735) and Saheeh Muslim (2192) it is narrated from
‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) blew over himself and recited
al-Mi’wadhatayn during his final sickness. When his pain got worse, I would
recite over him and wipe his hand over him, seeking its blessing.

Mu’ammar said:
I asked al-Zuhri how he used to blow over himself. He said: He used to blow
into his hands then wipe them over his face.

Al-Haafiz Ibn
Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The words “in his final sickness”
do not mean it is limited to that, rather ‘Aa’ishah indicated that this
happened at the end of his life and that it was not abrogated. End quote.

Thirdly:

It is not
essential to remove all one’s clothes when doing ghusl, whether it is ghusl
for ruqyah or to cleanse oneself from janaabah and so on. What matters is
that the water should reach the skin.

‘Uthmaan (may
Allaah be pleased with him) would do ghusl without taking off his clothes,
because of his deep modesty (may Allaah be pleased with him). Narrated by
Ahmad (543) with a hasan isnaad.

In Kitaab
al-Ghusl of his Saheeh, Imam al-Bukhaari included a chapter
entitled: One who does ghusl naked when he is alone and in seclusion, but
whoever can cover himself, covering is better. Bahz ibn Hakeem narrated from
his father, from his grandfather, from the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) that Allaah is more deserving that we be modest
before Him than other people.

Al-Haafiz Ibn
Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: When he said it is better, this
means that it is permissible to wash oneself when naked, and this is the
view of the majority of scholars. End quote.

There is
nothing wrong with heating the water and reciting over it.

And Allaah
knows best.