Praise be to Allaah.
Blowing into water is of two types:
1 – If this is done with the intention of seeking barakah
(blessing) from the saliva of the one who blows into it, this is undoubtedly
haraam, because the saliva of any person is not a means of blessing and
healing, and there is no one from whose relics blessing may be sought except
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Blessing cannot
be sought from the relics of anyone else. Blessing was sought from the
relics of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
during his life and after his death, if those relics remained. Umm Salaamah
(may Allaah be pleased with her) had a small bell-shaped vessel of silver in
which she kept some hairs of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him), from which the sick sought healing. If a sick person came to
her she would pour some water over these hairs and stir it, then give it to
the sick person. But apart from the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him), it is not permissible to seek blessing from the saliva
of anyone, or from his sweat or his garment, etc. Rather this is haraam and
is a kind of shirk. If the blowing into the water is done for the sake of
seeking blessings from the saliva of the one who blows on it, then it is
haraam and is a kind of shirk. That is because everyone who attributes an
effect to something with no evidence from sharee’ah or proof in reality, has
committed a kind of shirk, because he is making his blowing as a cause of
healing alongside Allaah, and proving that something is a cause of something
else is to be based on shar’i evidence. Everyone who follows a means that
Allaah has not made to be a cause, either according to reality or sharee’ah,
has committed a kind of shirk.
2 – If a person blows
with saliva after reciting Qur’aan, such as al-Faatihah – which is a kind of
ruqyah and is the greatest kind of ruqyah that may be recited over a sick
person – so he recites al-Faatihah then blows into the water – there is
nothing wrong with this. Some of the salaf did this, and it is effective and
beneficial by Allaah’s leave. The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) used to blow into his hands when going to sleep, after
reciting Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad, and Qul A’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Falaq
and Qul ‘A’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Naas, then he would wipe his hands over
his face and whatever he could of his body. And Allaah is the Source of
strength.
Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 1/107.