Treatment and the Hadith of the Seventy Thousand Who Enter Paradise Without Reckoning
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Question:
The questioner: May Allah guide you, Honorable Shaykh. If a man who is a Christian goes to the hospital, does he ask for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who left behind those who were heard of as entering Paradise without reckoning? And does the hospital count as a means to that, or not?
Answer:
Treatment in permissible matters is permissible, and the Shari'ah-prescribed ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) is permissible; there is no doubt about this. It is among the means one employs. However, these seventy thousand resorted to a stronger means than treating with herbs or medicine. They resorted to a stronger means, which is tawakkul (reliance upon Allah) upon Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So they also acted upon a means, which is tawakkul upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Therefore, they deserved this rank. Yes.
The questioner: May Allah guide you, Honorable Shaykh. If a man who is a Christian goes to the hospital, does he ask for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who left behind those who were heard of as entering Paradise without reckoning? And does the hospital count as a means to that, or not?
Answer:
Treatment in permissible matters is permissible, and the Shari'ah-prescribed ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) is permissible; there is no doubt about this. It is among the means one employs. However, these seventy thousand resorted to a stronger means than treating with herbs or medicine. They resorted to a stronger means, which is tawakkul (reliance upon Allah) upon Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So they also acted upon a means, which is tawakkul upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Therefore, they deserved this rank. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12/9 شرح كتاب لمعة الاعتقاد : الشريط التاسع — youtube.com (56:13)
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