Because of her long stay in the hospital, she felt distressed and cried a lot. Is she considered not patient with the trial?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. The author of this letter, may Allah reward her with good, says: Honorable Shaykh, when I was in the hospital for months, I repeatedly felt a great deal of distress, then I would cry a lot, suffer, and feel like a prisoner. Is this considered a lack of patience? And if I cried in this way and felt this feeling, do I still get the reward for the illness and what I suffered, or am I sinful? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
This is a psychological illness and a whisper from Satan, so it requires treatment through the remembrance of Allah and seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. If a psychiatrist is available and prescribes a beneficial treatment for this illness, that is a good thing; for Allah has notAl-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 46:1.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. This happened to her, Shaykh Salih. She was hospitalized, and it appears she has been discharged. She asks whether she was sinful, or whether that was part of the illness, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
This is a psychological illness for which she is not sinful, but she must exert the means to remove it, as I mentioned.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. The author of this letter, may Allah reward her with good, says: Honorable Shaykh, when I was in the hospital for months, I repeatedly felt a great deal of distress, then I would cry a lot, suffer, and feel like a prisoner. Is this considered a lack of patience? And if I cried in this way and felt this feeling, do I still get the reward for the illness and what I suffered, or am I sinful? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
This is a psychological illness and a whisper from Satan, so it requires treatment through the remembrance of Allah and seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. If a psychiatrist is available and prescribes a beneficial treatment for this illness, that is a good thing; for Allah has not
He has not sent down a disease except that He has sent down for it a cure, which those who know know and those who do not know do not know
يُنْزِلْ دَاءً إِلا وَأَنْزَلَ لَهُ شِفَاءً عَلِمَهُ مَنْ عَلِمَهُ وَجَهِلَهُ مِنْ جَهِلَهُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. This happened to her, Shaykh Salih. She was hospitalized, and it appears she has been discharged. She asks whether she was sinful, or whether that was part of the illness, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
This is a psychological illness for which she is not sinful, but she must exert the means to remove it, as I mentioned.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4980- لطول بقائها في المشفى شعرت بالضيق وبكت كثيرا فهل تعتبر غير صابرة على البلاء؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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