A person may be created with a specific physical form; is supplication beneficial in changing that form?
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The questioner:
A person may be created with a specific physical form. Is supplication beneficial in changing that form, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
If a person is afflicted with an illness, then supplication has an effect, by the permission of Allah, in curing him of his illness. Yes.
As for if a person is afflicted in his creation, meaning there is some deficiency in his creation, or he is disabled in some of his limbs, then he should seek treatment for it. He should seek treatment for it if there is a treatment available.
Because seeking medical treatment is prescribed. Seeking medical treatment with what is permissible is permissible or recommended. In fact, some scholars hold that it is obligatory. So if there is a treatment for this deficiency in the body or health with the doctors, and it is a permissible treatment, then there is no harm in a person taking the means that hold hope of healing. But if this congenital deficiency in his limbs is not helped by treatment, then he should have patience, seek reward from Allah, and not be distressed. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will reward him for that and compensate him with something better than what he was afflicted with.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. It is as if I see Shaykh Salih advising our brother to consult the doctors and test his intelligence. If it is normal, that is from the favor of Allah. And if there is a deficiency, it may perhaps be treated.
The Shaykh:
Yes. If his lack of intelligence and acumen is due to an illness that afflicted him and there is a treatment for it with the doctors, then let him consult the doctors, along with reliance upon Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and supplication to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So a person works for the means and supplicates to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to make them beneficial, combining both: supplication and taking the means, and reliance upon Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The presenter:
Perhaps among the answering of the supplication is that Allah will guide him to a doctor who prepares the opportunities for him.
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that preparing the treatment and preparing skilled doctors is from the favor of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and from the answering of the supplication. May Allah reward you with good.
A person may be created with a specific physical form. Is supplication beneficial in changing that form, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
If a person is afflicted with an illness, then supplication has an effect, by the permission of Allah, in curing him of his illness. Yes.
As for if a person is afflicted in his creation, meaning there is some deficiency in his creation, or he is disabled in some of his limbs, then he should seek treatment for it. He should seek treatment for it if there is a treatment available.
Because seeking medical treatment is prescribed. Seeking medical treatment with what is permissible is permissible or recommended. In fact, some scholars hold that it is obligatory. So if there is a treatment for this deficiency in the body or health with the doctors, and it is a permissible treatment, then there is no harm in a person taking the means that hold hope of healing. But if this congenital deficiency in his limbs is not helped by treatment, then he should have patience, seek reward from Allah, and not be distressed. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will reward him for that and compensate him with something better than what he was afflicted with.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. It is as if I see Shaykh Salih advising our brother to consult the doctors and test his intelligence. If it is normal, that is from the favor of Allah. And if there is a deficiency, it may perhaps be treated.
The Shaykh:
Yes. If his lack of intelligence and acumen is due to an illness that afflicted him and there is a treatment for it with the doctors, then let him consult the doctors, along with reliance upon Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and supplication to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So a person works for the means and supplicates to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to make them beneficial, combining both: supplication and taking the means, and reliance upon Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The presenter:
Perhaps among the answering of the supplication is that Allah will guide him to a doctor who prepares the opportunities for him.
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that preparing the treatment and preparing skilled doctors is from the favor of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and from the answering of the supplication. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، قد يكون الإنسان خلق على هيئة معينة، فهل يفيد الدعاء في تغيير تلك الهيئة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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