Seeking Forgiveness Is a Cause of Healing from Illnesses
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The questioner:
He asks: Is seeking forgiveness a means to treating physical illnesses and severe pains? And what are the verses indicating this?
The Shaykh:
Seeking forgiveness and repenting to Allah is undoubtedly a cause of healing, by the permission of Allah, because he is not afflicted with this illness except due to his sin. So when he seeks Allah's forgiveness, Allah forgives him and heals him from this illness. It is a type of supplication.
The questioner:
He asks, Shaykh, about the verses and hadiths indicating that seeking forgiveness is a cause of healing?
The Shaykh:
Because Allah commanded seeking forgiveness; He commanded seeking forgiveness in many verses. And since we mentioned that it is the general rule and the common case that one is not afflicted with illness except due to a sin, he seeks Allah's forgiveness for this sin, and Allah forgives him and heals him. Yes.
He asks: Is seeking forgiveness a means to treating physical illnesses and severe pains? And what are the verses indicating this?
The Shaykh:
Seeking forgiveness and repenting to Allah is undoubtedly a cause of healing, by the permission of Allah, because he is not afflicted with this illness except due to his sin. So when he seeks Allah's forgiveness, Allah forgives him and heals him from this illness. It is a type of supplication.
The questioner:
He asks, Shaykh, about the verses and hadiths indicating that seeking forgiveness is a cause of healing?
The Shaykh:
Because Allah commanded seeking forgiveness; He commanded seeking forgiveness in many verses. And since we mentioned that it is the general rule and the common case that one is not afflicted with illness except due to a sin, he seeks Allah's forgiveness for this sin, and Allah forgives him and heals him. Yes.
Source
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