The ruling on treating with cauterization and the authenticity of the hadith "No one is punished with fire except the Lord of Fire"
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The questioner:
Is treating with cauterization forbidden or permissible? And what is the authenticity of what is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 2673Sahih (Al-Albani)
The Shaykh:
This has come up before for us in the chapter on one who perfects tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and that cauterization is one of the types of treatment. Cauterization is permissible for the sake of treatment, but with dislike. It is permissible with dislike because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to dislike it. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): "The cure is in three things, or if the cure is in anything, it is in a drink of honey, a cut with a lancet, or cauterization with fire." He said (peace and blessings be upon him): "And I dislike fire." So it is permissible with dislike.
And what is disliked is permissible from the perspective of permissibility. But the meaning of what is disliked is that leaving it is better. Leaving it is better. It is permissible to do it, but leaving it is better. What is disliked is that the one who leaves it is rewarded, and the one who does it is not punished. This is what is disliked. Like a sunnah (recommended practice) in response to something. A questioner says that the Messenger prohibited... correction, the Prophet.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the Messenger prohibited punishment by fire, that they not be punished by fire except the Lord of Fire. But cauterization is an exception for the sake of need and the benefit in it. Yes.
Is treating with cauterization forbidden or permissible? And what is the authenticity of what is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
for no one punishes with fire except the Lord of the fire
أنه قال لا يعذب بالنار إلا رب النار.The Shaykh:
This has come up before for us in the chapter on one who perfects tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and that cauterization is one of the types of treatment. Cauterization is permissible for the sake of treatment, but with dislike. It is permissible with dislike because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to dislike it. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): "The cure is in three things, or if the cure is in anything, it is in a drink of honey, a cut with a lancet, or cauterization with fire." He said (peace and blessings be upon him): "And I dislike fire." So it is permissible with dislike.
And what is disliked is permissible from the perspective of permissibility. But the meaning of what is disliked is that leaving it is better. Leaving it is better. It is permissible to do it, but leaving it is better. What is disliked is that the one who leaves it is rewarded, and the one who does it is not punished. This is what is disliked. Like a sunnah (recommended practice) in response to something. A questioner says that the Messenger prohibited... correction, the Prophet.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the Messenger prohibited punishment by fire, that they not be punished by fire except the Lord of Fire. But cauterization is an exception for the sake of need and the benefit in it. Yes.
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