Comparing patience with illness and seeking treatment
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Question:
Or, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, which is better: to be patient with the illness or to seek treatment?
Answer:
This is the better option, without doubt. The punishment is permissible, praise be to Allah. Treatment is permissible; it is not obligatory nor recommended, but rather it is permissible. If you seek treatment, you have taken the permissible course. If you are patient and rely upon Allah, you have taken what is better and more excellent.
Or, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, which is better: to be patient with the illness or to seek treatment?
Answer:
This is the better option, without doubt. The punishment is permissible, praise be to Allah. Treatment is permissible; it is not obligatory nor recommended, but rather it is permissible. If you seek treatment, you have taken the permissible course. If you are patient and rely upon Allah, you have taken what is better and more excellent.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [31] — alfawzan.live (1:13:46)
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