She has been afflicted with a touch for some time… Is it better to be patient or to seek treatment?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner, or rather, this is a woman asking, and she says, may Allah preserve you: I have been afflicted with a touch for some time and I am still ill. Is it better that I be patient with this condition, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he spoke to the black woman and told her to be patient, or that I seek the cause of healing from this illness?
The Shaykh:
As you mentioned, either you be patient and seek reward from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), or you treat this illness. Allah has not sent down a disease without sending down a cure for it; those who know know it, and those who do not know do not know it. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
One must seek treatment. No, it is not obligatory, but seeking treatment is permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner, or rather, this is a woman asking, and she says, may Allah preserve you: I have been afflicted with a touch for some time and I am still ill. Is it better that I be patient with this condition, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he spoke to the black woman and told her to be patient, or that I seek the cause of healing from this illness?
The Shaykh:
As you mentioned, either you be patient and seek reward from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), or you treat this illness. Allah has not sent down a disease without sending down a cure for it; those who know know it, and those who do not know do not know it. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
One must seek treatment. No, it is not obligatory, but seeking treatment is permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 253- أصابها مسٌّ منذ زمن.. فهل الأفضل الصبر أم التداوي؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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