Supplication for healing from leprosy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: A man asked his Lord for a cure from the disease of leprosy. Is this action an overstepping in supplication? And is leaving it off a despairing of Allah’s mercy?
Answer:
It is well known that leprosy has no cure. As for his supplication, supplication is undoubtedly an act of worship; the fact that he calls upon Allah and humbles himself before Him earns him reward for the supplication. However, leprosy is one of the diseases that has no cure. If he had called upon Allah for other things—calling upon Allah for forgiveness, calling upon Allah for repentance, and calling upon Allah for matters that are a place for supplication—that would have been better than his supplication for something known to be incurable. It is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, who caused this disease, and it is not known that a person afflicted with leprosy was healed except what Allah performed through the hand of 'Isa (peace be upon him) as a miracle for him, curing the blind and the leper. A miracle does not occur except through the hand of one to whom it was made a sign. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: A man asked his Lord for a cure from the disease of leprosy. Is this action an overstepping in supplication? And is leaving it off a despairing of Allah’s mercy?
Answer:
It is well known that leprosy has no cure. As for his supplication, supplication is undoubtedly an act of worship; the fact that he calls upon Allah and humbles himself before Him earns him reward for the supplication. However, leprosy is one of the diseases that has no cure. If he had called upon Allah for other things—calling upon Allah for forgiveness, calling upon Allah for repentance, and calling upon Allah for matters that are a place for supplication—that would have been better than his supplication for something known to be incurable. It is Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, who caused this disease, and it is not known that a person afflicted with leprosy was healed except what Allah performed through the hand of 'Isa (peace be upon him) as a miracle for him, curing the blind and the leper. A miracle does not occur except through the hand of one to whom it was made a sign. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 24 — archive.org (2:45)
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