Complaining of illness to people
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Question:
The questioner asks: Regarding complaining of illness, if asked by a friend or a relative, is this permissible?
Answer:
This is disliked. One should be patient and not inform people of his illness except those who want to treat him, such as a doctor who comes to him and asks what he is feeling. There is no harm in informing them for the sake of treatment. However, informing people for the sake of complaining is disliked or forbidden. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: Regarding complaining of illness, if asked by a friend or a relative, is this permissible?
Answer:
This is disliked. One should be patient and not inform people of his illness except those who want to treat him, such as a doctor who comes to him and asks what he is feeling. There is no harm in informing them for the sake of treatment. However, informing people for the sake of complaining is disliked or forbidden. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/031 — archive.org (13:36)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.