The ruling on describing a medicine as overpowering the disease
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Question:
Some people say when they are given a medicine, “Take this medicine, for it is overpowering the disease.”
Answer:
This is a bad expression, “overpowering the disease.” No one overpowers except Allah, the One, the Overpowerer (Glorified and Exalted is He). But one may say, “This medicine is a medicine from which healing is hoped,” or something similar, or that it is suitable; there is nothing wrong with that. As for saying it is “overpowering the disease,” “cutting off the disease,” or “removing the disease,” this is a forbidden assertion, for none heals except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and the medicine is only one of the causes; it does not heal except by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Some people say when they are given a medicine, “Take this medicine, for it is overpowering the disease.”
Answer:
This is a bad expression, “overpowering the disease.” No one overpowers except Allah, the One, the Overpowerer (Glorified and Exalted is He). But one may say, “This medicine is a medicine from which healing is hoped,” or something similar, or that it is suitable; there is nothing wrong with that. As for saying it is “overpowering the disease,” “cutting off the disease,” or “removing the disease,” this is a forbidden assertion, for none heals except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and the medicine is only one of the causes; it does not heal except by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/036 — archive.org (10:34)
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