The Ruling on Patience in Pain and Refraining from Medical Treatment
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on enduring severe pain, and am I being unjust to myself, since I never like medicines and therefore I refrain from taking them?
Answer:
Yes, patience is obligatory, and medicine is permissible. Seeking medical treatment is permissible; it is among the permissible things and is one of the beneficial causes. If medicine becomes available to her, she should seek treatment, and praise be to Allah, while placing her reliance on Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
This questioner says: What is the ruling on enduring severe pain, and am I being unjust to myself, since I never like medicines and therefore I refrain from taking them?
Answer:
Yes, patience is obligatory, and medicine is permissible. Seeking medical treatment is permissible; it is among the permissible things and is one of the beneficial causes. If medicine becomes available to her, she should seek treatment, and praise be to Allah, while placing her reliance on Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/161 — archive.org (14:35)
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