Going to Doctors and Realizing the Oneness of Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, does going to doctors take a person out of realizing tawhid (the oneness of Allah) when he needs it?
Answer:
What is the meaning of realizing tawhid and leaving off the means? It is not correct to say that realizing tawhid means leaving off the disliked means, such as asking people, or cauterization, or the forbidden means, such as taking an omen as a bad sign. Realizing tawhid is leaving off the forbidden means, like taking an omen as a bad sign, or the disliked means, like cauterization, and seeking help from other than Allah. As for the permissible means that carry no dislike, there is no harm in them, and they do not take a person out of the seventy-seven categories of shirk (associating partners with Allah), because there is no dislike in them. Treatment by doctors is among the permissible matters, and no prohibition has been reported regarding it.
Honorable Shaykh, does going to doctors take a person out of realizing tawhid (the oneness of Allah) when he needs it?
Answer:
What is the meaning of realizing tawhid and leaving off the means? It is not correct to say that realizing tawhid means leaving off the disliked means, such as asking people, or cauterization, or the forbidden means, such as taking an omen as a bad sign. Realizing tawhid is leaving off the forbidden means, like taking an omen as a bad sign, or the disliked means, like cauterization, and seeking help from other than Allah. As for the permissible means that carry no dislike, there is no harm in them, and they do not take a person out of the seventy-seven categories of shirk (associating partners with Allah), because there is no dislike in them. Treatment by doctors is among the permissible matters, and no prohibition has been reported regarding it.
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شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، تتمة باب من حقق التوحيد دخل الجنة بغير حساب، وباب الخوف من الشرك — islamhouse.com (1:19:43)
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