Treatment with Silver Coin Water
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some patients treat themselves with silver. They do this by putting water in a container, then placing silver coins in it for a period of time, then taking the coins out of the container and drinking this water. As Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in *Zad al-Ma'ad*, silver is among the beneficial medicines for anxiety and sorrow, and that it is added to strained honey and saffron. What is the Islamic ruling on such a matter?
Answer:
I do not know. Ask the doctors about this. Is there a cure in silver, or is there not? Ask the doctors, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some patients treat themselves with silver. They do this by putting water in a container, then placing silver coins in it for a period of time, then taking the coins out of the container and drinking this water. As Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in *Zad al-Ma'ad*, silver is among the beneficial medicines for anxiety and sorrow, and that it is added to strained honey and saffron. What is the Islamic ruling on such a matter?
Answer:
I do not know. Ask the doctors about this. Is there a cure in silver, or is there not? Ask the doctors, yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك : أن الناس في عصر الصحابة والتابعين ومن بعدهم كانوا يأتون المساجد حفاة في الطين وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:11:26)
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