The Ruling on Seeking Medical Treatment and Its Impact on Tawhid (the oneness of Allah)

Question:
The questioner says: Some people hold that the regular use of medication is inconsistent with the perfection of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), whether that perfection is recommended or obligatory. What is your view, Your Eminence the Shaykh?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with seeking medical treatment, no blame on one for it, and it does not diminish faith. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O servants of Allah, , and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , teaching those who know and leaving those who do not know to their ignorance. However, it is better to refrain from seeking ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and asking for it; the hadith states that they do not seek ruqyah, they do not ask for someone to perform ruqyah for them or recite over them. Also, it is better to refrain from cauterization, except when there is a need. When the need arises, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and I do not like to conceal it. So when the need arises for cauterization, or seeking ruqyah, or the like, there is no harm in that. Thus, seeking treatment is sought after, and Allah did not send down a disease except that He sent down for it a cure. Yes.
But along with seeking medical treatment, one relies on Allah, asks his Lord for healing, and knows that He, the Exalted, is the Healer, that in His hand is the command, and that seeking medical treatment is among the means. Treatment by doctors or by reciters are all means, and success is in the hand of Allah, and healing is in the hand of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He).