The Ruling on Abandoning Treatment and Being Patient with Illness
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who refuses treatment and decides to be patient with the illness? Is he sinful? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Treatment is not obligatory; it is permissible, neither obligatory nor recommended, but merely permissible. Therefore, if he leaves off treatment, there is no blame on him for that, because he left off something permissible, not something obligatory. So there is no blame on him. If he wants to seek treatment, he may seek it; and if he wants not to seek treatment, there is nothing wrong with that.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who refuses treatment and decides to be patient with the illness? Is he sinful? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Treatment is not obligatory; it is permissible, neither obligatory nor recommended, but merely permissible. Therefore, if he leaves off treatment, there is no blame on him for that, because he left off something permissible, not something obligatory. So there is no blame on him. If he wants to seek treatment, he may seek it; and if he wants not to seek treatment, there is nothing wrong with that.
Source
الفتاوى الفقهية في المسائل الطبية الرمضانية، الفتاوي الفقهية في المسائل الطبية الرمضانية — islamhouse.com (35:11)
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