What is your view on one who is afflicted with illness and does not supplicate for his own healing, following the example of Ayyub (peace be upon him)?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is your view on one who is afflicted with illness and does not supplicate for his own healing, saying that he will be patient and be content with praising Allah, and that his role model in this is Ayyub (peace be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
Ayyub (peace be upon him) supplicated to his Lord, saying, “Affliction has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful”[Al-Anbya 21:83]. Allah the Exalted said, “So We responded to him and removed the affliction from him.” He did not cease supplicating. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
He does not need supplication at all. Supplication is worship; it is the greatest of the types of worship. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is your view on one who is afflicted with illness and does not supplicate for his own healing, saying that he will be patient and be content with praising Allah, and that his role model in this is Ayyub (peace be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
Ayyub (peace be upon him) supplicated to his Lord, saying, “Affliction has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful”
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful."
وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَThe presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
He does not need supplication at all. Supplication is worship; it is the greatest of the types of worship. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [123 -308] ما هو قولكم فيمن يُصيبه المرض فلا يدعو لنفسه بالشفاء اقتداء بأيوب عليه السلام؟ — youtube.com
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