Using laser treatment for weak eyesight: Does it diminish one's reward, and is it better to be patient and seek reward?
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Question:
I am a student in the secondary stage, and my eyesight is very weak. A new treatment using laser beams has appeared that restores vision to how it was. I am now confused about my situation: should I be patient and seek reward from Allah, or should I treat my eye? And if I treat it, will something be deducted from my reward? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no harm in permissible treatment with laser or otherwise, as long as it is medically established that it is beneficial, there is no harm in the treatment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Seek treatment, but do not seek treatment with what is forbidden," and he said (peace and blessings be upon him), "Allah has not sent down aSunan al-Bayhaqi 17:517." So seeking treatment is permissible, and if you leave it, there is no blame on you. If you seek treatment and Allah heals you, that is from what Allah has made permissible for you, and the matter is broad in this, and praise be to Allah. But for you to seek treatment and have your sight restored, that is better. Yes.
Yes, so that you benefit from your sight in reading the Qur'an and in other things, and there are great benefits in it, such as seeing the way to the mosque, and other benefits. Yes.
I am a student in the secondary stage, and my eyesight is very weak. A new treatment using laser beams has appeared that restores vision to how it was. I am now confused about my situation: should I be patient and seek reward from Allah, or should I treat my eye? And if I treat it, will something be deducted from my reward? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no harm in permissible treatment with laser or otherwise, as long as it is medically established that it is beneficial, there is no harm in the treatment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Seek treatment, but do not seek treatment with what is forbidden," and he said (peace and blessings be upon him), "Allah has not sent down a
a disease except that He has sent down a cure for it, and the one who knows it knows it, and the one who does not know it does not know it
داء إلا وأنزل له شفاء، علمه من علمه وجهله من جهلهYes, so that you benefit from your sight in reading the Qur'an and in other things, and there are great benefits in it, such as seeing the way to the mosque, and other benefits. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من استخدم الليزر لعلاج النظر الضعيف، هل ينقص من أجره شيئا، وهل الأفضل الصبر والاحتساب؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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