Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) send a doctor for hearts or for bodies?
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Question:
A questioner says: Some people say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent as a doctor for hearts, and not as a doctor for bodies, and that the narrations regarding Prophetic medicine do not have the status of legislation. This is what some people have said, and I recall reading a false and invalid statement in some newspapers,
Answer:
rather, Allah sent him with the medicine of hearts and the medicine of bodies through what Allah prescribed for him from the Book of Allah the Exalted, and from the supplications He prescribed for His servants. He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and Allah benefited many through it in the treatment of hearts and bodies (peace and blessings be upon him). However, the primary objective is the rectification, purification, and treatment of hearts, and protecting them from shirk (associating partners with Allah), worshipping other than Allah, and sins. But the treatment of bodies came as a secondary matter to that. For this reason, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Fussilat 41:44] guidance for their hearts and healing for their hearts, and so on, for their diseases. Allah heals many through it, (Glorified and Exalted is He).
How many patients with a flowing illness did Allah heal through ruqyah, and how many did He grant health to through ruqyah? So he was sent with the medicine of hearts and the medicine of bodies, but some people accept the medicine and are guided, while others are not guided. Likewise, some accept the medicine of bodies and benefit from the treatment, while others do not benefit.
This is why He, Exalted and Majestic is He, says in His great Book: “And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the path of Allah. And most of the people are not believers, even if you wish to.” Most of the people deviated from the messengers and did not accept what they brought, whether in the treatment of hearts or in the treatment of bodies, and so on.
The prayer and peace be upon him: "Healing is in three: a burn with fire, a cup of honey, and a cut with a lancet. And I do not like to cauterize, in the other wording, and I forbid my Ummah from cauterization." So cauterization is beneficial, but it should be the last resort in medicine, because it is a type of burning with fire. If one can do without it by using another medicine, that is better. Like what came regarding the black seed: "There is no healing from every disease." Like what came in many hadiths that he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah on many patients and Allah granted them health. And he would say in the treatment of believers: "O Lord of the people, remove the affliction and heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing. A healing that leaves no illness." He (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent with this and that, but it does not mean that his medicine succeeds with everyone. Rather, the few are commanded to accept it and the majority reject it.[Saba 34:20], and few of His servants associate partners with Him. So the followers of the truth and revelation among the people are the few, and likewise those who benefit from his guidance in physical medicine are few. Most of creation did not benefit from the messengers; rather, they strayed from the messengers, prevented people from the messengers, and fought them.
A questioner says: Some people say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent as a doctor for hearts, and not as a doctor for bodies, and that the narrations regarding Prophetic medicine do not have the status of legislation. This is what some people have said, and I recall reading a false and invalid statement in some newspapers,
Answer:
rather, Allah sent him with the medicine of hearts and the medicine of bodies through what Allah prescribed for him from the Book of Allah the Exalted, and from the supplications He prescribed for His servants. He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and Allah benefited many through it in the treatment of hearts and bodies (peace and blessings be upon him). However, the primary objective is the rectification, purification, and treatment of hearts, and protecting them from shirk (associating partners with Allah), worshipping other than Allah, and sins. But the treatment of bodies came as a secondary matter to that. For this reason, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure."
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌHow many patients with a flowing illness did Allah heal through ruqyah, and how many did He grant health to through ruqyah? So he was sent with the medicine of hearts and the medicine of bodies, but some people accept the medicine and are guided, while others are not guided. Likewise, some accept the medicine of bodies and benefit from the treatment, while others do not benefit.
This is why He, Exalted and Majestic is He, says in His great Book: “And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the path of Allah. And most of the people are not believers, even if you wish to.” Most of the people deviated from the messengers and did not accept what they brought, whether in the treatment of hearts or in the treatment of bodies, and so on.
The prayer and peace be upon him: "Healing is in three: a burn with fire, a cup of honey, and a cut with a lancet. And I do not like to cauterize, in the other wording, and I forbid my Ummah from cauterization." So cauterization is beneficial, but it should be the last resort in medicine, because it is a type of burning with fire. If one can do without it by using another medicine, that is better. Like what came regarding the black seed: "There is no healing from every disease." Like what came in many hadiths that he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah on many patients and Allah granted them health. And he would say in the treatment of believers: "O Lord of the people, remove the affliction and heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing. A healing that leaves no illness." He (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent with this and that, but it does not mean that his medicine succeeds with everyone. Rather, the few are commanded to accept it and the majority reject it.
And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.
وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 171 أبعث النبي طبيبا للقلوب أم الأجسام؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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