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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does seeking medical treatment prevent its practitioner from being among the seventy thousand who enter Paradise without reckoning?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported in the description of those who enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment that they do not seek ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), they do not use cauterization, they do not take an omen as a bad sign, and they place their reliance upon Allah. Does seeking treatment with the common treatments found in hospitals exclude the one who does so from the seventy thousand?

Answer:
No, seeking medical treatment is not disliked. What is disliked is cauterization, because cauterization involves the use of fire and involves torment. As for treatment other than cauterization, it is permissible and not disliked. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [556 -2802] هل التداوي بالعلاج يمنع صاحبه من الدخول في السبعين ألفا الذين يدخلون الجنة بغير حساب..؟ — youtube.com

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