Explaining the method of treating physical and spiritual illnesses.
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The questioner : Regarding Anas... or generally?
The Shaykh : Generally, but I see what I hinted at earlier: if the pain has a known material treatment, one should take it, for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) commanded the taking of means, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) affirmed this on this occasion when he said: If there is no known material medicine for the pain and suffering, then there is no choice but to use this Prophetic medicine.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Be patient, please.
The questioner : If the illness is psychological...
The Shaykh : Psychological illness has treatments... generally, meaning one always turns to Allah and seeks nearness to Him through reciting the Qur'an and the like; it does not have this specific treatment that you heard tonight. Yes.
The questioner : If the disease or ailment has a medicine, meaning a material one, and one wants to use the material medicine, he must return to the Qur'an and the Sunnah... if he does not want this material medicine, it will not work.
The Shaykh : We need to look at the reason for his turning away from taking the material medicine, because here the matter may reach the point where this person turns away from taking the prescribed means. I mentioned recently, close to now, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): So this command does not mean this specific Prophetic treatment, but rather the treatment known among people through experience. If a Muslim turns away from treating himself with such known material medicine, he has turned away from taking the means, and this is, of course, contrary to the Shari'ah. If this person turns away from the material medicine, perhaps he has a doubt, for example, that it contains alcohol or something like that. In that case, we tell him: "You have done well and understood, so stick to that." But if the medicine contains nothing objectionable from a Shari'ah perspective, it is natural for him to take it, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) himself...
The Shaykh : Generally, but I see what I hinted at earlier: if the pain has a known material treatment, one should take it, for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) commanded the taking of means, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) affirmed this on this occasion when he said:
Seek treatment, O servants of Allah, for Allah has not sent down a disease except that He has sent down for it a cure.
تداووا عباد الله فإن الله لم ينزل داء إلا وأنزل له دواءThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Be patient, please.
The questioner : If the illness is psychological...
The Shaykh : Psychological illness has treatments... generally, meaning one always turns to Allah and seeks nearness to Him through reciting the Qur'an and the like; it does not have this specific treatment that you heard tonight. Yes.
The questioner : If the disease or ailment has a medicine, meaning a material one, and one wants to use the material medicine, he must return to the Qur'an and the Sunnah... if he does not want this material medicine, it will not work.
The Shaykh : We need to look at the reason for his turning away from taking the material medicine, because here the matter may reach the point where this person turns away from taking the prescribed means. I mentioned recently, close to now, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):