How do you reconcile his statement (peace be upon him): “Allah has not sent down a disease without also sending down a cure for it,” with the reality that a cure sometimes does not heal the patient?
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The Shaykh : So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) states in this hadith that for every disease, Allah has created a cure, except for death. However, there is another narration in an authentic hadith that draws attention to something which answers a question that may occur to the minds of many people: why are we afflicted with a little or a lot of illness, then we seek treatment, and yet we do not recover? The answer is what came in the hadith of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), which is his statement (peace be upon him): So Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, But the skill lies in discovering this cure. The Messenger (peace be upon him) expressed this by saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 6604 So there is no difficulty if some people seek treatment for a certain illness and do not achieve recovery; because the result is that this doctor has not yet found the cure for that disease.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Who narrated this hadith:?
The Shaykh : I said: Imam Ahmad narrated it in his Musnad from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:.
Indeed, Allah has not sent down a disease without also sending down a cure for it; those who know it know it, and those who do not know it do not know it.
إن الله ما أنزل داءً إلا وأنزل له دواءً علمه من علمه وجهله من جهلهHe has not sent down a disease without also sending down a cure for it.
ما أنزل داءً إلا وأنزل له دواءًSome of us stored that our minds and some forgot it.
علمه من علمه ، وجهله من جهلهThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Who narrated this hadith:
He has not sent down a disease without also sending down a cure for it.
ما أنزل داءً إلا وأنزل له دواءًThe Shaykh : I said: Imam Ahmad narrated it in his Musnad from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed, Allah has not sent down a disease without also sending down a cure for it; those who know it know it, and those who do not know it do not know it.
إن الله لم ينزل داءً إلا وأنزل له دواءً ، علمه مَن علمه ، وجهله مَن جهله
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