What is meant by the phrase "and grant us well-being among those You have granted well-being" in the supplication of the witr prayer?
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The Shaykh : All right, .
Is the well-being here from diseases of the body, or from diseases of the hearts, or from both bodily and heart diseases?
The student: From both bodily and heart diseases.
The Shaykh : From both; grant us well-being from diseases of the hearts and diseases of the bodies.
And what comes to your minds when you supplicate to Allah the Exalted with this supplication:?
The student: The body.
The Shaykh : Well-being from diseases of the body, that is what it appears to be, but you should keep in mind, my brother, that you are supplicating to Allah the Exalted to grant you well-being from diseases of the body and diseases of the heart, because diseases of the hearts are the calamities. Therefore, we say in the qunut supplication:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3502Sahih (Darussalam).
All right, diseases of the bodies are known.
What are diseases of the hearts?
and grant us well-being among those You have granted well-being
وعافنا فيمن عافيتIs the well-being here from diseases of the body, or from diseases of the hearts, or from both bodily and heart diseases?
The student: From both bodily and heart diseases.
The Shaykh : From both; grant us well-being from diseases of the hearts and diseases of the bodies.
And what comes to your minds when you supplicate to Allah the Exalted with this supplication:
and grant us well-being among those You have granted well-being
وعافنا فيمن عافيتThe student: The body.
The Shaykh : Well-being from diseases of the body, that is what it appears to be, but you should keep in mind, my brother, that you are supplicating to Allah the Exalted to grant you well-being from diseases of the body and diseases of the heart, because diseases of the hearts are the calamities. Therefore, we say in the qunut supplication:
and do not make our affliction in our religion
لا تجعل مصيبتنا في دينناAll right, diseases of the bodies are known.
What are diseases of the hearts?