Regarding the word "the afflicted," this comes to us frequently in questions to an unimaginable degree due to its frequency. Is it permissible for a person to apply it to himself?
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The questioner : Regarding the word "the afflicted," this comes to us frequently in questions to an unimaginable degree due to its frequency. Is it permissible for a person to apply it to himself?
The Shaykh : Yes, because "affliction" means being pained by something.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 5429 And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the deceased is afflicted by the weeping of his family over him, because being pained by something, suffering from it, and being annoyed by it is a type of affliction. Yes, and they do not mean by "affliction" here the punishment in the Hereafter.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, because "affliction" means being pained by something.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Traveling is a kind of torture
السفر قطعة من العذابThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.