Does cauterization benefit?
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The Shaykh : There is one who wants to ask, yes.
The questioner : Is there any reliance on the person regarding this? You mentioned cauterization; if one is afflicted with an illness and they prevent them from being cauterized, is this part of the person's reliance?
The Shaykh : No, no, this is not befitting, because cauterization has a very clear benefit in certain cases. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cauterized Sa'd ibn Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) because the benefit was realized; he cauterized him so that the blood vessel would stop and the bleeding would cease. Here, however, cauterization involves a possibility that it may benefit or it may not. For example, it is well known among people that cauterization is beneficial for pleurisy; by the permission of Allah, it acts like a patch. So a man might not bleed, or he might faint. If he is cauterized, by the permission of Allah, and the cauterization is appropriate, it is as if he woke up from sleep. He distinguishes between things that have a clear, beneficial cause and things that are not clear. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As I told you, if he considers it a pure cause and does not place his hope in anything but Allah, then this is correct. A person cannot suspend the causes. But if he believes that he depends on this salary with clear dependence and places his hope in it, then this is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Therefore, this matter is one that disgraces people in their jobs and makes independent work more complete, because independent work relies heavily on Allah.
The student: It is closer to tawakkul (reliance upon Allah).
The Shaykh : It is closer to tawakkul (reliance upon Allah); it makes him rely on Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And even though independent work has some aspects of it, in any case, there is nothing that does not contain trial, but there is no doubt that from the perspective of tawakkul (reliance upon Allah), it is more eloquent. For this reason, it came in the authentic hadith:Musnad Ahmad 205[lts isnad is qawi] (Darussalam) meaning, she goes out at the beginning of the day hungry she goes out seeking her provision from her Lord (Mighty and Majestic) with her belly empty, and she does not return except with her belly full. And Allah is the Greatest. Yes.
The questioner : Is there any reliance on the person regarding this? You mentioned cauterization; if one is afflicted with an illness and they prevent them from being cauterized, is this part of the person's reliance?
The Shaykh : No, no, this is not befitting, because cauterization has a very clear benefit in certain cases. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cauterized Sa'd ibn Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) because the benefit was realized; he cauterized him so that the blood vessel would stop and the bleeding would cease. Here, however, cauterization involves a possibility that it may benefit or it may not. For example, it is well known among people that cauterization is beneficial for pleurisy; by the permission of Allah, it acts like a patch. So a man might not bleed, or he might faint. If he is cauterized, by the permission of Allah, and the cauterization is appropriate, it is as if he woke up from sleep. He distinguishes between things that have a clear, beneficial cause and things that are not clear. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As I told you, if he considers it a pure cause and does not place his hope in anything but Allah, then this is correct. A person cannot suspend the causes. But if he believes that he depends on this salary with clear dependence and places his hope in it, then this is a type of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Therefore, this matter is one that disgraces people in their jobs and makes independent work more complete, because independent work relies heavily on Allah.
The student: It is closer to tawakkul (reliance upon Allah).
The Shaykh : It is closer to tawakkul (reliance upon Allah); it makes him rely on Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And even though independent work has some aspects of it, in any case, there is nothing that does not contain trial, but there is no doubt that from the perspective of tawakkul (reliance upon Allah), it is more eloquent. For this reason, it came in the authentic hadith: