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Diseases,Medicines,Treatment |
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| Fatwa By : |
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid |
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English |
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Islam Q&A |
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14/09/2013 |
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What is the Islamic view on using medicines? Does using them contradict the idea of putting one’s trust in Allah?
Praise be to Allah.
1. Medicines are prescribed in general terms
It was narrated that Abu’l-Dardaa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: the Messenger of Allah SAWS (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Allah created the disease and the cure, so treat disease but do not treat it with anything that is haram.
(Narrated by at-Tabarani in al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer, 24/254. This hadith was classed as sahih by al-Albani in al-Silsilah as-Sahihah, 1633).
It was narrated that Usamah ibn Shurayk (may Allah be pleased with him) said: the Bedouins said, “O Messenger of Allah, should we not use medicine?” He said, “Yes, O slaves of Allah, use medicine, for Allah did not create any disease but He also created the cure for it, except for one disease.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is it?” He said, “Old age.”
(Narrated by at-Tirmidhi, 2038. He said it is hasan sahih; Abu Dawood, 3855; Ibn Majah, 3436).
2. Using medicine does not cancel out the idea of putting one’s trust in Allah
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
In the saheeh ahadith there is the command to use medicine, and these ahadith state that this does not contradict the idea of putting one’s trust in Allah, just as warding off hunger, thirst, heat and cold by means of their opposites does not contradict it. Rather the reality of Tawhid cannot be perfected without following the means which Allah has created in order to reach ends, both by His universal will and in His laws that He has prescribed. Ignoring this matter undermines the very essence of putting one’s trust in Allah, just as it undermines the concept of Allah’s command and wisdom, and weakens it so that the one who does not use the means to an end thinks that not using them is a stronger form of putting one’s trust in Allah. But not using the means to an end is a sign of weakness which contradict the idea of putting one’s trust in Allah, the essence of which is the reliance of the heart on Allah to provide that which will benefit a person in this world and in the Hereafter, and to ward off that which will harm him in this world and in the Hereafter. But it is essential to depend on use of the means, otherwise one is denying the wisdom of Allah and the laws which He has prescribed. So the slave of Allah should not call his helplessness dependence on Allah, or call his dependence on Allah helplessness.
Zadul-Ma’ad, 4/15.
And Allah knows best.
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