{"id":13020,"date":"2020-02-11T16:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T16:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=13020"},"modified":"2020-02-11T22:44:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T22:44:57","slug":"using-medicine-or-rely-on-allahs-tawakkul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/using-medicine-or-rely-on-allahs-tawakkul\/","title":{"rendered":"Using medicine or rely on Allahs Tawakkul"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 03215<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by: Maulana Tahsin Alam\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tQuestion<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tMy friend is suffering from headaches or sickness regularly and he always cures himself by reading Quran Ayats and duas. However, when it is really bad or worse, he will go to the doctor and they will give him medicine to eat for a long period of time. However, he does not believe in this as it is affecting his conviction upon Allah that medicine is the one curing, not Allah. He does not eat those medicines as Allah is the one giving Shifa and not the medicine. In this situation, how can one overcome this? What should one do?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong> <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnswer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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\n\tIn any case, whether your friend is being cured through the recitation of du\u02bf\u0101s<\/em> and Qur’\u0101n or taking prescribed medicine from the doctor, All\u0101\u1e25 SWT is the one curing him in all the situations. It is incorrect to believe that one not should resort to medicine or a doctor, as it will affect their \u012bm\u0101n<\/em>; the Prophet SAW ordered Sa\u02bfd ibn Ab\u012b Waqq\u0101\u1e63 when he fell sick, to consult the doctor of the Arabs, \u1e24\u0101rith ibn Kaldah (who was not even a Muslim) for medical advice.[1]<\/a>Im\u0101m Ibn al-Qayyim said, “The Prophet SAW treatment for sickness was of three types: natural (physical) treatments, spiritual treatments and treatments which contain elements of both.”[2]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTherefore, your friend should seek reliable medical advice from a doctor and follow his instruction, as is proven from the Sunnah; he should also continue on with his du\u02bf\u0101s<\/em> and recitation of the Qur’\u0101n as a means of cure as well.  It has also been narrated the Prophet SAW said, “Verily All\u0101h SWT has not sent down a sickness, except that its shif\u0101’<\/em>(cure) has been sent down with it, so use medicine and treat yourselves!”[3]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tOnly Allah SWT alone knows best.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Maulana Tahsin Alam<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChecked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t[1]<\/a>Mufti Taqi Usmani, Takmilah Fath Mulhim<\/em> (Damascus: Dar Qalam, 2006) volume 4 pg. 172.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t[2]<\/a>Ibid.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t[3]<\/a> Ibn Hajar, Fathul B\u0101ri (Kit\u0101b al-\u1e6cibb)<\/em> volume 10 pg. 140.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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