Assalamu alaykum, This is just some notes I was typing up for a course. InshaAllah you may benefit and benefit others. Incase you may be sick or know anyone that is sick or terminally ill. Rememeber me in your dua's. - Fares Elahi
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Health and Sickness
"Sickness wakes people up from heedlessness, guides them to give up their sins, makes them think about the Hereafter, leads them to pious beginnings, makes them more thankful to Allah, and teaches them the necessity of taking better care of their health and making better use of their life - something they didn't realise before - teaches them to understand other sick and pained people better, to feel sorry for them and to help them; and raises their ranks and degree higher in the Hereafter."
Health is a blessing, sickness is an examination. It is necessary to praise Allah for the blessings and to show endurance during examinations.
Points the Patient should take note of:
1. Sickness Expiates Sins - Prophet (sallalahu alayhi wa salam) said that no trail befalls a muslim even as small as a thorn prick but Allah forgives some of their sins [Bukhari 5041]
2. Increase in the Remembrance of Allah, recitation of the Qur'an and Ruqiyah and Charity. "Treat your sickness with charity" [Sahih Al Jaami]
3. Seek Medical Help "Verily, Allah sent down sickness and the cure, so seek medical help" [Abu Dawood]
4. Hope for recovery and never wish for death. - Prophet (sallalahu alayhi wa salam) said, None of you should wish for death, for if he is a good doer, he may increase in good deeds and if he is an evil doer, he may repent to Allah." [Bukhari] - Imagine you make it to next ramaadan and all your sins are forgiven...
5. Write out a Wasiyah [Will]
6. Settle all outstanding debts - "The soul of a believer is attached to his debt until it is paid off" [Tirmidhi], "All sins of a martyr are forgiven except for debt" [Muslim]
- Both debts should be settled.. Debt to People and Debt to Allah [Missed Fasts, Zakah etc]
"Indeed for the heart to be taken prisoner is a much greater matter than for the body to be taken as a prisoner." - Ibn Taymiyah [RA]
