Tag Archives: Sickness

January, 2021

• 20 January

  A Hadith regarding calamities and the Masjid

  Question Is the following Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “When disease descends from the skies, it is averted from the inhabitants of the Masajid.”

November, 2020

• 17 November

  Another version of the narration regarding the parable of a believer when he is afflicted by illness or fever

  Question What is the source of this Hadith? إنما مثل العبد المؤمن حين يصيبه الرعد والحمى، كمثل حديدة تدخل النار فيذهب خبثها ويبقى طيبها

July, 2020

• 27 July

  A query regarding the du’a when visiting the sick

  Question Is this a Hadith of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)? Regarding sickness, Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Nothing to worry. It is a purifier.”
• 21 July

  Consuming camel urine for medical purposes

  Question I would like to know if there is a Hadith that makes mention of the consumption of camel urine for shifa (i.e medicinal purposes). Is it authentic? And if so, can the Hadith be used to validate the usage of camel urine? Please provide some commentary on the Hadith.
• 8 July

  A traveller/ill person receives rewards for good deeds he used to do

  Question Is the following Hadith authentic? “When a slave of Allah suffers from an illness, he is credited with the equal of whatever good good work he used to do when he was healthy. ”

June, 2020

• 25 June

  Using medical treatments and medication

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Sayyiduna Usamah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “Some Bedouins asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah, can we treat our ill [by using medication]?’ He (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) replied, ‘Yes, O servants of Allah! Use remedies, for indeed Allah did not make a disease but He made a cure for it’ or he said ‘a remedy’, except for …

March, 2020

• 19 March

  A du’a seeking protection from bad manners, evil deeds and dreadful diseases

  Question Please provide the reference and Arabic text for this du’a: “O Allah! Protect me from bad manners, evil desires, evil deeds and dreadful diseases”
• 18 March

  Caution against hoarding food

  Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? “Whoever hoards food [and keeps it from] the Muslims, Allah will afflict him with leprosy and bankruptcy.”
• 10 March

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would advise those who suffered with headaches to undergo cupping

  Question What is the reference for this Hadith? Salma, the servant of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said, “Whenever someone would complain of a headache to the Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) he (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) would advise them to perform Hijama.”
• 3 March

  Du’as for protection against diseases

  Question Is there any du’a that we can read for protection from Corona virus?

February, 2020

• 26 February

  Reconciliation between the Hadiths on sickness and plague

  Question Both Imams Bukhari and Muslim have narrated a Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) that the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) has said: ‘There is no ‘adwa [transmission of infectious disease] and no tiyarah [superstitious belief in bird omens].’ (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 5776, and Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 2224) However, the following Hadith indicates that there are some …

January, 2020

• 22 January

  Did Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) undergo cupping on his head?

  Question Is there a narration in Sahih Bukhari that states Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was cupped on the middle of his head?

June, 2019

• 19 June

  Reciting the last four Verses of Surah Al Mu’minun for cure

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? عن عبد الله أنه قرأ في أذن مبتلى فأفاق، فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما قرأت في أذنه؟ قال: قرأت أفحسبتم أنما خلقناكم عبثا [المؤمنون: 115] حتى فرغ من آخر السورة. فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لو أن رجلا موقنا قرأ بها على جبل لزال