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Sickness

10 Rabi'ul Akhir 144614 October 2024

Another Version of the Hadith Regarding Sickness Being Beneficial for a Believer

QuestionI am searching for the reference of this Hadith: جاء أعرابي، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: «هل أخذتك أم ملدم؟» قال: وما أم ملدم؟ قال: «حر بين الجلد واللحم»، قال: لا، قال: «فهل صدعت؟» قال: وما الصداع؟ قال: «ريح تعترض في الرأس، تضرب العروق»، قال: لا، قال: فلما قام…

7 Rabi'ul Akhir 144611 October 2024

Apply Cool Water to Alleviate Fever

QuestionI am searching for a reference for this Hadith: «الحمى كير من كير جهنم فنحوها عنكم بالماء البارد»

16 Safar 144622 August 2024

Illness Causes Sins to Fall Away Like Leaves from a Tree

QuestionIs this Hadith suitable to quote? ما يمرض مؤمن ولا مؤمنة، ولا مسلم ولا مسلمة إلا حط الله بذلك خطاياه كما تنحط الورقة عن الشجرة

14 Rajab 144525 January 2024

Salah of a Sick Person

QuestionIs this Hadith authentic? "A sick/ailing person should perform Salah standing. If he finds it difficult, then he should perform Salah sitting. If he finds it difficult, then he should perform Salah lying down, making movements with his head. If he finds it difficult, then he should engage in the…

7 Muharram 144525 July 2023

Maymun ibn Mihran (rahimahullah) on Offering Salah Seated

QuestionCould you provide the reference, complete Arabic text, and who this narration is attributed to? ما حد المريض أن يصلي جالسًا؟ فقال: حده لو كانت دنيا تعرض له لم يقم

2 Ramadan 144424 March 2023

The Ruqyah of Jibril (‘alayhis salam)

QuestionIs this authentic? The ruqyah of Jibril ('alayhis salam): Bismillahi yubrika wa min kulli da-in yashfika wa min sharri hasidin idha hasad wa sharri kulli dhi 'ayn

28 Rabi'ul Awwal 14434 November 2021

Abud Darda (radiyallahu ‘anhu) Loves Death, Poverty and Illness

QuestionWhat is the reference, Arabic text for this narration and to whom is it attributed? "I love death because I long for my Lord. I love being poor because it humbles me in front of my Lord. And I love illness because it removes away my sins" [at-Tadhkirah]

1 Muharram 144310 August 2021

An Epidemic Had Gripped Madinah Munawwarah at the Time of Hijrah

QuestionCan you please give me the source of the following incident: When there was a disease in Madinah and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Bilal (radiyallahu 'anhuma) were affected by it, Sayyidah 'Aishah (radiyallahu 'anha) went to meet them.