Tag Archives: Sickness

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

May, 2019

• 2 May

  Is there any virtue in reciting the ‘manzil’?

  Question What is the virtue of reciting the ‘manzil’ and reading it before sleeping?

April, 2019

• 26 April

  Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah) on treatment for vitiligo

  Question Is it true that Imam ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah has mentioned in Zadul Ma’ad, chapter of Tibbun Nabawi that ants were used in the treatment of vitiligo [A skin disease]?
• 19 April

  Eating twenty one raisins daily

  Question I read the following Hadith in a book on Tibb, however, the English translation of the last two words does not seem to be correct. Kindly provide the correct translation of the Hadith: Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Those who take 21 raisins daily will be free from all diseases which give …
• 8 April

  The parable of a believer when he is afflicted by illness or fever

  Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? Abdur Rahman ibn Azhar reported: Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily the parable of the believer, when he is afflicted by illness or fever, is only that of a piece of iron placed in the fire; its defects vanish and its goodness remains.”

February, 2019

• 11 February

  Unreliable virtue of visiting the sick

  Question Is the following authentic? To visit the sick is more beloved in the sight of Allah than ‘ibadah for 40 or 50 years 

November, 2018

• 22 November

  Praising Allah Ta’ala when one becomes ill and not complaining

  Question Could you confirm the source of this Hadith? إذا مرض العبد بعث الله إليه ملكين، فيقول انظرا ماذا يقول لعواده؟ فإن هو إذا جاؤه حمد الله واثنى عليه رفعا ذلك إلى الله عز وجل وهو أعلم، فيقول لعبدي علي إن توفيته أن أدخله الجنة، وإن أنا شفيته أن أبدل له لحما خيرا من لحمه، ودما خيرا من دمه، وأن …