If we fall ill, it is important to turn to Allah Taala through the deeds which Rasulullah Sallallahu alaiyhi wa Sallam had prescribed. From the teachings of Quran and Hadith, our Pious Elders had stressed on Tawba-Istegfar, Sadaqa and worldly treatments. The third is also a Sunnah and proved by Hadith. Regarding worldly treatment, Ulama added that one should undergo medicine (or see a doctor) according to ones ability i.e. financial condition.
What should be the intention while seeing the doctor and/or taking medicine? To answer this, we relate a story from an illustrious pious, Hazratji Mawlana Yusuf Kandhalawi (R)’s noble life.
Once Hazratji Mawlana Yusuf (R) visited Khulna, Bangladesh. In a bayan there, he addressed for a long time. In most of the bayan he emphasized that Allah Taala is the Sole Doer of everything in the Universe. Right after the bayan, he got back to his room and he started taking various medicines. A buzurg of Bangladesh, Mawlana Abdul Fattah (R), who was there and witnessed this matter, very eagerly asked, “Hazratji! You had just stated in the bayan that Allah Taala is the Doer of all. Why do we then have medicine?” Hazratji (R) at once firmly answered: “This is Sunnah!”
Therefore, a Muslim should take medicine in the intention of performing a Sunnah. He should firmly believe that the doctor or a tablet can never cure me. He is Allah, my Lord, Whose Command works on every thing and being in the universe. Whenever we need to take medicine, our contemplation should be: My Nabi Sallallahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam would take medicine, therefore, I am taking medicine too, i.e. I am following my Beloved Prophet. A Muslim does not take medicine with the belief that the medicine will cure him. A medicine, like all other things, don’t hold any independent power in itself. It works if only Allah Taala desires.
A Muslim should not be oblivion of Allah’s Command at any moment of life. How quickly we turn to good deeds proves the strength of our Iman.
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