Use Medicines that are Not Against Islam

Shaykh `Abd al-`Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him)
concerning mental illness & medication said:

It is permissible to treat sickness according to scholarly
consensus. The Muslim may go to a doctor for internal sickness,
injuries, nervous problems and so on, for him to diagnose his
sickness and treat it appropriately, using medicines that are
permitted according to Islam, according to his medical knowledge,
because this comes under the heading of taking the usual means, and
it does not contradict the idea of putting one's trust in Allaah.
Allaah has sent down the disease and He has sent down the cure;
those who know it know it, and those who do not know it do not know
it, but Allaah does not put the healing for His slaves in something
that He has forbidden to them.

It is not permissible for a sick person to go to the soothsayers or
fortunetellers who claim to have knowledge of the unseen, in order
to find out from them what his sickness is. Nor is it permissible
for him to believe what they tell him, for they speak without
knowledge or they summon the jinn to ask their help in doing what
they want to do. The ruling on these people is that they are kaafirs
who are misguided, if they claim to have knowledge of the unseen…
Majmoo' Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 3/274

The scholars of the Standing Committee said, answering a similar
question:

Trust in Allaah and think positively of Him; delegate your affairs
to Him, and do not despair of His mercy, bounty and kindness, for He
has not sent down any disease but He has also sent down the cure.
You should take the means and continue to consult specialist doctors
who have knowledge of disease and its treatment. Recite Soorat al-
Ikhlaas, Soorat al-Falaq and Soorat al-Naas over yourself three
times, and blow into your hands after each time, and wipe your face
and whatever you can reach of your body. Do that repeatedly night
and day and when going to sleep. Also recite over yourself Soorat al-
Faatihah at any time of night or day, and recite Aayat al-Kursiy
when you lie in your bed at night. These are the best ruqyahs with
which a person may treat himself and protect himself from evil. Call
upon Allaah by reciting the du'aa' for one who is in distress, and
say:

"Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah al-`Azeem al-Haleem, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah
rabb al-`arsh il-`azeem, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah rabb al-samawaati wa
rabb al-ard wa rabb al-`arsh il-`azeem (There is no god but Allaah,
the All-Mighty, the Forbearing, there is no god but Allaah, the Lord
of the mighty Throne, there is no god but Allaah, Lord of the
heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the mighty Throne)."
Also treat yourself with the ruqyah of the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him):

Allaahumma Rabb an-naas, mudhhib al-ba's ishfi anta al-Shaafi, laa
shaafiya illa anta, shifaa'an laa yughaadir saqaman (O Allaah, Lord
of mankind, the One Who relieves hardship, grant healing, for there
is no healer but You, a healing that leaves no trace of sickness)
And recite other dhikrs and ruqyahs and du'aa's which are mentioned
in the books of hadeeth, and which are mentioned by al-Nawawi in
Riyaadh al-Saaliheen and Kitaab al-Adhkaar.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 1/297

The Reward for Khushoo' and Beautification of the Prayer

Author: Hussain al-Awaa'ishah
Source: As-Salaat Wa Atharuhaa (trans. Abu Iyaad 1995)
Article ID : IBD060009 [5106]

Uqbah bin Aamir (ra) said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: "There is no person who performs wudhoo, beautifying his wudhoo, then prays two rakahs concentrating therein with this heart and face except Paradise becomes obligatory for him."[1]

Zaid bin Khaalid al-Juhnee (ra) said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Whoever performed wudhoo and beautified the wudhoo, then prayed two rakahs, not being forgetful in them all his previous sins will be forgiven."[2]

Humraan, the servant of Uthmaan bin Affaan (ra) said: I saw Uthmaan bin Affaan (ra) call for wudhoo (i.e. a container of water). He poured water over his hands and washed them three times. Then he put his right hand into the container and rinsed his mouth, and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blew the water out. Then he washed his face and forearms up to the elbows three times, passed his wet hands over his head and washed his feet up to the ankles three times. Then he said: I saw the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) perform wudhoo like this wudhoo of mine and then he (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: "If anyone performs wudhoo like this wudhoo then prays two rakahs, without conversing with his soul (i.e. not thinking of anything else) all his past sins will be forgiven."[3]

Abu Dardaa (ra) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) say: "Whoever performs ablution and beautifies it, then stands and prays two rakahs - or four, Sahl (a subnarrator) is not sure - beautifying them with dhikr and khushoo and then seeks forgivesness from Allaah, will be forgiven."[4]

And at the end of the hadeeth of Amr bin Asabah (ra): "... If he stands and prays, praises Allaah, glorifies Him, extolls Him with that which He is worthy of and empties his heart for Allaah the Exalted alone, he will depart from his sins in the same condition as the day his mother gave birth to him."[5]

Jaabir (ra) said: I asked the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) about wiping the pebbles during prayer. He said: "Only once, but if you withold from doing that it is better for you than a hundred black-eyed she-camels."[6]

NOTES [1] Reported by Muslim
[2] Saheeh ut-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb, no. 223.
[3] Reported by Bukhaaree, Muslim and others.
[4] Reported by Ahmad with a Hasan isnaad.
[5] Reported by Muslim and see [Saheeh ut-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb], no. 392.
[6] Reported by Ibn Khuzaimah in his [Saheeh] it is also in [Saheeh ut-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb], no. 558.

The Benefits of Prayer

Source: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [d.751]


- 1 - Prayer is something that causes one to receive sustenance.

- 2 - It is something that safeguards one's physical health.

- 3 - It keeps away harmful things.

- 4 - It casts away illnesses.

- 5 - It strengthens the heart.

- 6 - It brightens one's countenance.

- 7 - It delights the soul.

- 8 - It gets rid of laziness.

- 9 - It makes the limbs active.

- 10 - It increases one's physical strength.

- 11 - It expands the chest (making one at ease and giving him insight).

- 12 - It is nourishment for the soul.

- 13 - It illuminates the heart.

- 14 - It safeguards one's blessings.

- 15 - It repels catastrophes.

- 16 - It brings on blessings.

- 17 - It keeps away the Shaytaan (the Devil).

- 18 - It draws one close to Ar-Rahmaan (Allaah, the Most Merciful).

And overall it has an amazing effect on the health of the body and heart, and in strengthening them and expelling harmful pollutants from them. No two people have been afflicted with any disability, disease, or other calamity, except that the portion of the one who prays is less and his outcome is cleaner.

Also, prayer has an amazing effect on the evils of the dunyaa (the worldly life) and how it repels them, especially when the prayer is performed properly and completely, inwardly and outwardly. Nothing keeps the evils of the dunyaa at bay and brings on the benefits of it like prayer.

Being Justly Balanced

From Abu Hurairah (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: Love the one whom you love to a certain degree (moderately), perhaps one day he will be someone for whom you have hatred, and hate the one for whom you have hatred to a certain degree (moderately), perhaps one day he will be one whom you love.

Reported by at-Tirmidhee (no. 1997) and others by way of Suwayd ibn 'Amr al-Kalbee: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from Ayyoob as-Sakhtiyanee from Muhammad ibn Seereen from him. This isnaad is Saheeh (authentic) if Allaah wills.
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NOTES
The Muslim is justly balanced in his loving and his hating. He is just both when giving and when taking and is moderate in all of that. His being justly balanced is one of the signs of his Religion and the Sharee'ah. So he is not one who goes beyond the limits, nor one who falls short of what is required. Furthermore the Muslim does not derive this quality of being justly balanced from his intellect and desires, nor from his own opinion or other than this, rather he takes it from the Book of Allaah, the One free of all imperfections. "Thus we have made you a justly balanced nation, that you be witnesses over mankind and the Messenger (Muhammad (salallaahu 'alaihi wa'sallam)) be a witness over you." (Soorah al-Baqarah (2): 143). Being justly balanced is not an easy matter, indeed many of those who call out and declare it, desire only to water matters down and compromise. So for a person to be truly justly balanced as ordered by Allaah is not, as I have said, easy.