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The Nature of Ailments and Remedies
&
The Benets of Illness
&
Concerns about Never Getting Sick
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Allah has created a remed!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
'or ever disease Allah has created a certain remed()
*Nah+ al 'asahah , $a-ims of the "ro#het $ohammad. transl( /ast+erdi0 #g 120 34156
Allah rst gives rise to the cure!
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The "ro#het $ohammad said%
Allah does not give rise to an disease unless 7e rst
o8ers its cure()
*Nah+ al 'asahah , $a-ims of the "ro#het $ohammad , transl( /ast+erdi0 #g 9:40 35:;46
There is a Cure for
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Treat ourselves =ith medicine0 for trul Allah has not
sent do=n an ailment e-ce#t that 7e has sent do=n a
cure for it =ith the e-ce#tion of death and old age()
*The Scale of >isdom . Rashahri0 #g 9110 3 554: & ?an@ al mmal 356
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The bitterness of the remed!
Imam Ali said%
The #ain of one =ho cannot bear the bitterness of a
remed =ill continue()
*The Scale of >isdom , Rashahri0 #g :20 355D4 & Ghurar al 7ikam0 35116
It is #ossible for a medicine!
Imam Ali said%
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It is #ossible for a medicine to be an ailment and an
ailment to be a medicine()
*The Scale of >isdom ,Rashahri0 #g :20 355D; & Nah+ al Balagha0 letter926
/iseases are!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
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/iseases are Allah)s =hi#s on the earth for the correction
of #eo#le()
Nah+ al 'asahah , $a-ims of the "ro#het $ohammad , transl( /ast+erdi0 #g 4D0 3 :;6
$ore on the Nature of Good 7ealth
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Including%The Benets of Illness
&
Concerns about never getting sick
The Benets of Illness
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Allah =ill =i#e out the sins of!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
No Believer and $uslim , man or =oman , fall sick
e-ce#t that Allah =ill =i#e out their sins()
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The =rong doings of a sick #erson!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
The =rong doings of a sick #erson fall o8 of them like the
falling of leaves from a tree()
*The Scale of >isdom ERashahri0 #g 1150 3;D45 & ;D42 consecutivel & Al Targhib =a al
Tarabih0 vol :0 #g 5150 3;; & ;46
'ever is Allah)s "rison on
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*Al ?hisal E SaduF0 g 2D:0 35D.;6
The Re=ard for Illness
Imam SadiF said%
ne night)s slee#lessness during an illness that aHicts a believer
is eFual to a ear)s =orshi#()
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ne night)s fever!
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The $essenger of Allah said%
ne night)s fever e-#iates a ear)s sins()
*Tibb al Aimma , $edicine of the Imams. Transl( Is#ahan0 #g ;6
n the Re=ard of the "atient ne
Imam SadiF said%
>hoever0 =hen su8ering from an ailment0 #atientl
endures it and considers it a means of #ro-imit to Allah0
Allah =rites for them the same re=ard as that of a
thousand martrs()
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*one co# to ices and irtues) section of the notebooks and one to 7ealth Care) notebooks
& one co# to J(T(6
*The Scale of >isdom , Rashahri00 #g 4;0 39::D & Tibb al Aimmah0 #g 2D6
Staing a=ake from illness or #ain!
Imam BaFir or Imam SadiF said%
Staing a=ake from sickness or #ain for one night carries
a greater re=ard than the =orshi# of one ear()
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*The Scale of >isdom , Rashahri0 #g 11150 3;D49 & & Al ?a vol 90 #g 22:0 346
>hen a Believer becomes sick!
Imam ?a@im said%
>hen a believer becomes sick0 Allah reveals to the angel
on their left shoulder%
K/o not =rite a sin for m servant as long as the are in
$ connement and m gras#(L
And 7e reveals to the angel on the right shoulder%
K>rite for $ servant =hat ou =ere =riting for them in
merits =hen the =ere health(L)
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*The Scale of >isdom , Rashahri0 #g 11150 3 ;D4: & Al ?a0 vol 90 #g 22:0 3D6
Concerns about never Getting Sick
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If one)s bod does not become sick!
Imam BaFir said%
If a bod does not become sick it continues to make
merr and there is no good in a bod that onl makes
merr()
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*The Scale of >isdom , Rashahri0 #g 11:0 3;DD9 & $ishkat al An=ar0 #g :D0 324546
The "ro#het $ohammad said about goodhealth!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
Continuous good health suMces as an ailment)(
*The Scale of >isdom , Rashahri0 #g 1190 3;DD2 & Tanbih al ?ha=atir0 vol 50 #g D6
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If one does not endure an harm in their
bod!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
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Indeed Allah hates a =icked evil #erson =ho does not endure an
harm in their bod or their =ealth()
*The Scale of >isdom , Rashahri0 #g 1190 3;DD5 & Al /a)a=at0 #g 2D50 3:56
About Concealing Illness
&
The
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About Concealing Illness
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>hoever becomes sick three times!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
Allah Almight has said%
K>hoever becomes sick three times and does not
com#lain to an of their visitors0 I change their esh to
esh better than =hat the have and blood better than
the blood the had before(
If I cure them then I =ill cure them the =ill have no sin(
And if I take them in death0 I =ill take them to $ $ercL()
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*The Scale of >isdom E Rashahri0 #g 1190 3 ;D4; & Al ?a0 vol 90 #g 22;0 326
>hoever conceals their #ain and illness !
Imam Ali said%
>hoever su##resses #ain that the have been inicted =ith and
conceals it for three das form #eo#le and com#lains to Allah
instead0 Allah =ill rightfull cure them from it()
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Imam Ali said%
>hoever conceals their hidden illness0 their #hsical =ill not be
able to cure it()
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Imam Ali said%
>hoever conceals their sickness from #hsicians has betraed
their bod()
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*The Scale of >isdom ,Rashahri0 #g 119 3;D4D0 ;D4 & ;D41 & Al ?hisal0 #g 490 32 &
Ghurar al 7ikam3;:; and 425 conseF(6
The
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isiting the Sick!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
The one =ho visits the sick dives into /ivine $erc()
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*The Scale of >isdom E Rashahri0 #g 11:0 3;DD; & ?an@ al mmal35;2:26
$ake our visits to the sick brief
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
The best kind of visit to the sick is the briefest one()
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?ee# the visit to the sick brief unless!
Imam Ali said%
The visitor =ith the greatest re=ard =ith Allah is the one=ho =hen the visit sits brie( That is unless the sick
#erson likes the com#an and =ants and asks them to sit
longer()
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*The Scale of >isdom ,Rashahri0 #g 11:0 3;DD & ;DD1 and ?an@ al mmal0 3 5;291 and
Al ?a0 vol 90 #g 220 346
The length of the visit should be!
Imam SadiF said%
The visit to the sick should be as long as the time it takes
to milk a camel()
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The visit to the sick should be +ust long
enough!
Imam SadiF said%
The com#lete visit to the sick should be +ust long enough
for ou to #ut our hand on their arm and hurr to leave
them because the visit of the foolish is harder for the sick
#erson to bear than their #ain()
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*The Scale of >isdom E Rashahri0 #g 11;0 3;D & ;D2 and Al ?a0 vol 90 #g 220 35 and
vol 90 #g 220 3:6
>hen Oou isit the Sick0 Take Something toThem
It is narrated in Al ?a that a servant of Imam SadiF said%
Kne of the Imam)s servants became sick so =e =ent to
visit him as a grou# of the servants of the Imam(
>e met Imam SadiF on the =a and he asked%
>here are ou goingP)
>e re#lied%
K>e are going to so and so to visit them(L
The Imam said%Sto#Q)
So =e sto##ed and he asked%
/o an of ou have an a##le or a Fuince or a citron or
some #erfume or a #iece of sandal=oodP)
>e said%
KNo0 =e do not have an of these(L
The Imam said%
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/on)t ou kno= that the sick #erson is comforted b
anthing that is brought for themP)
*The Scale of >isdom E Rashahri0 #g 11;0 3;D5 and Al ?a0 vol 90 #g 220 396
>hoever visits a sick #erson!
Imam SadiF said%
>hoever visits a sick #erson0 sevent thousand angels
=ill escort them seeking forgiveness for them until the
return to their house()
*The Scale of >isdom E Rashahri0 #g 11:0 3;DDD & Al ?a vol 90 #g 250 356
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Allah =ill sa about visiting the sick!
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
Allah Almight =ill sa on the /a of Resurrection%
Son of AdamQ I became sick and ou did not visit $eQ)
And then the =ill ask%
K JordQ 7o= can I visit Oou =hen Oou are the Jord of the
>orldsPL
The Almight =ill sa%
/id ou not kno= that $ servant so and so became sick
and ou did not visit themPQ /id ou not kno= that if ou
had visited them ou =ould have found $e there =iththemP)
*The Scale of >isdom E Rashahri0 #g 11:0 3 ;DD; & Al Targhib =a al Tarhib0 vol :0 #g 92D0
396
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isit the Sick and Attend 'unerals
The "ro#het $ohammad said%
isit the sick and attend funerals as it =ill remind ou of
the 7ereafter()
*The Scale of >isdom E Rashahri0 #g 11:0 3 ;DD4 & ?an@ al mmal 35:2:96
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