Category: Health & Ilness

Relevant in light of the spread of the new Omicron variant: Imam Al-Mardawi Hanbali states: ‎"(ويعذر في ترك الجمعة والجماعة المريض) بلا نزاع، ويعذر أيضا في تركهما لخوف حدوث المرض." ‎(الإنصاف، ٣٠٠/٢) "An ill person is excused in non-attendanc...

20 Quotes: Islamic Perspective on Disabilities & Illnesses - حكمة الباري It is absolutely heart-breaking for people to see their children or relatives with mental or physical disabilities/illnesses. Share this post - so it may solace people who...

Imam al-Shaybani, the student of Abu Hanifah was fat. Imam Shafi'ii said: ما أفلح سمين قط إلا أن يكون محمد بن الحسن "No fat man has been successful except Mohammad Ibn Hassan al-Shaybani." ["Siyar A'lam al-Nubala", ...

Ibn Taymiyah explained that cupping (حجامة) was meant for people in those hot countries, it will harm people in cold countries: وقوله "شفاء أمتي": إشارة إلى من كان حينئذ من أمته وهم كانوا بالحجاز. كما قال: ما بين المشرق والمغرب قبلة لأن هذا ...

The Prophet was sent to teach us RELIGION, and NOT Medicine, Science, Maths, Biology, Astronomy, etc. Ibn Khaldun wrote 650 years ago: والطب المنقول في الشرعيات من هذا القبيل، وليس من الوحي في شىءوإنما هوأمر كان عادياً للعرب فإنه صلى الله عليه وسلم...

Dealing kindly with the Blind & Disabled - مسند أحمد The Prophet said: مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ كَمَهَ أَعْمَى عَنْ طَرِيقٍ "The one who misleads a blind person from the (correct) path is cursed." ["Musnad Ahmad", 3/266...

Depression - a Sign of Weak faith - ضعف الإيمان? Prophet Yusuf went missing, and Allah said about the grief of his father Prophet Ya'qoob: وَقَالَ يَا أَسَفَىٰ عَلَىٰ يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ "AND HE SAID: "OH, MY SORROW OVER Y...

How Sahaba accepted Destiny & Plagues - معاذ بن جبل The plague of Amwas (طاعون عمواس‎), was a Bubonic Plague epidemic that afflicted Syria-Palestine in 638–639 and some Sahaba were present. It is reported in “Siyar A'lam al-Nubala", (1/458): و...