Time to make our Tawheed Apparent

Naseehah by: Umm Hyatt al-Ameriki حفظها الله

Transcribed by: Umm Hasna as-Saylâniyyah

 

From the Most Beautiful Names of Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى, is that He is The Only One Who Heals and Cures. And also from Allaah's Beautiful Names is *At-Thabeeb* ~  (The Doctor). Both *Ash-Shaafie and At-Thabeeb* are authentic Names and there is daleel (proof) for that. 

We chose this particular topic today because we are in a time now wherein various types of illnesses are spreading whether physical/mental ~ i.e. in general (even before COVID -19). If we contemplate, before Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى created the heavens and the earth -- 50,000 years ago, it is written in *The Preserved Tablet*- (Al Law-al-Mahfoud), This is our belief.

Mental illnesses can be classified as depression, anxiety etc. and there has been an increase of this. What we also found is that along with the increase in illnesses, it has become a norm that the believers who have submitted their souls to Allaah are also attaching their hearts to other than Allaahسُبحانه وتعالى . They are fleeing to the creation for healing and seeking cure forgetting that it is only Allaah Who is ash-Shaafie -- The sole Healer and Curer and He is at-Thabeeb.

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Islaamic perspective during an Epidemic

Allaah سبحانه و تعالى wants good for him in order that his sins be removed by way of his difficulties and pain.

These afflictions, hardships and trials for the Believer is not a punishment --- but it is good since it removes his sins. It is a form of purification for him.

It removes the sins of the Believer as a tree sheds its leaves on a windy day as comes in the Hadeeth.

This is a small reminder for myself and then to you.

This is a time to strengthen our belief, certainty, trust and dependence upon Allaah سبحانه و تعالى and to strengthen our Tawakal.

Superiority of Faith (belief) of the Believer should be more obvious during these days. The Believer should not show weakness and fear during these times of trials & tribulations. He should rather turn to his Caretaker, his Owner, his Organizer .... the One to Whom everything belongs and to the One Whom everything will return.

صلى الله على نبينا محمد

Many are Negligent of this Narration

 The Messenger ﷺ said:

Whoever's worries & anxieties increase, it is upon him to increase in the statement....

لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله

There is no strength or might for me, except with Allaah.

Plague is a means of martyrdom

Anas (may Allāh be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Plague is a (means of) martyrdom for every Muslim.”

‎«الطاعون شهادة لكل مسلم».

Ḥasan; Reported by Muslim #1083; Aḥkām al-Janāʿiz p. 37; al-Ṭayālisī 

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Sheikh Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaġīr 2/732 #3947

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Islaamic perspective during an Epidemic

 

Naseeha by: Umm Hyatt حفظها الله

Suhaib reported that Allaah's Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم said: Strange are the ways of a believer, for there is good in every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer... for if he was blessed with delight and goodness that which brought him pleasure, he is thankful - thus there is good for him in it....

....and when he is tested with difficulty, hardship and affliction and shows resignation (i.e. endures it patiently while expecting a reward from Allaah سبحانه و تعالى)... then there is good for him in it! And this affair is only for the believer!!

Graded: Authentic

*Benefits from the hadeeth*

The true believer is always in the blessings of His Caretaker, Allaah سبحانه و تعالى, whether he was granted that which he loves or afficted with that which he disliked.

Don't Fear Death!

Sheikh Muhammad ba Jamaal حفظه الله said in the Dars (lesson) yesterday:

"Don't fear death!! Death will reach you wherever you are. What you have to fear is being in the state of disbelief and disobedience when death approaches you. If Allaah has written your death and you are upon His obedience, you will be saved from the greatest of losses (Hell-Fire). Therefore, I advise my brothers not to leave off the worship of Allaah in the Masjid but to increase in worship, dua and obedience."

Note: (Praying in Masjid if you are permitted to do so in the country you reside in due to the spread of the virus)

(Sheikh from Sayoon, Yemen) 

Translated by Umm Hyatt حفظهآ الله

Islaamic perspective of Disease

Sheikh Saleh al Fawzaan حفظه الله

It is not permissible for a person to believe that the disease is spread by itself (that it has its own will and ability). Rather, it only spreads by the command (and permission) of Allaah سبحانه و تعالى. So one should have reliance (tawakkul) upon Allaah, make Dua to Him azzawajal and stay away from the (places and people) of this contagious disease.

Translated by Umm Hyatt حفظهآ الله