We, the physicians, have now come to accept a fact known to our patients for centuries: that healing is from God, and we are just an instrument of the Healer. We give the same medication to two different patients with the same type of medical problem or perform similar operations on two patients otherwise at the same risk and one will survive and the other one doesn’t. It is more than simple luck. As Socrates put it, “I dress the wound and God heals it.” This was also acknowledged by the Prophet Abraham, “and when I am ill, it is He who cures me” (Quran 26:80). God himself attests to it by saying “If God touches thee with an affliction, no one can remove it but He” (Quran 6:17). Show Healing from the Quran The Quran is not a textbook of medicine, rather it contains rules of guidance that if followed will promote good health and healing. This is why the Quran calls itself a book of healing. Healing from the Quran is of three types: a. Legislative effect: This includes faith (iman) in God as not only the Creator but the Sustainer and the Protector. This also includes the medical benefits of obligatory prayers, fasting, charity and pilgrimage. Use of Meditation in Prayer and Healing Meditation includes acts of remembrance and communications with God as ordained to us. 1. “When my servant asks you (O Muhammad) about me, (tell them) I am close to them: I listen to the prayer of each supplicant when he asks Me. Let them listen to My call and believe in Me, that they may walk in the right way” (Quran 2:186). 2. “Your Lord says: “Call on Me and I will answer your call” (Quran 40:60). 3. “Those who believe and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of God, for in the remembrance of God do hearts find rest” (Quran 13:28). 4. “Remember Me, I will remember you; thank Me and reject Me not” (Quran 2:152). 5. “Remember thy Lord much and praise Him in the evening and morning” (Quran 3:41). 6. “Such as those who remember God standing, sitting and reclining” (Quran 3:191). 7. “and men who remember God much and women who remember God, God has prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward” (Quran 33:35). 8. “O you believe! Remember God with much remembrance and glorify Him in the morning and evening” (Quran 33:41-42). Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad The Prophet Muhammad, like all other prophets of God, was engaged in the remembrance of God most of the time. He is known to have said: 1. “There is a polish for everything that removes the rust and the polish for the rust-of- heart is the dhikr (remembrance) of God.“ 2. He was asked which people are most virtuous and most highly esteemed by God on the Day of Judgement. The messenger of God (P) replied “Those who remember God often.“ 3. It is narrated in a hadith Qudsi (direct revelation to Prophet Muhammad) “God Most High says I am as my Servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me by himself, I make mention of him to Myself. If he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than his. If he comes closer to Me a hand span, I come closer to him arms-length, if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running.“ Thus meditation/remembrance has been a practice of all Sufi sheikhs. In the words of Sheikh al-Mursi “dhikr (meditation) pleases God, defeats and drives evil forces, increases livelihood, makes the personality more prestigious, cleanses the heart, removes the faults and saves the tongue from lying, gossip, backbiting and hypocrisy while engaged in the remembrance of God.” Seeking Help with Prayers According to Imam Ghazali, illness increases faith and brings man closer to God. Knowing this nature, we are told by the Quran – The Prophet Muhammad used to comfort the ill when he visited them and would say the following prayer: “O Allah remove the hardship, O Lord of mankind, grant cure for You are the Healer. There is no cure but from You, a cure which leaves no illness behind.“ He would also make following prayer for his own health: “O Allah cure my body, cure my heart and cure my eyesight from any illness” (repeated 3 times). Do Prayers Work? Yes they do. Dr. Larry Dossey in his book “The Healing Words” has documented the healing effects of prayer. Citing one example from the research conducted by Dr. Byrd at San Francisco General Hospital in 1988, 393 critically ill heart patients admitted to the intensive care units over a 10-month period were divided into two groups. Patients categorized into group (A) were prayed for by name until they left the hospital. Those in group (B) were not prayed for. Those giving the prayers were not told how to pray. The results were very interesting. Those prayed for left the hospital early, had a lower incidence of cardiac arrest, 2-1/2 times less incidence of congestive heart failure and required 1/5th less antibiotics. The research team also observed that prayer combined with loving care worked even better. Men who had angina pectoris and a loving, caring wife, reported a 50% reduction in angina than men who were single or divorced. Prayers work for us even while we are sleeping. The Prophet Muhammad advised us to say prayers from Quran (Surah Ikhlas, Al Falaq, Annas and/or last verse of Al Baqra (2:286) before going to sleep. My Own Practice I do dhikr in all my free time, especially while driving, and I pray for myself, my family, my friends and my patients by name, knowing that cure is only from God. The Sufi Practices In the treatment of diseases, Sufis use prayers and the knowledge of specific verses of the Quran and the names of Allah. This is called the Science of Tawidh (Taweez). They use science of numerology associated with Arabic alphabets. Some sample tawidh is given for illustration. One must know the healing is not in a piece of paper, words or numbers, but only from Allah. In my humble opinion, Tawidh is only a way to become God-conscious and receive His mercy as a result. Share Share# Branches of faith
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Allaahumma 'innee 'a'oothu bika minal-kufri, walfaqri, wa 'a'oothu bika min 'athaabil-qabri, laa 'ilaaha 'illaa 'Anta. O Allah, make me healthy in my body. O Allah, preserve for me my hearing. O Allah, preserve for me my sight.
What is the dua for visiting a sick person?The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who visits a sick person who is not on the point of death and supplicates seven times: As'alullahal-'Azima Rabbal-'Arshil-'Azimi, an yashfiyaka (I beseech Allah the Great, the Rubb of the Great Throne, to heal you), Allah will certainly heal him from that sickness."
How do you wish someone good health in Islam?May Allah bless us all with success, health, happiness, patience and strength. May all your dreams come true and may you live the life that you have always dreamed of. May Allah bless you with victory in this life and eternal life too. Amen!
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