The Cure is from Allah ﷻ

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu Billāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 26:80). ‘Wa idhā mariḍtu fahuwa yashfīn’, ‘And when I am ill, it is He who cures me.’ The cure is from Allah ﷻ. An illness is a suffering to some people, and a goodness to some people. For Muslims, everything is good. Everything is good for believers. When sick, if there are sins, they are forgiven and it becomes as an atonement. And if there are no sins, their ranks are raised.

Everything has a benefit from the spiritual perspective and from the physical perspective. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says that the benefit of the common cold is that it prevents mental illnesses and insanity. Indeed, if you look, insane people don’t catch a cold. Allah ﷻ created everything with wisdom. People make it worse themselves by messing with it.

Therefore, when people feel sick, they should of course take medicine. But people prefer to immediately go to surgeries, blood tests and biopsies for a small thing. People shouldn’t go that far, because the body is affected by the spiritual condition of the person. If there is nothing, something will occur. And if there is something, you should put your trust in Allah ﷻ. It will disappear without you noticing it.

We have to know that these things are from Allah ﷻ. You should beg Allah ﷻ and seek the cure from Allah ﷻ. Even if you take medicine, the cure is not from the medicine. The cure is from Allah ﷻ. We should use it as a means. But if you think that the cure comes from the medicine, it will have no benefit. It will be harmful for you, may Allah ﷻ protect us.

Certainly, treatment is necessary. But Al-Shāfi, The Healer is Allah ﷻ. You should beg and make Dua to Him ﷻ so that He ﷻ gives you the cure. Otherwise, as we said, it has no benefit and no spiritual benefit for you. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Of course, people say, “How do non-Muslims and people without Iman get cured?” Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives them a possibility to go wilder and to make more Kufr. And it happens that they do. They will be brought to account afterwards, because they have nothing to be forgiven for. If they want to be forgiven, as long as they don’t repent, these illnesses and everything will remain in this world. Whoever gets better, is better. Whoever doesn’t, will be gone.

Therefore, there is no need to worry. Don’t panic when you get sick. You should think, “What should we do? It is the order of Allah ﷻ, and it has benefit for us”. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ give cure to the sick ones. Many people are sick. But what can you do? “It is from this microbe, it is from that...” They’ve made this microbe by the order of Allah ﷻ. People will die. And if their death is because of the microbe, the virus, or the heart; death comes through many ways. Whoever thinks that death comes from that is mistaken. May Allah ﷻ protect us, his Iman will be weaker.

Death is from Allah ﷻ, it is the order of Allah ﷻ. When it comes, there is no minute ahead, and no minute back. Therefore, those who are meant to die from this, will die. Those who are not, will not die. So there’s no need for too much fear. Whatever Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says will happen. We should have Iman in Him ﷻ. We should believe in Him ﷻ. May Allah ﷻ give all of us a long and good life. May He ﷻ give it with Iman insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 15 February 2022/14 Rajab 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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