Do Surah Fatiha cure for diseases? do ever Prophet(saw) and his campanions used Quranic verses specially Surah Fatiha for curing sick? and took reward of goats? Is there sound evidence from authenticated hadiths?
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Do Surah Fatiha cure for diseases? do ever Prophet(saw) and his campanions used
Quranic verses specially Surah Fatiha for curing sick? and took reward of
goats? Is there sound evidence from authenticated hadiths? One of the brother
claim to me that i dont believe that Sahaba(ra) and prophet(saw) took reward of
goats for curing a person effected by insect bite by Surah Fatiha? What is the
reality of the matter? What should be believe and follow about
"shifa" in Quranic verses?
Please answer this question
Assalamoalikum
with refernce to the hadith qouted below i want to ask my question ....
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007, Book 071, Hadith Number 632.
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Narated By Abu Said Al-Khudri : Some of the companions of the Prophet came
across a tribe amongst the tribes of the Arabs, and that tribe did not
entertain them. While they were in that state, the chief of that tribe was
bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion). They said, (to the companions of
the Prophet), "Have you got any medicine with you or anybody who can treat
with Ruqya?" The Prophet`s companions said, "You refuse to entertain
us, so we will not treat (your chief) unless you pay us for it." So they
agreed to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them (the Prophet`s companions)
started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering his saliva and spitting it (at
the snake-bite). The patient got cured and his people presented the sheep to
them, but they said, "We will not take it unless we ask the Prophet
(whether it is lawful)." When they asked him, he smiled and said, "How
do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? Take it (flock of sheep) and
assign a share for me."
when i read this Hadith, it gave a wrong sense to me and i was like how it is
possible that rasool sallalaho alah-e-wasallam not only appreciated them but
also ask for his share in whatever they earned by curing that person by
receiting Quranic verse......is in`t opposite to the personality of our beloved
Nabi Muhammad sallalaho alayhe-wasallam??
As far as i know with my least knowledge is that all sort of waziifaat ,
tawizaat, reading certain surah or Ayah certain number of times etc ... and all
peer faqirs who use to give Quranic ayaats and surah for solving problems...
all these things are forbidden and are considered Biddah in Islam.. and even
sometimes considered shirk (Allah knows best)..... but with this hadith many
ppl could argue that our rasool didn`t forbid it coz it is reported in
authentic hadith ... Please clarify this thought .. and also Is it possible
that any authentic hadith could also be wrong ??? as it a work of human being
and there is always chances of error in human work
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Answer:
Recite Quran for Ailment Illness Cure
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Question: Do Surah Fatiha cure for diseases? do ever Prophet(saw) and his
campanions used Quranic verses specially Surah Fatiha for curing sick?
The main purpose of the Divine Revelation of the Quran was
not to cure physical ailments of mankind, but rather the Glorious Message of
the Quran was revealed by the Lord Most Merciful as a complete Guidance to the
‘Straight Path’ or the approved ‘way of life’ for all mankind.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 185:
Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent
down: this Book is a Perfect Guidance for mankind and consists of clear
Teachings which show the
But because the Quran are the Very Words of the Lord
All-Mighty, they overflow in the sublime Message of Blessings and Mercy for
those who accept and submit to its guidance.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah
Yunus verse 57:
57 O mankind! There hath come to
you a direction (The Quran) from your Lord and
a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts and for those who believe a
Guidance and a Mercy.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah
Israa verse 82:
82 We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those
who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 41 Surah
Fusselat verse 44:
44 Had We sent this as a Qur'an (in a language) other than Arabic they
would have said: "Why are not its verses explained in detail? What? (A Book) not in Arabic and (a
Messenger) an Arab?" Say: "It is a guide and a healing to those who
believe; and for those who believe not there is a deafness in their
ears and it is blindness in their (eyes); they are (as it were) being called
from a place far distant!"
Allah Subhanah Declares that the Quran is a ‘healing for
the diseases in your hearts’; but the diseases referred to here are the
spiritual diseases of disbelief, polytheism, hyprocisy, etc. and not the
physical diseases like cancer, etc.
There is no person who ever walked on this planet earth
who understood and implemented the commands of the Glorious Quran better than
the person of the Noble Messenger of Allah (saws). When anyone has a physical ailment, the
Messenger of Allah (saws) recommended that they keep their trust in Allah and
get treatment by the best medical expert of their times… never did it happen
that he (saws) would cure the physical ailments of the believers by reciting
the Surah Fatihah or any other Surah from the Quran!
There is absolutely no doubt that the Quran is full of
Blessings and Mercy and Healing of the spiritual diseases of mankind for those
who believe in it; but it does not behove the believers, from themselves, to
assign a particular Surah or Surahs as a remedy for a particular disease when
such a remedy is not endorsed by the Messenger of Allah (saws).
Your
Question: and took reward of goats? Is there sound evidence from authenticated
hadiths? One of the brother claim to me that i dont believe that Sahaba(ra) and
prophet(saw) took reward of goats for curing a person effected by insect bite
by Surah Fatiha? What is the reality of the matter?
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.632 Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri
Some of the companions of the Prophet (saws)
came across a tribe amongst the tribes of the Arabs, and that tribe did not
entertain them. While they were in that state, the chief of that tribe was
bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion). They said, (to the companions of
the Prophet), "Have you got any medicine with you or anybody who can treat
with Ruqya?" The Prophet's (saws)
companions said, "You refuse to entertain us, so we will not treat (your
chief) unless you pay us for it."
So they agreed to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them (the Prophet's
(saws) companions) started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering his saliva
and spitting it (at the snake-bite). The patient got cured and his people
presented the sheep to them, but they said, "We will not take it unless we
ask the Prophet (saws) (whether it is lawful)." When they asked him, he
(saws) smiled and said, "How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya?
Take it (flock of sheep) and assign a share for me."
The above is indeed considered an authentic narration, but
before one uses the above hadith as a general permission of granting amulets
and reciting charms, one should keep in view the conditions under which the
companions of the Noble Prophet (saws) took this course of action. The conditions in
Since the people of the pagan tribe refused the companions
of the Prophet (saws) hospitality, they too refused to treat the chief of the
pagan tribe in his affliction unless the people offered them some provisions in
return whereby they would be able to safeguard their onward journey. Then when one the companions of the Prophet
(saws) with his full trust on Allah Subhanah recited the Surah Fatihah over the
chief of the pagan tribe and he became well, the pagans gave them their
promised wages.
One thing that naturally happened in the course of this
action of the companions is the impression of superiority of the Truth of
Allah’s Words over every other kind of enchanting the pagans used to perform
when afflicted with a calamity; and the other thing that happened naturally and
incidentally was that the people of the tribe were conveyed and made aware of
the Divine Message of the Quran. Thus it
was under such a specific and peculiar situation whereby the Holy Prophet
(saws) allowed that the wages offered by the pagan tribe for the recitation of
the Quran be accepted as lawful and pure.
This one specific incident cannot and should not be taken
as a general permission to practice enchantments and the wearing of amulets,
etc.; for other than this one specific incident it was never the general
practice of the Prophet (saws) or his noble companions to practice ‘Ruqya’
(enchantments or wearing amulets, etc) when afflicted with a calamity, but
rather they always kept their full trust in Allah Subhanah and cured their
ailments through the available ‘asbaabs’ or channels.
In contrast to this one particular incident, there are
several authentic hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (saws) which specifically
prohibit enchantments and the wearing of amulets when seeking relief from ailments. The correct and righteous way would be to
keep one’s full trust in Allah Subhanah, seek His help alone, and utilize the
available ‘asbaabs’ or medical channels to cure the affliction.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale
Imraan verse 160:
If Allah helps you none can overcome you: if He
forsakes you who is there after that that can help you? In Allah then let believers put their trust.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 3:
And put your trust in Allah Alone; and enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 9 Surah
Taubah verse 51:
Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what
Allah has decreed for us: He is our
Protector"; and on Allah let the
believers put their trust.
Uqbah ibn 'Amir narrates that the Messenger
of Allah (saws) said: "If anyone wears an amulet, may Allah not help him in fulfilling his
wish. If anyone wears a sea-shell around
his neck, may Allah give him no
peace."
Narrated by Ahmad and Al-Hakim.
It is reported from Ibn Mas'ud that once,
when he entered to his home, he noticed
his wife wearing a knotted object round her neck. He took it away and broke it. Then he remarked: 'The family of Abdullah has become so arrogant that they now
associate with Allah those for whom He has sent down no authority.' I have heard the Messenger of Allah (saws)
saying: 'Verily, incantations, amulets, and love charms are acts of shirk
(associating false gods with Allah).'
The people said: 'O Abu Abdullah!
We are familiar with incantations and amulets, but what is a love charm (altawlah)'?' He replied: 'It is a sort of magical formula
by which women sought to gain their husbands' love'." (Related by Al-Hakim
and Ibn Hibban).
Imran ibn Hasin reports that the Messenger of
Allah (saws) saw a man wearing a bracelet of copper on his arm. The Prophet (saws) exclaimed to him: 'Woe be
to you!' What is this? ' The man replied: 'I am suffering from
weakness (al-wahinah).' (Al-wahinah is a disease that causes pain in the
shoulders and hands. The man was wearing a copper bracelet believing it would
relieve his pain and suffering). The
Prophet (saws) prohibited him from wearing it because he regarded it as an
amulet. The Prophet (saws) said:
'It will give you nothing but pain.
Throw it away. Had you died while
wearing it, you would never have achieved salvation'." (Narrated by Ahmad)
Isa ibn Hamza said: I went to see Abdullah ibn Hakim and his face
was red due to high fever. I said to
him: 'Why don't you use an amulet?' He said: 'We seek refuge with Allah from
it. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said:
"Whoever wears anything as an amulet will be entrusted to it". (Narrated by Abu Daw'ud)
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and sincere well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister