Sickness According to Quran and Sunnah

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Ever wonder why a Muslim is allowed
by Allah, subhana watallah, to get sick?
Hadith - Bukhari 7:564
I visited Allah's Apostle while he was suffering from a high fever. I
touched him withmy hand and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have a high
fever." Allah's Apostle said, " Yes, I have as much fever as two men
of you have. " I said, "Is it because youwill get a double reward?"
Allah's Apostle said, " Yes, noMuslim is afflicted with harm because
of sicknessor some other inconvenience, but that Allah will remove his
sins for him as a tree sheds itsleaves. "
Hadith - Muslim & Bukhari
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri r.a. reported that the Prophet said: Whenever a
Muslim is afflicted with a hardship,sickness, sadness, worry, harm, or
depression --even a thorn's prick, Allah expiates his sins because of
it.
Recorded by Bukhari in al-Adab ul-Mufrad (no. 493), verified authentic
by al-Albani
"Expect good, because Allah (s.w.t.) makes a believer's sickness an
expiation (for his sins) and a period of repose. As for a disbeliever
falling sick, he is like a camel whose owner ties it and then lets it
loose --it does not understand why it was tied, nor why it was freed."
The cure...
Hadith - Sahih Bukhari, Book 25, Number 5466, Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah
Allah's Messenger said: There is a remedy for every malady, and when
the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission
of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Hadith - Muwatta 50:12
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Zayd ibn Aslam that a man received
a wound in the time of the Messenger of Allah . The blood clotted in
the wound and the man called two men from the Banu Ammar tribe. They
looked at it and claimed that the Messenger of Allah said to them, "
Which of you is the better doctor? " They said, "Is there any good in
medicine, Messenger of Allah?" Zayd claimed that the Messenger of
Allah said, " The one who sent down the disease sent down the remedy.
"
Narration - Ahmad
"Worshippers of Allah, use medical treatments."
Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi#2170, Narrated AbdulMalik ibn Umayr
Allah's Messenger said, " Fatihatal-Kitab contains healing for every disease. "
[Darimi and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.]
Severe Trials for those Firm in their Religion
Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi 1562,Narrated Sa'd
When the Prophet was asked which people suffered the greatest
affliction, hereplied, " The prophets, then those who come next to
them, then those who come next to them. A man is afflicted in keeping
his religion. If he is firm in his religion his trial is severe, but
if there is weakness in his religion it is made light for him, and it
continues like that till he walks on the earth having no sin. "
[Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this
is ahasan sahih tradition.]
Rewards for those Afflicted
Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi#1570, Narrated Jabir ibnAbdullah
Allah's Messenger said, " On the Day of Resurrection, when people who
have suffered affliction are given their reward, thosewho are healthy
will wish their skins had beencut to pieces with scissorswhen they
were in the world. "
[Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib tradition.]
Recorded by Ahmad , verified authentic by al-Hakim, ath-Thahabi, and al-Albani
The ailment is intensifiedfor the righteous. Whenever a believer is
afflicted with a hardship,be it a thorn or more, a sin is taken off
him because of it, and he is elevated on level (in Jannah [Paradise]).
Hadith - Al-Bukhari
A traveller's or sick person's deeds are recorded in accordance with
what he used to do when he was resident or well.