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Ummu Sufyaan
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First one is about necessity..
Consider this excerpt
from this post:
http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...ml#post1308253
does that mean it's a sin/impermissible to
not take the concessions Allah has permitted (even if they aren't life threatening)? for example remaining standing in prayer even though you have a valid excuse to sit down?
is it actually a sin if you don't implement what you are permitted when you have the excuse to?
Asslamu alaykum,
I found this in the link you posted.
1. Patience in abstaining from food and drink until death.
2. Patience in abstaining from eating harâm meat, carrion and blood, when the alternative is death and starvation. Tawus and Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, “Whoever has no choice but to eat carrion, harâm meat and blood,
but refuses to eat it and dies as a consequence, will enter Hell.”
So that means we should eat it. I heard a scholar explain that if we don't we are being ungrateful to Allah for the mercy He has shown through making a particular concession for us.
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also what is the Islamic ruling on Seeking medical help?
this is matter that has me confused. Is seeking medial assistance permissible? i know its permissible, but this hadith
is it preferred to be patient with an illness and not seek help? is there more virtue? if your condition is life threatening, is it sinful to not seek medical help?
As for seeking cure for an illness, Abu Dawood; Sahih Bukhari Abu ad-Darda reported that the Prophet said: "Allah has sent down both the malady and its remedy.. For every disease He has created a cure. So seek medical treatment, but never with something the use of which Allah has prohibited."
But it is prohibited to cure a disease by using things that are haram.
Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet reports that he once said: "Allah has not placed a cure for your diseases in things that He has forbidden for you." (Reported by Baihaqi; Ibn Hibban considers this hadith to be sound. Bukhari has also related it on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud.)
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