SEEK
PROTECTION FROM DISEASES OF THE BODY AND
HEART – SHAYKH AL-UTHAYMĪN
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Sālih
al-Uthaymīn (Allāh have mercy on him) in explanation of the Dua of Qunūt, mentions a tremendous benefit relating to diseases.
He said, that when supplicating for health and wellbeing the Muslim
should bring to mind the diseases of the body and diseases of the heart (those
which affect your religion). This is because diseases of the heart are more
severe and harmful than the diseases of the body.
He (Allāh have mercy on him) continues to say:
The diseases of the
body (and their harms) are well known, however the diseases of the heart (are
often overlooked and they) are of two types:
The first disease is the Shahawāt and its origins are whims and lusts. (Meaning) a person
knows the truth, however he doesn’t want to follow it due to his desires and
whims being in opposition to that which the Prophet (alayhis salām) came with.
The second disease is the disease of shubuhāt (i.e. beliefs, ideas, thoughts that are made
to resemble the truth but are falsehood in reality), and its origin is ignorance,
because the ignoramus acts upon falsehood whilst thinking that it is the truth.
And this is an extremely dangerous sickness.
The Shaykh continues
to advise that we should supplicate to Allāh and ask that he gives us health,
wellbeing and protection from (both) diseases of the body and diseases of the
heart; which are (aforementioned) doubts and desires.
Slightly Paraphrased
from the Explanation of the Qunūt
Supplication of Witr by Shaykh Uthaymīn
Written & Translated
by The Salafi Centre of Manchester // SalafiCentre.com
