💯 Miscellaneous Benefits from Yemen

BENEFIT 24: I use Prophetic medicines such as ruqyah, black seed, honey, etc, but I'm not seeing any results Narrated Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “My brother has some stomach trouble.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “give him some honey to drink.” The man came for the second time and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “give him some honey to drink.” He came for the third time and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “give him some honey to drink.” He returned again and said, “I have done that.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, “Allāh spoke the truth, and your brother's stomach has lied. Give him some honey to drink.” So he made him drink honey and he was cured. [Bukhāri & Muslim] ▪️ “Allāh spoke the truth”, referring to the saying of Allah: {یَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابࣱ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَ ٰ⁠نُهُۥ فِیهِ شِفَاۤءࣱ لِّلنَّاسِ} “...From their bellies comes forth liquid of varying colours, in which there is healing for people.” [Surah An-Nahl: 69] ▪️ “your brother's stomach has lied” indicating that this medicine is beneficial, and that the persistence of the ailment is not due to the deficiency of the medicine itself. ▪️Oftentimes repeated doses are required before one sees any results. ▪️A person's Ēmān plays a big role in the medicine having an effect, as Al-Khaṭṭābi raḥimahullāh mentioned: «وقد يتخلف الشفاء عن بعض من يستعمل طب النبوة، وذلك لمانع قام بالمستعمل من ضعف اعتقاد الشفاء به وتلقيه بالقبول، وأظهر الأمثلة في ذلك القرآن الذي هو شفاء لما في الصدور، ومع ذلك فقد لا يحصل لبعض الناس شفاء صدره؛ لقصوره في الاعتقاد والتلقي بالقبول، بل لا يزيد المنافق إلا رجسا إلى رجسه ومرضا إلى مرضه، فطب النبوة لا يناسب إلا الأبدان الطيبة، كما أن شفاء القرآن لا يناسب إلا القلوب الطيبة، والله أعلم». “The healing effect may not be present when some people use Prophetic medicine, and this is due to a barrier found with the user, such as weak belief in the healing effect (of such medicines) and not receiving it with (full) acceptance. The most obvious example is the Qur'ān; which is a healing for what is in the chest, however for some it does not have a healing effect for what is in their chest; due to their deficiency in belief and (lack of) receiving it with acceptance, rather it only increases the hypocrite in wickedness to his wickedness and disease to his illness. Therefore the Prophetic medicine is only suitable for pure bodies, just as the healing of the Qur'ān is only suitable for pure hearts, and Allāh knows best.” [see Fat-ḥul Bāri, under hadeeth (5716)]