Chapter 102

Remembrance 1 from Chapter 102

The permissibility of a sick person saying: ‘I am in severe pain’ or ‘unwell’ or ‘Oh, my head!’ and things like that; and explanation that there is nothing disapproved of in that if none of it is an expression of discontentment or impatience

Context

WE RELATE FROM the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim from ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd Honorific symbol who said: “I came to the Prophet Honorific symbol while he was sick. I touched him and said: ‘You are really unwell.’ He said: ‘Yes, I am as unwell as two of you men.’” [1].

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References
[1] Al-Bukhārī (5647), Muslim (2571).

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Remembrance 7 from Chapter 99

Chapter 99 · What the sick should say, what should be said and recited near them, and how to ask after their health