Q: Is it kufr to say that this medicine cures like acne as example. Like is it kufr to put your trust in that medicine? Before I read a fatwa of someone asking that question but they said its not, I don’t really remember. But now I am hearing that Allah cures him not the medicine, so I am confused. So whenever I say this medicine has a cure for this, I think is the cure from Allah or Allah put the cure in the medicine. But I know if Allah wills he wouldn’t let him be cured by that medicine. Did I commit kufr?
A: Everything happens with the will of Allah Ta’ala. If Allah Ta’ala wills the medicine will prove effective and beneficial. To attribute cure to the apparent means is not impermissible (nor will it lead to kufr) provided one understands that the actual curer is Allah Ta’ala.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ ﴿الشعراء: ٨٠﴾
وعن زيد بن خالد الجهني قال : صلى لنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة الصبح بالحديبية على أثر سماء كانت من الليل فلما انصرف أقبل على الناس فقال : ” هل تدرون ماذا قال ربكم ؟ ” قالوا : الله ورسوله أعلم قال : أصبح من عبادي مؤمن بي وكافر فأما من قال : مطرنا بفضل الله ورحمته فذلك مؤمن بي كافر بالكوكب وأما من قال : مطرنا بنوء كذا وكذا فذلك كافر بي ومؤمن بالكوكب ” (مشكاة #4596)
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)