Do Not Force The Sick Person To Eat
Darussalam · Volume 4
31. Chapters On MedicineSunan Ibn Majah local PDF backup · Page 410
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حسن، الصحيحة (٧٢٧) ، المشكاة (٤٥٣٣ / التحقيق الثاني)
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3444. It was narrated from 'Uqbah bin ' h i r Al-Juhani that the Messenger of All& B said: "Do not force your sick ones to eat or drink. All* will feed them and give them to drink." (Da'ifi $by Ips Y +& "L I. ' 41 i6L;il *++dl ISJ '-2 +. = :JG3
3444 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُكْرِهُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُطْعِمُهُمْ وَيَسْقِيهِمْ»
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If a patient is not interested in eating or drinking, he should not be forced into it, since forcefully eaten food does harm to him instead of benefiting him. 'Allāh feeds and gives drink to a patient' means that patients do not need food and drink as a healthy person does.