What Has Been Related About: Do Not Force Your Sick To Eat And Drink
Darussalam · Volume 4
26. Chapters On Medicine From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 563
Source no. 2040 · Volume 5 · Page 40
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٣٤٤٤)
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2040. 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir Al-Juhānī narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not force your sick to eat, for indeed Allāh, Blessed and Most High, provides them food and drink." (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except from this route.
٢٠٤٠ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُلَيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُكْرِهُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ؛» فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يُطْعِمُهُمْ وَيَسْقِيهِمْ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.
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The sick must not be forced to eat against his will. In case he eats his food willingly, then well and good, otherwise Allāh the glorified shall take care of the sick servant, and he will not feel the pinch of hunger or thirst.