it further, causing another harm. When he was instructed to give him honey, he gave him an amount that was insufficient to counter the ailment and did not achieve the intended purpose. When he informed him, he realized that the amount given did not meet the necessary requirement. When he repeatedly returned to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), he emphasized the need to persist until reaching the amount that would counter the ailment. When the doses were repeated according to the substance of the ailment, he was cured by the permission of Allāh. Considering the quantities and qualities of medicines, and the strength of the illness and the patient, is one of the greatest principles of medicine. His saying (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): "Allāh spoke the truth and your brother's stomach lied" is an indication of the confirmed benefit of this medicine, and that the persistence of the ailment is not due to a deficiency in the medicine itself, but due to the stomach's falsehood and the abundance of corrupt material in it. He therefore instructed him to repeat the medicine due to the abundance of material. The medicine of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) is not like the medicine of physicians, for the medicine of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) is certain, definitive, divine, issued from revelation and the light of prophethood and perfect intellect, whereas the medicine of others is mostly conjecture, assumptions, and experiments. It is not denied that many patients do not benefit from the medicine of prophethood, for it only benefits those who receive it with acceptance, belief in its healing, and complete reception with faith and submission. This Qurʾān, which is a healing for what is in the breasts, if not received in this manner, does not bring healing to the ailments of the breasts, but rather increases the hypocrites in impurity upon their impurity and disease upon their disease. How then does the medicine of bodies compare to it? The medicine of prophethood only suits pure bodies, just as the healing of the Qurʾān only suits pure souls and living hearts. So the people's turning away from the medicine of prophethood is like their turning away from seeking healing through the Qurʾān, which is the beneficial healing. This is not due to a deficiency in the medicine, but due to the corruption of nature, the corruption of the place, and its lack of acceptance. And with Allāh is success."

- "Whoever cauterizes or seeks ruqyah has absolved himself from reliance [on Allāh]." Narrated by al-Tirmidhī (3/164), Ibn Ḥibbān in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (no. 1408), Ibn Mājah (2/1154/3489), al-Ḥākim (4/415), and Aḥmad (4/249, 253) from