Some questions.

[Tanveer]

Question 1. Why do we seek medicine if Allah caused sickness? Shouldnt we let him cure us?

Question 2. Are beliefs such as fits being possessed by jinn and the evil eye backed up in Quran and/or hadiths?

Question 3. Why doesnt Surah Taubah begin with Bismillah?

Quesion 4. Whats the difference between Sunnis and Sufis?
Thanks

[zulfiqarchucknorris]

Ill only answer the ines im 100% sure of
Answer
1: "for every disease God has sent, he has sent the cure" (Bukhari or muslim)
4: Sunnis are those who believe in the 4 (or 5) "rightly guided Caliphs", abdullah bin aBi uqhafa (abu Bakr), Umar bin al khattab, Uthman bin Affan, Ali bin abi talib (if you believe 5 then you would include Al-hassan bin Ali)
Sufi are those who believe in a mysticism form of islam, the believe in asceticism
ou could be sunni and a sufi,

[Tanveer]

Ok thanks zulfiqar

[RamziBinNabil]

As-Salamu `Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh akhi,
All praises and thanks are due to Allah, Lord of the Universe, and much peace and many blessings be upon His Noble Prophet, Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم, and his family and friends altogether.
Prophet Muhammad (may Almighty Allah bless him and grant him peace) said that the eye is true.
Suratut-Tawbah does not start with Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem mainly because of the content of the Surah, in which Almighty Allah orders the believers [of the time of Prophet Muhammad (may Almighty Allah bless him and grant him peace)] to fight the disbelievers. This does not mean that Islam was spread by the sword by the way.

[zulfiqarchucknorris]

Peace
Ramzi, if u r talking about verse 9: 5, or 9: 29, u should know that verses 7-11 provide clear proof that those are aimed at the treaty breakers.

[RamziBinNabil]

I know.

[zulfiqarchucknorris]

btw, i found the hadith about the diesease and the cure


Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
There is a remedy for every malady, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، وَأَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ - عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏ "‏ لِكُلِّ دَاءٍ دَوَاءٌ فَإِذَا أُصِيبَ دَوَاءُ الدَّاءِ بَرَأَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏"‏
it is sahih muslim

USC-MSA web (English) reference    : Book 26, Hadith 5466
Arabic reference    : Book 40, Hadith 5871
hope it helped bro

[Tanveer]

Ah! Thank you very much Zulfiqar! Made alot of sense. And thanks Ramzi too! For explaining surah 9.