Health as a Blessing

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فَالصِّحَّةُ هَيْئَةٌ بَدَنِيَّةٌ تَكُونُ الأَفْعَالُ مَعَهَا سَلِيمَةً

Health is a physical state where actions are sound.

فَ الْعَافِيَةُ أَفْضَلُ مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ

Well-being is the best blessing God granted to man after Islam.

إِذْ لَا يَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْ حُسْنِ تَصَرُّفِهِ وَالْقِيَامِ بِطَاعَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا بِوُجُودِهَا

As one cannot conduct oneself well and perform God's obedience without it.

ولا مثل لها فليشكرها العبد ولا يكفرها

And there is nothing like it, so let the servant be thankful and not ungrateful.

وَقَدْ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالْفَرَاغُ

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Two blessings which many people are deceived about are health and free time.

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ

Narrated by Bukhari.

وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عِبَادًا يَضِنُّ بِهِمْ عَنِ الْقَتْلِ وَالسُّقْمِ

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, God has servants who He spares from killing and illness.

فَ يُحْيِيهِمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ

He keeps them alive in well-being,

وَيَتَوَفَّاهُمْ فِي عَافِيَةٍ

...and causes them to die in well-being,

وَيُعْطِيهِمْ مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ

...and grants them the ranks of martyrs.

وَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ

And Abu Darda said:

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَأَنْ أُعَافَى فَأَشْكُرَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُبْتَلَى فَأَصْبِرَ

I said, O Messenger of God, being well and grateful is more beloved to me than being tested and patient.

فَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ يُحِبُّ مَعَكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

So the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: And the Messenger of God loves well-being with you.

وَرَوَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ

Narrated by Tirmidhi.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مُعَافًى فِي بَدَنِهِ آمِنًا فِي سِرْبِهِ عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمِهِ فَ كَأَنَّمَا حِيزَتْ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا

The Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: Whoever wakes up healthy in his body, secure in his dwelling, having his day's provision, it is as if the world was gathered for him.