الطِّب
MEDICINE
الطبيبُ الحقيقيُّ / The Real Doctor
1. رَسولُ اللّه صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيه وَ آلِهِ لِطَبيبٍ: إنّ اللّه عز و جل الطَّبيبُ، ولكنَّكَ رجُلٌ رَفيقٌ. .
1. The Prophet (SAWA) said to a doctor, ‘Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is the (real) doctor, though you are a kind man.’
[Kanz al-`UmmAl, no. 28100-28073]
الطِّب
MEDICINE
3. الإمامُ عليٌّ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ: تَوَقَّوُا البَردَ في أوَّلِهِ وتَلَقَّوهُ في آخِرِهِ؛ فإنّهُ يَفعَلُ في الأبدانِ كَفِعلِهِ في الأشجارِ؛ أوَّلُهُ يُحرِقُ وآخِرُهُ يُورِقُ. .
3. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Protect yourself from the cold weather when it first hits and embrace it when it departs, for verily it does the same thing to the body as it does to trees – in the beginning it burns, and at the end it causes growth.’
[Sharh Nahj al-Balagha li ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 18, p. 319]
أحكمُ من الطَّبيبِ / Wiser than a Doctor
4. الإمامُ عليٌّ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ: الُمجَرِّبُ أحكَمُ مِن الطَّبيبِ..
4. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The experienced man is wiser than the doctor.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1203]
5. الإمامُ عليٌّ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ: مَن تَطَبَّبَ فَلْيَتَّقِ اللّه وليَنصَحْ ولْيَجتَهِدْ. .
5. Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who practices medicine should be careful of his duty to Allah, he should advise
[his patients] well and he should work hard.’
[Da`aim al-Islam, v. 2, p. 144, no. 503]