caught in illnesses.’ etc. It is a request to such people that ‘Wishing ill or ruining something for someone’ is not the only cause of illnesses coming; sometimes these very illnesses become a means of making human beings reach the status of righteous people; hence,

The wisdom behind becoming afflicted with illness

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wahb Bin Munabbih رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه: ‘Two worshippers continued to worship Allah Almighty for fifty years. The body of one of them became afflicted with a dangerous illness at the end of the fiftieth year, he began crying and requesting in the Majestic Court of Allah Almighty in the following manner, ‘O my Almighty Lord, I continually obeyed Your command for so many years, worshipped You, even then I have still been made to suffer an illness; what is the Divine wisdom behind this? O my Lord, I have been put into a test.’ Allah Almighty commanded the angels, ‘Tell him, ‘You had the privilege of worshipping Me by the help, favour and ability I bestowed upon you; and as far as the disease is concerned, I have made you suffer the disease so that you may attain the rank of saints. Your predecessors were desirous of illnesses and troubles and I have actually bestowed it upon you without your asking.’’ (‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, vol. 2, p. 196)

Dear Islamic sisters! From the aforementioned account, one comes to know:

   *The devout worshippers of Allah Almighty are even afflicted with problems

   *They are tested through illnesses

   *Allah Almighty intends to make people reach the status of good and righteous people via illnesses

   *He bestows the blessing and mercy of illness on people without them even asking

Hence, whenever whispers start to come about in the state of illness, a person should therefore make her mindset that there are countless wisdoms in illnesses, but I do not have the knowledge of that. If I was not afflicted with illness, maybe I would be heedless in remembering Allah Almighty, heedless of religious activities and rulings, and the matters of the grave and the Hereafter, there could be loss caused to the religion [of Islam] due to me, I