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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الطب
Book of Medicine
من كره الطب ولم يره
Those who disliked medical treatment and did not approve of it
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 24972 — Those who disliked medical treatment
٢٤٩٧٢ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن (بن) (١) (محمد) (٢) (المحاربي) (٣) عن عبد الملك بن عمير قال: قيل للربيع بن خثيم في مرضه: ألا ندعوا ⦗١٠٨⦘ (لك) (٤) الطبيب؟ (فقال) (٥): (أنظروني) (٦) ثم تفكر فقال: ﴿(وَ) (٧) عَادًا وَثَمُودَ وَأَصْحَابَ الرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ كَثِيرًا (٣٨) وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ الْأَمْثَالَ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًا﴾ [الفرقان: ٣٨ - ٣٩]، فذكر من حرصهم على الدنيا ورغبتهم فيها، قال: فقد كانت (٨) مرضى، وكان فيهم أطباء، فلا (المداوي) (٩) (بقي) (١٠) ولا (المداوى) (١١)، هلك (الناعت والمنعوت) (١٢) له، واللَّه لا تدعوا لي طبيبًا.
It is narrated from Abd al-Malik bin Umayr; he says that al-Rabi' bin Khuthaym was asked during his illness: Shall we not call a physician for you? He said: Give me some time. Then he reflected and said: "And Ad and Thamud and the people of al-Rass, and many generations between them. To each We set forth examples, and each We destroyed utterly." [Al-Furqan: 38-39] Then he mentioned their greed for this world and their desire for it, and said: These people were sick too, and there were physicians among them. Yet neither the one who gave medicine remained, nor the one who took it. The one who prescribed perished, and the one for whom it was prescribed perished too. By Allah, do not call a physician for me.
