Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37588 — The words of Rabi bin Khuthaym

It is narrated from Abd al-Malik bin Umayr that he said: It was said to al-Rabi': 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 companions of al-Rass, and many generations between them. And for each We set forth examples, and each We destroyed with utter destruction" [Al-Furqan: 38-39]. Then he mentioned their greed for the life of this world and their desire for it. He said: These people fell ill, and there were physicians among them, but neither the one who took the medicine remained nor the one who gave it. The one who describes and the one described both perished. By Allah, you shall not call a physician for me.