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Some of them fall sick occasionally. Some more than others, but all of them fall sick. Some of them fall sick for temporary times. And others have sicknesses that perhaps persist for many many years before they are cured. And some are tested with sicknesses and diseases and cancers that are terminal. But the sickness of humanity, the sickness of being the sickness that is universal.

Amongst all of us, afflicts the rich and the poor, the young and the old, the male and the female, nobody is secure from falling sick. So in today's brief khutbah and especially in light of COVID, but even regardless of that, I want to remind myself and you of some of the blessings and some of the wisdoms and some of the Quranic and Hadithy prescriptions that we should be aware of when it comes to falling sick.

And we begin by reminding ourselves not just of Qadar, but the fact that Qadar might be good or bad for us, but in the long run, Qadar is always good for the akhirah. Because Allah says in the Quran, it is possible that you dislike something, but it is better for you. And Allah says in the Quran, perhaps you don't like something, but Allah puts a lot of good in it.

And our Prophet ﷺ said, amazing are the affairs of the believer for whatever happens to the believer happens for his good. So we begin this khutbah about sickness and illness with the fundamental reality of Iman that everything that happens, even if it is difficult, it is for our good.

And even if it is bitter, it is for our long term happiness. That is the paradigm of Iman. That is how the motmin looks at this world and this life. Nothing happens except that the motmin believes in his heart, that this is for my good, whether I see it or not.

And this goes back to a reality of Iman called Husnavan with Allah, thinking the best thoughts of Allah. Our Prophet ﷺ told us that a sign of Iman is to think good thoughts of Allah, Husnavan of Allah Zawajal. The believer always has positive thoughts of Allah.

Now these positive thoughts, they are very easy to happen when life is good, when there is wealth and health, everybody thinks good thoughts. But it is when life becomes difficult, when money becomes tight, when we lose a loved one, when we fall sick or even more difficult, when a loved one falls sick.

And that is when our Iman is tested. And that is what we have to really ask ourselves, do we believe in Qadar? Do we truly believe in Qadar? Everything happens by Qadar and my son is sick, my daughter is sick, I am sick. Do I truly believe that Allah's Qadar is all encompassing and there is a wisdom that I don't understand and something will happen tomorrow or maybe even in the next life that will help me rationalize today's pain and suffering.

During times of difficulty and especially during times of sickness that that Iman comes to the forefront, of the blessings of falling sick, of the blessings of falling sick, is that the Prophet ﷺ told us that falling sick is one of the most powerful ways of forgiving our sins.

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