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What is a Muslim's duty towards chronic diseases, and how can one combine Prophetic Medicine with modern medicine, especially when modern medicine prohibits the use of some remedies mentioned in Prophetic Medicine, such as black seed, and when abandoning treatment leads to disability or death?

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If a trusted doctor states that black seed is harmful due to a specific ongoing treatment, this does not contradict the prophetic medicine stating that it is "a cure for every disease." This is because such a statement falls under the

category of generalities intended to convey specificity. Scholars have clarified that this does not mean it cures every illness without exception. Rather, it is a cure for diseases resulting from dampness, coldness, and phlegm, as it is hot and dry in nature. They pointed out that generalities in such texts are intended to be specific, just as in the Almighty's saying: "And she was given from all things" and "destroying everything."

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