Is it permissible not to supplicate or wish for recovery from a terminal or chronic illness, so that it may become an expiation for sins, based on the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: “No fatigue, nor illness, nor anxiety, nor sadness, nor harm, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were a thorn that pricks him, but Allah expiates some of his sins thereby”?

It is permissible for a patient with a terminal illness to stop supplicating for healing, as it is not obligatory. Some scholars are of the opinion that entrusting matters to God and refraining from supplication is better, while others prefer supplication based on the Almighty's saying: "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Sheikh Taqi al-Din al-Subki holds that the threat in the verse applies to those who abandon supplication out of arrogance, and that persistence in supplication is more preferable due to the abundance of evidence encouraging it. Others believe that a delay in response might be due to the non-fulfillment of the conditions for supplication. It is also mentioned that some saints may not supplicate for healing, entrusting the matter to God's command.