Saying Bismillaah when taking the medicine

16-5-2012 | IslamWeb

Question:

my mother in law was sick and i had to give her mediciens while giving here the capsule to eat i told her say bismillah and eat.So my sister in law stopped me from giving her the medicine and said y did u ask her to say bismillah it wrong, now by the baraka of bismillah she will keep eating those medicines.I sais she was wrong and had a argument with her. now i would like to know weather it is right or wrong to saw bismillah before taking medicine or not?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Your sister-in-law was wrong when she prevented you from reminding your mother-in-law to say Bismillaah (In the Name of Allaah) when taking the medicine. Saying Bismillaah is permissible in every lawful matter among which is taking the medicine.

By saying Bismillaah, Allaah may bless your mother-in-law because of saying it and she will be cured from her disease, Allaah willing, and will not be in need of taking the medicine any more.

As regards saying that if she says Bismillaah before taking the medicine, she will not stop taking the medicine because of the blessing of the word Bismillaah, then this is totally incorrect and baseless.

Allaah Knows best.