an act of humble entreaty and seeking refuge?

He replied:

His supplication to Allah, his appeal to Him for help, and his complaint to Him do not conflict with the patience he is commanded to observe. What conflicts with it in this situation is complaining to a created being. Jacob, peace be upon him, said:

“So patience is most fitting.”

He also said:

“I complain of my anguish and sorrow only to Allah.”

It is reported that Tāwūs disliked a sick person’s groaning, saying that it was a form of complaint. This was read to Ahmad ibn Hanbal during his final illness, and he did not groan thereafter until he died.

It is also reported that al-Sarī al-Saqatī regarded a sick person’s utterance of “Ah!” as remembrance of Allah. This applies when it is between the person and Allah. This resembles what is reported of ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with him: during the dawn prayer, he recited:

“I complain of my anguish and sorrow only to Allah.”

Then he wept until his sobbing could be heard from the back rows. Thus, groaning and weeping out of fear of Allah, humbly entreating Him, and complaining to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, are good. What is blameworthy, however, remains blameworthy. Allah knows best.

He was asked about a man afflicted with illness who took up residence in a house among healthy people. Some of them said, “We cannot live beside you, and you should not live among healthy people.” Is it permissible to evict him?