Even Prophets Including Muhammad Peace Be Upon Them Cannot Help Themselves During Difficulties So How Can They Help Others? Poem by Rhymer Rhymer

Few people argue that the Prophets could not help even themselves when they suffered from physical ailments and worldly difficulties, for example:

Hazrath Ayub (Alaihissalam) who suffered from severe physical ailment.

Prophet Muhammad (Sallelahu Alaihva sallam) suffered from twice the fever as any one of us. [Sahih Bukhari, Book#70, Hadith #551]. It said that prophets have the maximum sufferings among the creation [Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Book of Asceticism, Hadith 2398 and Ibne majah]... and so on.....So when they could not come out of their own sufferings, how can they help others?

Answer: -Prophets suffering from such ailments and hardships does not mean that they had no power to come out of those things.It's NOT because they were helpless for themselves. It's due to The reason that those were the men with highest patience and preferred 'suffering with patience' to‘getting instantly cured'. To set an example for Ummah, to show how they have tolerated problems patiently and thanked Allah in difficult times. If they wanted they could have opted for trouble free life but, the residents of Makah at that time, the non-believers and even the Ummah would have complained that the prophets have carried out such great tasks, because they never had any trouble.
A black lady came to the Prophet and said

'I get attacks of epilepsy (fits) and my body becomes uncovered; please invoke Allah for me.' The Prophet said (to her) , 'If you wish, be patient and you will enter Paradise; and if you wish, I will invoke Allah to cure you.' She said, 'I will remain patient, ' and added, 'but I become uncovered, so please invoke Allah for me that I may not become uncovered.' So he(the prophet pbuh) invoked Allah for her." [Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 70, Number 555]

In another Hadith, when a blind man came to the Prophet(SallelahuAlaihiva sallam) and said:

"Pray to Allah to heal me." He said: "If you wish to store your reward for the Hereafter that is better (meaning if you remain patient it's better) , or if you wish I will supplicate for you." He said: "Supplicate."Thereafter Prophet taught him a dua and his eyesight was immediately restored. [Nisai, Amal-ul-yawm wal-laylah (p.418#660) , Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (4: 138) , Bayhaqī, Dalā'il-un-nubuwwah (6: 166-7) , Qastalani al-Mawahib-ul-laduniyyah(4: 594) , Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wan-nihaya (4: 559) , Hakim in al-Mustadrak(1: 313,519) declared it "SAHIH"]



(collected from an article on Even Prophets(including Prophet Muhammad peace be upon them) cannot help them selves during difficulties (Allah Forbid) ... help others?)