Healing by Qasaa' - Cucumber

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Food

قـــثآء  Cucumber Wild Cucumber

قِثَّاءٌ‏:‏ في ‏(‏السنن‏)‏‏:‏ من حديث عبد الله بن جعفر رضى الله عنه ‏(‏أنَّ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يأكلُ القِثَّاءَ بالرُّطب‏)‏‏.‏ ورواه الترمذىُّ وغيره‏.‏ القِثَّاء بارد رطب في الدرجة الثانية، مطفىءٌ لحرارة المَعِدَة الملتهبة، بطىء الفساد فيها، نافعٌ من وجع المثانة، ورائحتُه تنفع من الغَشْى، وبِزرُه يُدِرُّ البَوْل، وورقهُ إذا اتُّخِذ ضِماداً، نفع من عضة الكلب‏.‏ وهو بطىءُ الانحدار عن المَعِدة، وبرده مُضِرٌ ببعضها، فينبغى أن يُستعملَ معه ما يُصلحه ويكسر برودته ورطوبته، كما فعل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذ أكله بالرُّطب، فإذا أُكل بتمر أو زبيب أو عسل عدَّله‏.‏

In the Sunan, it is narrated that Abdullah Bin Ja'fer Radi Allaho Anh said "Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam used to eat Qith-tha' (cucumber) with ripe dates (Tirmizi).


Qith-tha is cool & wet in the second degree & it cools the hotness in stomach, it does not spoil quickly & helps to relieve prostate / bladder pain, Also, Qith-tha' helps to relieve nausea while its seeds are diuretic. When Qith-tha leaves are used as a bandage, they help against dog bites.



Qith-tha' does not digest easily and its coolness sometimes hurts some parts of the stomach. Hence one should eat Qith-tha' with what would make its coolness and wetness milder, just as our Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam did by eating it with dried / ripe dates (Tamar). Also, eating it with raisins or honey makes it milder on the stomach.

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