Healing by Herbs - Nuwarah - Slaked lime

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Herbs

نُوَرةٌ / Nuwarah ~ Slaked Lime

نُوَرةٌ: روى ابن ماجه: من حديث أُمِّ سلمة رضى الله عنها، أنَّ النبىَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا اطَّلى بدأ بعورتِه، فطَلاَها بالنُّوَرة، وسائِرَ جسدِه أهلُه، وقد ورد فيها عدةُ أحاديث هذا أمثَلُها.  وقد قيل: إنَّ أولَ مَن دخل الحمَّام، وصُنِعَتْ له النُّوَرةُ: سليمانُ بن داودَ.  وأصلُها: كِلْسٌ جزآن، وزِرْنيخ جزء، يُخلطان بالماء، ويُتركان فى الشمس أو الحمَّام بقدر ما تَنْضَجُ، وتشتد زُرقته. ثم يُطلى به، ويجلِس ساعة رَيْثَما يعمل، ولا يُمَس بماء، ثم يُغسل، ويُطلى مكانها بالحِنَّاء لإذهاب ناريَّتِها.

Narrated by Ibn-e-Majah, Umm-e-Salamah Radi Allaho Anha reported that when Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam intended to remove his hairs, he would begin anointing himself from the private parts {and he used Nuwarah (slaked lime) for hair removal}, after which his wife would apply the Nuwarah to remove hairs from other parts of his body (under the arms).

Regarding Nuwarah, this Hadith is the most authentic among all others.

It is well known that Prophet Suleiman Alaih As Salaam was the first one for whom Nuwarah was prepared as the hair removing agent, the procedure is "Two parts of slaked lime & one part of Arsenic are mixed with water & left to dry in the sun until it turns blue, then a person uses it as a Tila (ointment) and waits for an hour, during which the anointed areas should not be touched with water. Then one takes a bath to remove the lime and anoints the area with Henna to remove lime's hotness".

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