Healing by Herbs - Hulbah - Fenugreek

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Herbs

حلبة / Hulbah / Fenugreek

حلبة : ذكر عن النبي ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏(‏أنه عاد سعد بن أبي وقاص  رضي الله عنه بمكة، فقال‏:‏ ادعوا له طبيبًا، فدعي الحارث بن كلدة، فنظر إليه،  فقال‏:‏ ليس عليه بأس، فاتخذوا له فريقة، وهي الحلبة مع تمر عجوة رطب يطبخان،  فيحساهما، ففعل ذلك، فبرئ‏)‏‏.‏

وقوة الحلبة من الحرارة في الدرجة الثانية، ومن اليبوسة في الأولى،  وإذا طبخت بالماء، لينت الحلق والصدر والبطن، وتسكن السعال والخشونة والربو، وعسرالنفس، وتزيد في الباه، وهي جيدة للريح والبلغم والبواسير، محدرة الكيموسات  المرتبكة في الأمعاء، وتحلل البلغم اللزج من الصدر، وتنفع من الدبيلات وأمراض الرئة، وتستعمل لهذا الأدواء في الأحشاء مع السمن والفانيذ  وإذا شربت مع وزن خمسة دراهم فوة، أدرت الحيض، وإذا طبخت، وغسل بها  الشعر جعدته، وأذهبت الحزاز‏.‏ ودقيقها إذا خلط بالخل، وضمد به، حلل ورم الطحال وتستعمل لهذا الأدواء في الأحشاء مع السمن والفانيذ

وهي نافعة من الحصر، مطلقة للبطن، وإذا وضعت على الظفر المتشنج أصلحته، ودهنها ينفع إذا خلط بالشمع من الشقاق العارض من البرد ويذكر عن القاسم بن عبد الرحمن، أنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ‏:‏ ‏(‏استشفوا بالحلبة‏)‏‏.‏ وقال بعض الأطباء‏:‏ لو علم الناس منافعها، لاشتروها بوزنها ذهبًا‏.‏

Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam was reported to have visited Sa'ad bin Abi Waqqas Radi Allaho Anh once when he was ill while in Makkah and he asked that a doctor be brought to examine him. They brought Harith bin Kaladah who examined him and said, ‘There is no harm with him, just cook some fenugreek with dates and let him eat them. Sa'ad was reported to have done that and was then healed.


Hulbah (Fenugreek) is hot in the second degree and dry in the first degree.


When fenugreek seeds are cooked in water, they will soften the throat, chest and the stomach. It relieves coughing, dryness, asthma, hard breathing and increases the sexual drive. It also relieves flatulence, phlegm, piles and the various accumulations in intestines. Fenugreek seed dissolves the phlegm from the chest and helps against gastric ulcer and lung diseases. Hulbah is used to heal the intestines, mixed with some ghee and Faloodah.


When five measures of fenugreek are taken as a drink, it will increase the flow of menstruation, and when it is cooked and the hair is washed with it, it will make it curly and will combat dandruff.


When the flour of the fenugreek seeds is blended with some vinegar and used as a bandage on the tumor of spleen, it will dissolve it. In addition, the woman who suffers from pain in the vagina due to a tumor will benefit if she sits in the water in which the fenugreek was cooked.


When it is used as a bandage and placed on hard / cold tumors, it will help dissolve these tumors. When its water is drunk, it will help against the pain in the stomach that results from accumulation of gaseous materials and will cleanse the intestines.


When one eats the Hulbah cooked in honey, dates or figs on an empty stomach, it will dissolve the phlegm that accumulates in the chest and stomach, and will help against coughing that accompanies such ailments.


Hulbah relieves urine retention and works as a laxative. When it is placed on the erratic nail, it will heal it, while its oil helps against cracked skin due to extreme cold (when it is mixed with wax). There are many other benefits for the Hulbah (Fenugreek).


Reported by Qasim Bin Abdul Rahman that Prophet Muhammad Salallaho Alaihe Wasallam said : "Seek the Shifa (healing) with Hulbah".


Some doctors stated, "If the people had knowledge of its benefits, they would buy it with its weight worth of gold".

Fenugreek / Methi seeds

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Healing by Zait - Olive Oil

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Food

زَيْتٌ  Zait (Olive Oil)

زَيْتٌ‏:‏ قال تعالى‏:‏ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلاَ غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِىءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ‏‏ ‏[‏النور ‏:‏ 35‏]‏ وفى الترمذىِّ وابن ماجه من حديث أبى هريرة رضى الله عنه، عن النبىِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال‏:‏ ‏(‏كُلُوا الزَّيتَ وادَّهِنُوا به، فإنَّه من شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكةٍ‏)‏‏.‏ وللبَيْهَقِى وابن ماجه أيضاً‏:‏ عن ابن عمر رضى الله عنه، قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ‏(‏ائْتَدِمُوا بالزَّيتِ، وادَّهِنُوا به، فإنه من شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكةٍ‏)‏‏.‏

الزَّيْتُ حار رطب في الأُولى، وغَلِط مَن قال‏:‏ يابسٌ، والزَّيت بحسب زيتونه، فالمعتصَرُ من النَّضيج أعدلُه وأجوده، ومن الفَجِّ فيه برودةٌ ويُبوسة، ومن الزيتون الأحمر متوسطٌ بين الزَّيتَيْن، ومن الأسود يُسخِّن ويُرطِّب باعتدال، وينفع من السُّموم، ويُطلق البطن، ويُخرج الدود، والعتيقُ منه أشد تسخيناً وتحليلاً، وما استُخْرِجَ منه بالماء، فهو أقلُّ حرارةً، وألطفُ وأبلغ في النفع، وجميعُ أصنافه مليِّنة للبَشْرة، وتُبطىءُ الشَيْب‏.‏ وماء الزَّيتون المالح يمنع من تنفُّط حرق النار، ويَشُد اللِّثَةَ، وورقهُ ينفع من الحُمرة، والنَّملة، والقُروح الوَسِخة، والشَّرَى، ويمنع العَرَق، ومنافعه أضعاف ما ذكرنا‏.

Allah the Glorified Said:

“Lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east (i.e. neither it gets sun-rays only in the morning)  nor of the west (i.e. nor it gets sun-rays only in the afternoon, but it is exposed to the sun all day long), whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself), though no fire touched it” 

(24:35)

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah narrated that Abu Hurairah Radi Allaho Anh related from Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam that he said:


“Eat the Zait and use it as an ointment because it is produced from a blessed tree”.



Al-Bayhaqi and Ibn Majah narrated that Abdullah Bin Umar Radi Allaho Anh said that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam) said:


“Eat the oil (IN CURRIES) and use it as an ointment because it is from a blessed tree”.

روى الترمذى فى كتاب "الشمائل" من حديث أنس بن مالك رضى الله عنهما، قال: "كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يُكثِرُ دُهْنَ رأسِهِ، وتسريحَ لِحيته، وُيكْثِرُ القِنَاعَ كأن ثَوْبَه ثَوْبُ زَيَّاتٍ".

Narrated by Tirmizi in the book of Shamail, on the authrity of Anas Bin Malik Radi Allaho Anh that "Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam would escessively put the Zait (olive oil) in his head & beard, (and because of that, he would keep a small piece of cloth called QINA'A under his cap), and his Qina'a was full of the oil, like the clothes of an oil miller".



Zait (Olive Oil) is hot and wet in the first degree. The quality of oil depends on the tree that produces it. For instance, the best type of olive oil is that squeezed from ripe olives while oil from unripe olives is cold and dry. Red olives produce oil that is between these while black olives produce hot and wet oil. Olive oil helps against poisons, works as a laxative and rids the body of worms. Old olive oil leans more towards being hot and decomposing. When olive oil is blended with water, it becomes less hot, milder, and thus more beneficial. All kinds of olive oil soften the skin and slow the aging process. The salty water blended with oil helps burnt skin against blistering. It also strengthens the gingival.


The word ائْتَدِمُوا is derived from the Arabic word إدام Idaam which means curry. ائْتَدِمُوا thus means that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam advised to cook the curries in the blessed olive oil.




Furthermore, the two Hadith mentioned above do not mention the name of tree for the oil,

· كُلُوا الزَّيتَ وادَّهِنُوا به، فإنَّه من شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكةٍ‏

· ائْتَدِمُوا بالزَّيتِ، وادَّهِنُوا به، فإنه من شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكةٍ

It exhibits that the only oil recommended for eating, cooking or massaging is the blessed Olive oil (from the blessed tree). It is a miracle that Allah Has Exemplified His NOOR (light) with an olive tree.

You will never imagine how powerful were the words written (before 700 years) by Imam Zahabi. His research on Olive Oil is the best in this world. People in those times never had the concept of extra virgin, Virgin OR Pomace Oil, they only extracted the oil & used it (after filtration) for cooking, which interprets that Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the best.

Imam Zahabi wrote :

Zait Zaitoon Al-Infaaq is the one which is extracted from un-ripe (green) olives & its nature is cold & dry, Olive Oil which is pressed from ripe olives is moderately hot & wet natured, and as the olives ripen, more is the heat obtained in the oil. Massaging by Olive Oil strengthens the hairs (prevents hair loss) & organs, & massaging the body slows down the AGING.

Drinking Olive Oil helps against poisons, cleanses the stomach, relieves stomach pains & kills the intestinal worms.

All the cooking OILS weaken the stomach except Olive Oil, and Oil from un-ripe olives is the best in this concern.

Narrated by Ibn Umar Radi Allaho Anh that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam said “ Cook with the Oil & use it for massage, as it is from a blessed tree”.

Allah Said in the Holy Quran :

وَشَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَيْنَاء تَنبُتُ بِالدُّهْنِ وَصِبْغٍ لِّلْآكِلِينَ

23:20 Also a tree springing out of Mount Sinai, which produces oil, and relish for those who use it for food.

Narrated by Tirmizi “Eat the Oil & use it for massaging”.

Also narrated by Ibn Al Jauzi that Ilqamah Bin Amir said “You have the Olive Oil, eat it & massage with it as it is the best for PILES”.

It was also narrated that whoever uses Olive Oil for massaging, Sheytaan never comes close to him / her”.

Someone said that Olive Oil is the Tiryaaq for Fuqaraa, which means that it removes the POVERTY (by bringing the blessings in house & by keeping the body away from diseases).

Green Olives are cold & dry, best as a food, strengthen the digestion, ignite the libido, & prevent the formation of gaseous vapors. Black Olives are hot & dry, create black bile & are difficult to digest. Salted Olives are good against fire burns. Chewing Olive leaves is beneficial for mouth ulcers, oral thrush, skin irritations, bacterial infections, Urticaria & sores.

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Healing by Teen - Figs

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Food

TEEN (Figs)

Benefits of FIGS as explained by Ibn Al Qayyam; Figs (along with vinegar) are one of the best cures for SPLEEN diseases:

تـين : لما لم يكن التين بأرض الحجاز والمدينة، لم يأت له ذكر في السنة، فإن أرضه تنافي أرض النخل، ولكن قد أقسم الله به في كتابه، لكثرة منافعه وفوائده، والصحيح‏:‏ أن المقسم به‏:‏ هو التين المعروف‏.‏ وهو حار، وفي رطوبته ويبوسته قولان، وأجوده‏:‏ الأبيض الناضج القشر، يجلو رمل الكلى والمثانة، ويؤمن من السموم، وهو أغذى من جميع الفواكه وينفع خشونة الحلق والصدر، وقصبة الرئة، ويغسل الكبد والطحال، وينقي الخلط البلغمي من المعدة، ويغذو البدن غذاء جيدًا، إلا أنه يولد القمل إذا أكثر منه جدًا‏.‏ ويابسه يغذو وينفع العصب، وهو مع الجوز واللوز محمود، قال جالينوس‏:‏ وإذا أكل مع الجوز والسذاب قبل أخذ السم القاتل، نفع، وحفظ من الضرر‏.‏ ويذكر عن أبي الدرداء‏:‏ أهدي إلى النبي ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ طبق من تين، فقال‏:‏ ‏(‏كلوا و أكل منه، وقال‏:‏ لو قلت‏:‏ إن فاكهة نزلت من الجنة قلت‏:‏ هذه، لأن فاكهة الجنة بلا عجم، فكلوا منها فإنها تقطع البواسير، وتنفع من النقرس‏)‏‏.‏ وفي ثبوت هذا نظر‏.‏ واللحم منه أجود، ويعطش المحرورين، ويسكن العطش الكائن عن البلغم المالح، وينفع السعال المزمن، ويدر البول، ويفتح سدد الكبد والطحال، ويوافق الكلى والمثانة، ولأكله على الريق منفعة عجيبة في تفتيح مجاري الغذاء وخصوصًا باللوز والجوز، وأكله مع الأغذية الغليظة رديء جدًا، والتوت الأبيض قريب منه، لكنه أقل تغذية وأضر بالمعدة‏.‏

The Sunnah does not mention figs as they did not grow in Hejaaz area or Madinah al Munawwarah. FIGS require a climate different to what is essential for growing the dates.

ALLAH Has Sworn by FIGS in His Book because of its tremendous benefits & uses.

Figs are hot and either dry or wet. Best kind of figs are the white kind when they are ripe, they cleanse the sand that accumulates in the liver & prostate & serve as a preventive substance against poisons, figs are more nutritious than all other types of fruits & help relieve the roughness in chest, throat & trachea. Figs are good for liver & spleen cleansing, purify the phlegm that accumulates in the stomach & provide nourishment for the body. Yet figs make one more susceptible of lice if eaten in excess.

Dried figs have a high nutritional value & they strengthen the nerves, it is the best to eat dried figs with almonds & walnut. Jalinus (Galen) wrote that figs when eaten with walnut & rue prove of an antidote against poisons.

Abu Darda Radi Allaho Anh narrates that someone sent a dish of FIGS to Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam (as a gift), & he asked his companions to eat them, he ate them by himself & said that "If any fruit from the paradise could come in this world, it would have been FIGS, because fruits of Jannah (paradise) will be SEEDLESS, eat the figs as it cures PILES & is beneficial for the GOUT", but we are doubtful if this Hadith is authentic.

Pulp of figs is so wonderful, creates thirst among hot-natured people & quenches the thirst which results by phlegm, very affective for cough, it is a diuretic, opens & clears the clogs of liver & spleen; it is a cure for kidney & bladder infections.

When figs are eaten at empty stomach especially with almonds & walnut, they clean the entire digestive system, but figs should not e taken with heavy foods, white mulberry has the same benefits as that of figs but mulberry is less nutritious.

Figs are a miracle.

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Healing by Basal - Onion

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Food

بصل Basal (Onions)

What a beautiful explanation is forwarded by Ibn Al Qayyam, when he wrote some expensive words for ONIONS.

What a miracle onions can be, use them for removing warts, for curing dog bites, jaundice, piles, Vitiligo, for hair loss, as nose drops for clearing the head, as eye drops (with honey) for cataract, & as ear drops for a better hearing, onion water is good for taking out pus & water from the ears & helps in cases of Tinnitus (sensation of ringing / whistling sound in the ears).

بصل ~ روى أبو داود في سننه‏:‏ عن عائشة رضي الله عنها، أنها سئلت عن البصل، فقالت‏:‏ إن آخر طعام أكله رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كان فيه بصل‏.‏ وثبت عنه في الصحيحين أنه منع آكله من دخول المسجد‏.‏

والبصل‏:‏ حار في الثالثة، وفيه رطوبة فضلية ينفع من تغير المياه، ويدفع ريح السموم، ويفتق الشهوة، ويقوي المعدة، ويهيج الباه، ويزيد في المني، ويحسن اللون، ويقطع البلغم، ويجلو المعدة، وبزره يذهب البهق، ويدلك به حول داء الثعلب، فينفع جدًا، وهو بالملح يقلع الثآليل، وإذا شمه من شرب دواء مسهلًا منعه من القيء والغثيان، وأذهب رائحة ذلك الدواء، وإذا استعط بمائه، نقى الرأس، ويقطر في الأذن لثقل السمع والطنين والقيح، والماء الحادث في الأذنين، وينفع من الماء النازل في العينين اكتحالًا يكتحل ببزره مع العسل لبياض العين، والمطبوخ منه كثير الغذاء ينفع من اليرقان والسعال، وخشونة الصدر، ويدر البول، ويلين الطبع، وينفع من عضة الكلب غير الكلب إذا نطل عيها ماؤه بملح وسذاب، وإذا احتمل، فتح أفواه البواسير‏.‏

وأما ضرره‏:‏ فإنه يورث الشقيقة، ويصدع الرأس، ويولد أرياحًا، ويظلم البصر، وكثرة أكله تورث النسيان، ويفسد العقل، ويغير رائحة الفم والنكهة، ويؤذي الجليس، والملائكة، وإماتته طبخًا تذهب بهذه المضرات منه‏.‏ وفي السنن‏:‏ أنه ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أمر آكله وآكل الثوم أن يميتهما طبخًا ويذهب رائحته مضغ ورق السذاب عليه‏.‏

Abu Dawood narrated in his Sunan that Aishah Radi Allaho Anha was asked about Basal (onion) and she said, "The last meal that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam had included onions in it".

In the Sahihain, it is narrated that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam disallowed those who eat onions from entering the Masjid.

Basal is hot in the third degree and has an excess wetness, helps against pollution and prevents hot wind (meaning in the stomach). It excites the sexual drive, strengthens the stomach, helps semen production, makes the color lighter, dissolves the phlegm and cleanses the stomach.

Onion seeds help against Vitiligo (lack of pigment in certain areas of the skin) and are used as an ointment around the area affected by Alopecia (a skin disease characterized by loss of hair, partial or total). Furthermore, warts will dissipate effectively when onions are blended with salt (and used as an ointment on the warts). When someone feels nauseous after taking a laxative, smelling onions will help against vomiting. In addition, onion will dissipate the smell of laxatives, and when onion water (extract) is administered through the nose, it will clear the head. Used as ear drops; onion extract helps against weak hearing, Tinnitus, pus and water that accumulates in the ear. Onion seeds are used (as an eyeliner) to dry out the water that attacks the eye, i.e. cataracts, when the seeds are crushed & blended with honey and used on the white part of the eye.

Cooked onions are nutritious and help against jaundice, coughing and roughness in the chest. It is also a diuretic and relaxes the bowels. It also heals dog bites when its water (extract) is blended with salt and Rue and squeezed on the affected area. Finally, it will open the orifices of the hemorrhoids when used as suppository.

But onions also cause migraines, headaches, flatulence and bring darkness to the sight.

Eating onions in excessive amounts or regularly causes forgetfulness, affects the mind and changes the odor of the mouth and the taste of food. It also bothers those in your presence and the angels. Cooking onions dissipates these side effects of the onion. The Sunan narrated:

"Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam ordered those who eat onion and garlic to kill them (make them milder) by cooking".

In addition, chewing rue leaves (Barg-e-Sudaab) dissipates the odor of the onions.

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Healing by Bazinjaan - Egg Plant

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

Tibb-e-Nabawi

Healing by Food

باذنجان / Bazinjaan / Egg Plant

باذنجان : في الحديث الموضوع المختلق على رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ‏:‏ ‏(‏الباذنجان لما أكل له‏)‏، وهذا الكلام مما يستقبح نسبته إلى آحاد العقلاء، فضلًا عن الانبياء، وبعد‏:‏ فهو نوعان‏:‏ أبيض وأسود، وفيه خلاف، هل هو بارد أو حار‏؟‏ والصحيح‏:‏ أنه حار، وهو مولد للسوداء والبواسير، والسدد والسرطان والجذام، ويفسد اللون ويسوده، ويضر بنتن الفم، والأبيض منه المستطيل عار من ذلك‏.‏

There is a fake Hadith that states that eggplant materializes the goals anticipated from eating it. This statement is not suitable to be related to Prophets & even to any wise person.

There are two types of eggplants, white & black. There is a difference of opinion on if it is hot or cold in nature, although we think that it is hot. Eggplant causes black bile, piles, clogs, cancer & leprosy. Eggplant also spoils one's skin color, makes it black & creates a bad breath. But white eggplant does not possess these side effects.

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