Healing Sciatica

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

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Healing Diseases

Sciatica

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

Prophet's Guidance on curing Sciatica

روى ابن ماجه فى (سننه) من حديث محمد بن سِيرين، عن أنس بن مالك، قال: سمعتُ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: دواءُ عِرْقِ النَّسَا ألْيَةُ شاةٍ أعْرَابِيَّةٍ تُذَابُ، ثمَّ تُجزَّأُ ثلاثةَ أجزاءٍ، ثُمَّ يُشْرَبُ على الرِّيقِ فى كلِّ يومٍ جُزْءٌ.

Ibn Majah narrated in his Sunan (collection of Hadith) that Anas bin Malik Radi Allaho Anh said; I heard the Messenger of Allah Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam saying:


"Curing sciatica is accomplished by melting the fat from the tail of a nomad's ewe, then the fat is divided into three parts and one part per day is drunk on an empty stomach".


Sciatica is an ailment that starts from the hip joint, and then descends to the thigh from the backside of the body. Sometimes, sciatica reaches the ankles and the longer the ailment remains, the lower it descends and the weaker the legs and thighs become.


There are two beneficial understandings in the Hadith mentioned, medical and linguistic.


Linguistically, the Hadith proves that we are allowed to call this ailment as Irq (nerve) Nasa (sciatic nerve), to the contrary of the opinion of some people. They said that the Nasa is the nerve itself and thus the two words together are redundant.


Answering this claim takes two forms. First, the word lrq (nerve) is more general than the word Nasa (sciatic nerve). Hence the term 'Iraq An-Nasa' gives the general and the specific meanings desired. Second, the Nasa is an ailment that attacks the nerve and thus the word Nasa should be included in the name given to the ailment [as it specifies the area where the nerve is causing pain]. It was reported that the name ‘lrq Nasa' is called as such because it makes the people forget (Nasa) any other pain. The sciatic nerve starts from the hips until the bottom of the foot from behind the ankles.


The Messenger of Allah Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam, as we have noticed in previous Ahadeeth, may use two types of meanings in his expressions. One meaning may be general, for all conditions and people, while the other specific, its meaning and indications are specifically directed at some particular people or situation. The Hadith in this section is the specific type; it is directed at Arabs and the people of Hijaz in particular, including the Bedouins of those areas. The remedy mentioned in the Hadith is the best cure for the people of those areas as ‘Irq An-Nasa' is caused by dryness or thick, septic accumulations. The best treatment for this ailment is using a laxative. The fat on the ewe's tail has two qualities, bringing the septic substances to maturity and softening (the stool in this case); both are required to cure Irq An-Nasa.


In addition, the nomad's ewe has several qualities, such as being small in size, producing lesser excrements and having a soft essence. The nomad's ewe grazes on beneficial wild plants, such as wormwood, lavender cotton and so forth. When the ewe feeds on these wild plants, they will mix with and soften the ewe's flesh, especially the fatty tail. Although the ewe’s milk carries in it the effective ingredients of wild plants, the tail has two qualities that the milk does not have, being a laxative and leading the septic substances to maturity [making them ready to be extracted from the body].


We mentioned before that the regular medicines and remedies of different nations and peoples are based on the type of diet that the people are used to. Indians and Bedouins have a simple diet; therefore they do not use complex medicines. As for the Romans and the Greeks, they use compound medicines. They all agree, however that the best treatment for an ailment is a specific diet. Otherwise the doctors will first prescribe simple and then compound medications, when necessary.


If the diet is simple, simple medications are suitable for the simple ailments. The compound ailments, on the other hand, usually occur due to a complex diet and this is why compound medicines are suitable in those cases. Allah Knows the best.

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Healing by Herbs - Khardal - Mustard

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Healing by Herbs

خردل / Khardal ~ Mustard

Khardal (Mustard) is a miracle of my Allah's creations; it is one of the few plants whose name is mentioned in QURAN.

وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَكَفَى بِنَا حَاسِبِينَ

يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهَا إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُن فِي صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِي السَّمَوَاتِ أَوْ فِي الأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

The tiny round seeds have a limited diameter, like the granules are coming out of a MOLD, & you may realize that each Mustard seed has its own diameter, a shape that differs with other seeds & I am sure that each seed has it own unique weight, which will differ in micro-grams & Nano-grams than other Mustard seeds, it is the Power of Allah which He Has Shown to the human. In the fields, Mustard plants look so beautiful, like the entire land has been painted with Yellow.

Mustard seeds come in a variety, & Masha'Allah that YELLOW are so beautiful, you have mostly seed the brown seeds.

Mustard seeds are high in Selenium, Magnesium, Omega 3, etc.

They are good for digestion, induce heat in the stomach, thus bringing impurities to maturity, decomposing the clogs & expelling them out vide stools. They are good for Sciatica patients & their properties are similar to Habb-al-Rashaad. Chewing Mustard seeds will reduce the toothache. Ground mustard seeds made as a paste in honey will open the blocked menstruation Insha'Allah.

They are the least used today, we just add them in pickles & the West has a habit of eating Mustard paste.

Yellow Mustard seeds

Mustard plant

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Healing by Herbs - Cress - Habb al Rashad Hurf

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

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Healing by Herbs

الثفــاء / حــــرف / CRESS / Habb Al Rashaad / Hurf

حرف : قال أبو حنيفة الدينوري‏:‏ هذا هو الحب الذي يتداوى به، وهو الثفاء الذي جاء فيه الخبر عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ونباته يقال له‏:‏ الحرف، وتسميه العامة‏:‏ الرشاد، وقال أبو عبيد‏:‏ الثفاء‏:‏ هو الحرف‏.‏ قلت‏:‏ والحديث الذي أشار إليه، ما رواه أبو عبيد وغيره، من حديث ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال‏:‏ ‏(‏ماذا في الأمرين من الشفاء ‏؟‏ الصبر والثفاء‏)‏ رواه أبو داود في المراسيل‏.‏

وقوته في الحرارة واليبوسة في الدرجة الثالثة، وهو يسخن، ويلين البطن، ويخرج الدود وحب القرع، ويحلل أورام الطحال، ويحرك شهوة الجماع، ويجلو الجرب المتقرح والقوباء‏.‏وإذا ضمد به مع العسل، حلل ورم الطحال، وإذا طبخ مع الحناء أخرج الفضول التي في الصدر، وشربه ينفع من نهش الهوام ولسعها، وإذا دخن به في موضع، طرد الهوام عنه، ويمسك الشعر المتساقط، وإذا خلط بسويق الشعير والخل، وتضمد به، نفع من عرق النسا، وحلل الأورام الحارة في آخرها‏.‏

وإذا تضمد به مع الماء والملح أنضج الدماميل، وينفع من الاسترخاء في جميع الأعضاء، ويزيد في الباه، ويشهي الطعام، وينفع الربو، وعسر التنفس، وغلظ الطحال، وينقي الرئة، ويدر الطمث، وينفع من عرق النَّسا، ووجع حقِّ الوَرِك مما يخرج من الفضول، إذا شرب أو احتقن به، ويجلو ما في الصدر والرئة من البلغم اللزج‏.‏ وإن شرب منه بعد سحقه وزن خمسة دراهم بالماء الحار، أسهل الطبيعة، وحلل الرياح، ونفع من وجع القولنج البارد السبب، وإذا سحق وشرب، نفع من البرص‏.‏ وإن لطخ عليه وعلى البهق الأبيض بالخل، نفع منهما، وينفع من الصداع الحادث من البرد والبلغم، وإن قلي، وشرب، عقل الطبع لا سيما إذا لم يسحق لتحلل لزوجته بالقلي، وإذا غسل بمائه الرأس، نقاه من الأوساخ والرطوبات اللزجة‏.‏

قال جالينوس‏:‏ قوته مثل قوة بزر الخردل، ولذلك قد يسخن به أوجاع الوَرِك المعروفة بالنَّسا، وأوجاع الرأس، وكل واحد من العلل التي تحتاج إلى تسخين، كما يسخن بزر الخردل، وقد يخلط أيضاً في أدوية يسقاها أصحاب الربو من طريق أن الأمر فيه معلوم أنه يقطع الأخلاط الغليظة تقطيعاً قوياً، كما يقطعها بزر الخردل، لأنه شبيه به في كل شيء‏.‏

Abu Hanifah Ad-Daynoory said, "Cress seeds are used in remedies and are also called Ath-Thuffaa, which Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam has mentioned. Its plant is called Al-­Hurf, while Habb Al Rashad is its popular name among Arabs. Abu Ubayd said that Ath-Thuffaa is the Hurf.


The Hadith that Abu Hanifah referred to is what Abu Ubayd and other scholars have related from Ibn Abbas Radi Allaho Anh that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam was reported to have said:


"What a cure do the two bitter remedies carry, the Thuffaa and Aloe Vera".


Cress is hot and dry in the third degree, and it heats and relaxes the stomach, removes different types of worms, decomposes the spleen tumors, excites the sexual drive and heals the ulcers of mange and herpes.


When the cress (seed) is used as a bandage along with honey, it will decompose spleen tumors. When it is cooked with Henna, it will extract harmful accumulations in the chest; white taking it as a drink helps against venomous bites and stings.


When it is burnt, its smoke repulses venomous beasts and prevents the hair form falling. In addition, when it is mixed with barley Saweeq (Flour) and vinegar and used as a bandage, it helps the patients of Sciatica and decomposes hot tumors.


Further, when it is used as a bandage with water, it brings the pustules to maturity and helps against flabbiness in various organs, strengthens the sexual drive and works as an appetite stimulant. It also helps against Asthma, hard breathing, relieves the thickness in the spleen, purifies the chest and increases the menstrual flow. It also helps against sciatic nerve and the cavity of the hip, due to the extraction power of the cress when one drinks it or is injected with it. Cress seeds purify the chest and lungs from phlegm.


When Cress seeds are crushed and taken in a drink with warm water, they will work as a laxative, decompose flatulence and help against the pain caused by constipation. Cress also helps against leprosy when it is crushed and used in a drink.


When the cress is blended with vinegar and used as an ointment on leprous skin and on white pigmentation disorder, it helps relieve these conditions. It also relieves headaches that are caused by colds and by phlegm accumulation. When it is fried and drunk (with water), it constipates, especially when it is not crushed, as its consistency will be softened when it is fried.


Galinus said that the strength of the cress is similar to the effectiveness of mustard grains. Hence it could be used to heat the pain in the hip (which is known as Iriq-al-Nasa or Sciatica) and headaches, as each of these symptoms requires heat, similar to mustard seed. Sometimes, cress is mixed with other remedies and used to treat Asthma, as it is known that it dissolves thick mixtures, again just as mustard seed does. It is similar to mustard seed in every respect, but more superior because it is praised by our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam.

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Healing by Sha'hm - Fat

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Healing by Food

شـــحـم Sha’hm (Fat)

شَحْمٌ: ثبت فى "المسند" عن أنس"أنَّ يهودياً أضاف رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقدَّم له خُبزَ شَعِيرِ، وإهالَةً سَنِخَةً"، و"الإهالة": الشَّحْم المذاب، والألْية. و"السَّنِخَةُ": المتغيرة. وثبت فى "الصحيح": عن عبد الله بن مُغَفَّل، قال:"دُلِّى جِرَابٌ من شَحْمٍ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ، فالتزمتُه وقلتُ: واللهِ لا أُعطى أحداً منه شيئاً، فالتفتُّ، فإذا رسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَضْحَكُ، ولم يقل شيئاً".

أجود الشحمِ ما كان مِن حيوان مكتمل، وهو حارٌ رطب، وهو أقلُّ رطوبةً من السمن، ولهذا لو أُذيب الشحمُ والسمن كان الشَحمُ أسرعَ جموداً. وهو ينفع من خشونة الحلق، ويُرخى ويعفن، ويُدفع ضرره باللَّيْمون المملُوح، والزنجبيل، وشحمُ المَعز أقبضُ الشحوم، وشحم التُّيوس أشدُّ تحليلاً، وينفع مِن قروح الأمعاء، وشحمُ العَنز أقوى فى ذلك، ويُحتقَن به للسَّحَج والزَّحِير.

In Al-Musnad, it is narrated that Anas Radi Allaho Anh said that a Jewish man asked Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam to be his guest and that he offered him some barley bread and melted FAT.


In the Sahih, it is narrated that Abdullah bin Mughaffal Radi Allaho Anh said, On the Day of Khyber, a bag full of FAT was lowered and I took possession of it and said, "By Allah! I will not share it with anyone else". When I turned around, I found that Messenger of Allah (Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam) was laughing and did not comment".


The best type of FAT is that taken from a grown animal. FAT is hot and wet but less wetter than Ghee. This is why when both FAT and Ghee are melted, FAT hardens faster.


FAT helps against throat roughness, it represses and causes rotting. To neutralize the harmful effects of FAT, one should use lemon, salt and ginger. In addition, goat's FAT constipates more than any other type of fats, while Billy goat's FAT is more decomposing and helps against stomach ulcers and is used as an injection to relieve Excoriation (the rubbing away of skin from injury or disease), and (spasms of the bladder or anus).


We have found that fat from camel's hump is the most delicious, it is more tastier than butter & melts in the mouth so quickly.

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Healing by Samak - Fish

Healing Through Prophetic Medicine in Islam

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Healing by Food

ســـمــك Samak (Fish)

سَمَكٌ: روى الإمام أحمد بن حنبل، وابن ماجه فى "سننه": من حديث عبد الله بن عمر، عن النبىِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: "أُحِلَّتْ لنا مَيْتَتانِ ودَمَانِ: السَّمَكُ والجَرَادُ، والكَبِدُ والطِّحَالُ".

أصنافُ السَّمَك كثيرة، وأجودُه ما لذَّ طعمه، وطابَ ريحُه، وتوسَّط مقدارُه، وكان رقيقَ القشر، ولم يكن صلبَ اللَّحم ولا يابسه، وكان فى ماءٍ عذب جارٍ على الحصباء، ويتغذَّى بالنبات لا الأقذار، وأصلح

أماكنه ما كان فى نهر جيد الماء، وكان يأوِى إلى الأماكن الصخرية، ثم الرملية، والمياه الجارية العذبة التى لا قذرَ فيها، ولا حمأة، الكثيرة الاضطراب والتموج، المكشوفة للشمس والرِّياح.

والسَّمَك البحرى فاضل، محمود، لطيف، والطرى منه بارد رطب، عَسِر الانهضام، يُولِّد بلغماً كثيراً، إلا البحرىَ وما جرى مجراه، فإنه يُولِّد خلطاً محموداً، وهو يُخْصِبُ البدن، ويزيد فى المَنِىِّ، ويُصلح الأمزجة الحارة.

وأما المالح، فأجودُه ما كان قريبَ العهد بالتملُّح، وهو حار يابس، وكلما تقادم عهدُه ازداد حرُّه ويبسه، والسِّلور منه كثير اللزوجة، ويسمى الجِرِّىَّ، واليهودُ لا تأكله. وإذا أُكِلَ طريٍّا، كان مليِّناً للبطن، وإذا مُلِّحَ وعتق وأُكِلَ، صفَّى قصبة الرئة، وجوَّد الصوتَ، وإذا دُقَّ وَوُضِعَ مِن خارجٍ، أخرج السَّلَى والفضول من عُمق البدن من طريق أنَّ له قوة جاذبة.

وماء ملح الجِرِّىِّ المالح إذا جلسَ فيه مَن كانت به قرحة الأمعاء فى ابتداء العِلَّة، وافقه بجذبه الموادَّ إلى ظاهر البدن، وإذا احتُقِنَ به، أبرأ من عِرْق النَّسَا. وأجودُ ما فى السَّمَك ما قرُب من مؤخرها، والطرىُّ السمين منه يُخصب البدن لحمُه ووَدَكُه. وفى "الصحيحين": من حديث جابر بن عبد الله رضى الله عنه قال: "بعثنا النبىُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فى ثلاثمائة راكب، وأميرُنا أبو عُبيدة بن الجرَّاح، فأتينا الساحِلَ، فأصابنا جوعٌ شديد، حتى أكلنا الخَبَطَ، فألقى لنا البحرُ حوتاً يقال لها: عنبر، فأكلنا منه نِصفَ شهرٍ، وائتدمنا بوَدَكِه حتى ثابت أجسامُنا، فأخذ أبو عبيدة ضلعاً من أضلاعه، وحمل رَجُلاً على بعيره، ونصبه، فمرَّ تحته".

Imam Ahmad and Ibne Majah narrated on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Umar Radi Allao Anh that Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam said: "We were allowed two dead animals and two bloods, fish and locust, and liver and spleen".


There are many kinds of fish, the best of which is the most delicious, the best scented, moderate in size, which has fine scales, the softest meat, which lives in fresh water that flows on pebbles and which eat plants and not the organic waste. The best areas for the fish to live are those with the freshest water that runs through rocks, then the areas that have sandy ground, void of filth or wastes and which are mildly calm and exposed to the sun and wind.


Sea fish are also soft and delicious. The meat of sea fish that has soft skin is cold and wet, difficult to digest and produces excessive amounts of phlegm, but produces acceptable temperament, increase semen production / fertility and suits hot conditions.


The best kind of salted fish is the most recently salted. Salted fish is hot and dry, and the older they get, the hotter and drier they become. Silurid (a species of catfish) is very viscous, and the Jews do not eat this type of fish. Yet, soft Silurid meat softens the stomach, and when it is salted, kept and then eaten, it will clear the windpipe and make the voice finer. When it is ground and used as an external ointment, it will extract the wastes that accumulate inside the body.


Sitting in the salty water of Silurid relives the effects of newly formed ulcers and extracts the harmful substances to the surface. Salty water of Silurid relieves Sciatic nerve ailment when one is injected with it.


The best part of fish meat is closer to the tail, and the soft / lofty fish meat produces fatness and flesh.


In the Sahihain, it is narrated that Jabir Bin Abdullah said "Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihe Wasallam sent us with three hundred riders under the leadership of Abu Ubaidah Ibn-al-Jarraah Radi Allaho Anh. We went by the seashore and were soon very hungry until we ate tree leaves. The sea then threw out a whale (that is called Amber). We ate from it for half a month and used its fat in our food. Abu Ubaidah Ibn-al-Jarraah Radi Allaho Anh then took a rib of that fish and asked a man to ride on his camel and then pass under the rib, which he easily did".

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