Sabtu, 28 Maret 2009

Prophetic Medicine: An Old Prescription for a New Era

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Prophetic medicine cures cancer

Prophetic medicine cures cancer

from a talk by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Allah made for every sickness a remedy. We must not accept that there any sickness without remedy. The Prophet Muhammad mentioned that for every sickness there is a cure. This is the Prophet to whom Allah gave the power of Isra’a and M’iraj (the Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and then the Heavenly Ascension to the Divine Presence) to go to the Presence of Allah. It was a miraculous event that many did not at first accept until the Prophet gave them proof, telling them what he had seen on the road to masjid al-aqsa in Jerusalem. He told them about the caravans that were due to arrive in Mecca, and they then immediately believed him as no one would know such detail except one who was there. The Prophet was sent by Allah as a mercy, a rahma, to humanity. Every mercy therefore falls under the mercy of the Prophet: health is a mercy, wealth is a mercy, to be in a good position in this life is a mercy, to be in good standing in the hereafter is a mercy, even showers of rain (rahma in Arabic) or snow are mercies. All of this mercy that’s coming, Allah put in the hearts of our master Muhammad and his family, because his family is his blood and his blood is holy. So the one to whom Allah bestowed His Mercy knows what kind of remedy will help against every sickness.

I witnessed many illnesses cured by the remedies prescribed by both my shaykh Abdallah al-Fa’iz al-Daghestani and Grandshaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani. These cures come from the Prophet: it is prophetic medicine that so many people are using today under the names “alternative medicine” or “Chinese medicine”.

Real seclusion bears fruit. A real seclusion is not one that you demand, but one that is demanded of you: where the skaykh calls you out of the blue and says, “You, go to seclusion.” When you are in such a seclusion and training well, becoming more experienced, every sickness comes to you itself and says, “I am this type of sickness and the remedy for me is this.” According to the level of the one performing the seclusion, there will be prescriptions coming from heavenly sources for many difficult medical situations.

One of the most important sicknesses that people are facing today is cancer. I heard, witnessed, and saw from my shaykh (these are three distinct levels) that cancer can be cured and eliminated from a patient, but the patient must accept what they have to do. My sister was a gynecologist, and she had cancer. As a doctor she wasn’t able to accept anything other than what she’d studied. She went to Shaykh Nazim in the late eighties to speak with him about her case. He told her not operate. As a doctor, she insisted on it- she did the operation on her breast and lived 15 years before passing away. My auntie, who was in her early 50s, also had a cancer. She went to Shaykh Nazim and Granshaykh Abdallah for advice. Her doctors had already decided that she needed to have an operation. The night before the operation was to occur, we went to grandshaykh’s house. This was in the 1970s. He told us to take her out of the hospital, that if she didn’t do the operation she would have another 30 years of life. That night we went back to Beiruit and removed her from the hospital. The next morning they were searching for her, not knowing what had happened. She ended up living another 30 years, passing away at age 85. Meanwhile, my sister went through with her operation and lived only another 15 years.

Shaykh Nazim is carrying knowledge of Prophetic medicine that he has inherited by his spiritual connection with the Prophet through the chain of saints. He explained that there is a dormant cancer in every human being. It doesn’t awaken except in certain patients. If we touch the cancer, it will go crazy. Instead of going slowly, if we touch it with a knife the cancer will go wild and spread. He said the best thing is to take onion juice. The Prophet said that although onion and garlic have a bad smell, they are cures for 70 different illnesses that cannot be cured by any other means. So people of Allah recommend onion juice.

Just this past weekend, I was in New York. One of the students brought a lady to me, saying that this was the lady who had cancer before and, thanks be to Allah, she’d been cured. A year before I was in New York, and they had brought to me this lady saying that she had a tumour in her head. She had a child. I told her to drink onion juice. I also read surat al-fatiha (the first chapter of the Koran) seven times onto some water on behalf of Shaykh Nazim, telling her to drink it. One week later she had an x-ray at the hospital and the tumour was gone. It’s not because I read or she took the onion juice, it’s because she believed that it could happen. She believed in Allah and she believed in the Prophet. So a year later I saw her again, and she had been cancer free for the whole time with no operation and no chemotherapy. My recommendation for people with this problem is to take onion juice and to read surat al-fatiha seven times on water, or coffee for example, and drink it. They could alternatively read fatiha seven times and blow on themselves. If they are not able, someone else can read fatiha for them.

May Allah give us healing, shif’a, and give those who are suffering from this sickness healing also, especially Shaykh Nazim`s followers. May Allah make it easy on everyone. He is al-Shafi (The Healer). Ya Rabbi (Oh Lord), You are the One that Cures, there is no one else, we are coming to you, requesting through our master Muhammad and through your saints. We are weak and sinful servants, but we are coming to you. Where else is there to go? Your door is the one people can come to. We are coming to your door asking you to cure every human being, especially those sufferers who have children- to give them happiness in their lives. And to us also, and to our children. Extend our lives to see our master the Mahdi and our master Jesus, for that will be the best time- the golden time. We are asking that Allah will accept from all of us, for there are children here and their supplication is accepted. May Allah for the sake of the saints, our master Muhammad, and ahl bayt (the family of the Prophet) accept from us. Bi hurmati l-habib bi hurmati l-fatihah (by the sanctity of the beloved, by the sanctity of surat al-fatihah)

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Prophet Mohammad guides scientists to medicine

Prophet Mohammad guides scientists to medicine

Establishing a healthy society can be just achieved when healthy prophetic guidance is applied, said doctors in a scientific symposium organized by Life Makers Forum on the occasion of World Health Day, April 7. 

The symposium, held at the University of Science and Technology, has tried to discuss the health principals depending on Prophet Mohammad’s traditions, practice and sayings on hygiene, sanitation and treatment of diseases called al-Tibb al-Nabawi, the prophetic medicine, by Muslims all over the world. 

Global pharmaceutical institutions recently found that chemical therapies or medicines cannot completely cure mental, physical or psychological illnesses, doctors said. So, they began to look for another kind of therapies in the roots of medicine, including the Prophet Mohammed’s traditions which are rich in advice and instructions on such matters. 

Prophetic medicine has been founded in preventive health which is preceding the medical therapies and considered the base of any healthy society. The Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him, laid down the foundation for a social order in which every member of society was advised to maintain a healthy life, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. No aspect of life was to be disregarded.

As a matter of fact, there are several such sayings in which the Prophet laid great stress on how to prevent your body from the different diseases by taking or doing some simple preventive things. For instance, the Prophet once said, “When one of you yawns, he should try to restrain it with the help of his hand since it is the devil that enters therein.” 

Yawning is a common physiological event. However, when a person yawns, he deeply inspires breathing in the germs in the air. So, the prophet stressed on the hand to be placed before mouth when the person yawns. 

In recent times, various studies have proven that sleeping on right side is the best position to get a perfect sleeping. Such thing was practiced by the Prophet before around 14 centuries when he used to sleep on his right side, putting his right hand under his right cheek and encourage his friends to do it. 
Thus, sleeping on the right side is the correct position as the left lung is smaller than the right one and the pressure on the heart would therefore be less, the liver would not be suspended, and the stomach would be on it and so emptying its contents would be quicker. Moreover sleeping on the right side is one of the best medical interventions to facilitate the excretion of the mucous secretions of the left respiratory bronchioles.

For the practicing Muslim, prayer forms the pillars of his day. He wakes at dawn to pray, breaks at noon to pray, again in the later afternoon, again at dusk, and prays one last time before retiring to bed. He washes up briefly before prayer, and then retires to a clean spot in a room to bow and prostrate symbolically to God, turning to Him for guidance and expressing gratefulness for all God has given him.

These physical movements that a Muslim does during prayer have been proven to be a good exercise for heart, spine, memory and concentration abilities. Moreover, they strengthen the joints and muscles and stimulate blood circulation. Consequently, they also prevent the stagnation of blog in the veins of the legs which may lead to coagulation and other problems.

“O you who believe fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you so that you can learn Taqwa” (Quran). For much of human history, fasting has been guided by intuition and spiritual purpose. Today, the understanding of human physiology confirms the powerful healing effects of fasting.

Besides nurturing resistance and ability to face hardships and endurance, fasting reflects on outward physical appearance by cutting out gluttony and getting rid of excess fat. The benefits of fasting on health do not stop there but are instrumental in alleviating a number of physical diseases, including those of the digestive systems, such as chronic stomachache, inflammation of the colon, liver diseases, indigestion, and conditions such as obesity, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, asthma, diphtheria and many other maladies.

The Prophet Mohammed, realizing the bad consequences of dental health on the digestive system and its different organs, advised his companions to keep their teeth clean as much they can. So, many Muslims have used to clean their teeth, using miswak (siwak) or teeth cleaning sticks on the recommendation of the Prophet Mohammed who said, “Siwak cleanses the mouth and pleases the Lord”, and “if I had not found it hard for my followers or the people, I would have ordered them to clean their teeth with siwak for every prayer.” 

Research indentified a total of 19 natural substances found within the miswak that benefit dental health. It contains a number of natural antiseptics that kill harmful microorganisms in the mouth; tannic acids that protect the gums from disease; and aromatic oils that increase salivation. Doctors in the symposium, titled The Scientific Miracles in the Prophetic Medicine, also laid great stress on the prophet’s daily common food to show its amazing benefits. For example, the Prophet used to take a honey drink, a teaspoon of honey mixed well with a cup of honey, in the early morning before eating anything. 

The recent medicine discovers that such drink is working to activate the digestive system to work in a better way. Furthermore, honey has been shown to be far superior to conventional antibiotics in treating infections and without the negative side effects associated with antibiotic use. It is amazing that the bacteria-killing properties of honey increase two-fold when diluted with water. 

Although the Prophet lived around 14 centuries ago in simple surrounding environment without technology or advanced devices, he pay more great attention to the blood and its affect on the person’s life. Hejama, cupping, is one of the therapeutic processes practiced by the Prophet for removing unclean blood from his body. It was narrated that the Prophet used to undergo hejama on the head and between his shoulders and he used to say, “Whosoever removes this blood, it will not harm him that he does not take any other medical treatment.”

The hejama is advised for disease caused by dampness, such as low back pain, lumbago, sciatica, pain in the arms and shoulders, pain in the legs and muscular parts of the body, stomachache, vomiting, headache, migraine, sprains, insomnia, etc. The prophetic medicine is rich of advices to be a clear massage for Muslims to keep a healthy body and soul and to have faith in both physical and spiritual treatment. It is also a command to people to strive hard to find newer medicines and newer remedies. “The medicine will not stop at the medical discoveries found today in the medicine of the Prophet Mohammed. It will keep on discovering many new amazing things everyday in such prophetic medicine and many scientific miracles in the Holy Quran,” said Dr. Adel Hassan, a consultant of internal diseases at the Science and Technology University Hospital.