The Prophetic Medicine in Islam, Cure yourself

1. The Prophetic
Medicine

2. Illness: Test and Trails
And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for
what your hands have earned; but He pardons
much.[42:30]
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Do the people think that they will be left to
say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?
[29:2]

3. The Messenger of Allah (saw), entered the home of Umm Sa’ib and he
said, “What is the matter with you, O Umm Sa’ib? You are shivering.” She
said, “It is a fever. Allah has not blessed it.” The Prophet(saw) said, “Do
not curse fever. Verily, it removes the sins of the children of Adam, just
as a furnace removes dirt from iron.
The Prophet(saw) said, "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness,
nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he
receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for that.”
Sickness – A Blessing In Disguise
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4. Every Sickness has a cure
Prophet(saw) said: There is no disease that Allah has
created, except that He also has created its treatment.“
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The Messenger of Allah(saw) said, “Every disease has
a cure. If a cure is applied to the disease, it is relieved
by the permission of Allah Almighty.
Usamah ibn Sharik reported: A bedouin said, “O Messenger of Allah,
shall we not seek treatment?” The Prophet said, “Yes, O servants of
Allah, seek treatment. Verily, Allah did not place a disease but that he
also placed its treatment or cure, except for one ailment.” They said,
“O Messenger of Allah, what is it?” The Prophet said, “Old age.””.

5. The Prophetic Remedies
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Natural
Ailments Remedies
Combination of both
Divine

6. The Natural Remedies
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Seeking the best doctors
Zayd ibn Aslam said: a man received a wound in the time of the Messenger of
Allah(saw). The blood clotted in the wound and the man called two men from the
Banu Ammar tribe. They looked at it and claimed that the Messenger of Allah(saw)
said to them, "Which of you is the better doctor?" They said, "Is there any good in
medicine, Messenger of Allah?" Zayd claimed that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "The one who sent down the disease sent
down the remedy."
The prophet(saw) once visited a sick
man and said, send for a doctor, A man
said, do you say that O Messenger of
Allah(saw) ? He(saw) said: Yes, Allah has
not send down a disease but also send
down a cure for it.

7. Thaqif’s delegation included a man with leprosy. The
prophet(saw) send to him. Go back, for we have accepted
your pledge of allegiance
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Preventing Contagious disease and enforcing
quarantine
The Natural Remedies
Do not keep looking at the person afflicted by leprosy
A Healthy man should not be brought near a sick person

8. The Prophet(saw) said, “There is healing in three: a cupping
operation, a drink of honey, and cauterization with fire, but
I forbid my nation from using cauterization
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Honey and Cupping
The Natural Remedies
Messenger (saw) said, “Whoever performs
cupping (hijama) on the 17th, 19th or 21st day
(of the Islamic, lunar month) then it is a cure
for every disease.

9. The Natural Remedies
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon
him, said, “This blackseed is healing for all diseases but
poison.” She said, “What is poison?” The Prophet said,
“Death.”
“Eat olive oil and use it
on your hair and skin, for
it comes from a blessed
tree.”
The Prophet(saw) said:
“The water of Zamzam is
(good) for whatever it is
intended.”

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The Natural Remedies

11. If the Messenger of Allah(saw), was afflicted by something, the Angel
Gabriel would supplicate over him, saying, “In the name of Allah, may
he cure you, may he heal you from every ailment, from the evil of the
envier when he envies, and from the evil of every eye.
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In General
The Divine Remedies: Ruqyah
Whenever the Prophet (saw) went to bed each night, he used to cup his hands
together, then blow into them then recite into them Surah Al-Ikhlās, Surah Al-Falaq
and Surah An-Nās, and then wipe his hands over whatever parts of his body he was
able to wipe, starting with his head, face and the front of his body. He used to do
that three times.”
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) that some of the
companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to one of the Arab
tribes. They asked them for hospitality but they refused to welcome them. Whilst they were like
that, the chief of that tribe was stung. They said: ‘Do you have any remedy or someone who can
recite ruqyah?’ They said: ‘You did not offer us hospitality, so we will not do anything until you
give us something in return.’ Then they agreed upon a flock of sheep. Then he started to recite
the Essence of the Qur’aan – i.e., Soorat al-Faatihah – and he collected his saliva and spat at him
(at the site of the injury), and he recovered. The sheep were brought and they (the companions)
said: We will not take them until we ask the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
So they asked him and he smiled and said: “How did you know that it is a ruqyah? Take them and
give me a share of them.

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Evil Eye
The Divine Remedies: Ruqyah
The Messenger of Allah(saw) said: The evil eye is true and if there is
anything that would precede predestination, it would be evil eye.
The Aishah(ra) narrated, The prophet(saw) commended,
that we should use Ruquya from evil eye.
A’udhu bi kalimatil-lahil- tammati, min kulli
shaitanin wa hammah, wa min kulli ‘aynin
lammah (I seek refuge for you both in the
Perfect Words of Allah, from every devil and
every poisonous reptile, and from every evil
eye

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Pain Killer & General Illness
The Divine Remedies: Ruqyah

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PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE:
Dua and Adhkar
The Divine Remedies: Ruqyah

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Natural & Divine
The Combined Remedies
Prophet(saw) said: Make use of the two remedies:
honey and the Qur'an

16. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease
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Prophet(saw) said: If Allah intends good for
someone, then He afflicts him with trials.
Conclusion
And We send down of the Qur'an that which is
healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not
increase the wrongdoers except in loss [17:82]