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PART: III
SHAREATH: CARE BERFORE CURE
Ø Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………..27
Ø Shareath; a routine……………………………………………………………………………….….28
Ø Orders ………………………………………………………………………………………………………29
· Fasting…………………………………………………………………………………….………29
· Prayer……………………………………………………………………………………………..31
Ø Prohibitions ..................................................................................................33
· Liquor……………………………………………………………………………………..………33
· Adultery…………………………………………………………………………………..….…..36
· Homosexuality……………………………………………………………………….….…….37
· Pig and pork…………………………………………………………….……………….….….39
· Dog………………………………………………………………………………..………………..42
Ø Hadeaths …………………………………………………………………………………………………..44
· Dental care………………………………………………………………………………………44
· Circumcision…………………………………………………………………………………… 46
· Moderation in food………………………………………………………………………….48
· Cleanliness and epidemics…………………………………………………………….…50
· Ablution…………………………………………………………………………………………..52
· Thahneek…………………………………………………………………………………………52
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………54
INTRODUCTION
Yes, many of us become tired, diseased and most of us cured, but we are not in need of cure if we became care about our body and its health? No the proverb I prevention is better than cure; but most of us are not cared about it. We can’t cure for all. If any body prevents its biotic then it doesn’t want anti-biotic.
The best preventing way is the Shareath which introduces us the empowerment of our soul and body. This Islamic laws and rules are very useful to prevent our body from man y diseases. So we shall give more attention on Islamic laws.
The Shareath is in two ways, some of them are ordered by Allah directly and another is taught by Prophet Muhammad (s). The Shareath also divided into two parts orders and prohibitions. These two parts also can prevent out body from illness and sickness. But the part of prohibition is most discussed today than the part of orders, and many works be also created about this subject.
The supreme identity a Muslim is prayer this prayer prevents our body from back pains, and it eases the delivery. Many scientifically studies are done about prayer and its medical aspect. The second order is fast. In the thirty days of Ramadan we should avoid all foods and we should prevent our body from sexualities. Scientific world had invented many medicines from fast. This fast prevents our body from viruses and biotic
The second part of Shareath is prophetic words. Many Hadeaths and habit of prophet (s) are the health tips. Dental cares, ablution, Thahneek are most discussed today. Many of prophetic medicines are followed yet today. It may be an irony that the Islamic medicines, prophetic medicines and the contributions of Muslim scholars to the medical world are ignored by the modern science. But we know that many of the medicines are a carbon copy of the Islamic medicines.
Here I prefer to submit that the Islamic laws are very useful and very apt solution for the modern crisis, even it may be in the field of economy or medicine.
SHAREATH: A ROUTINE
Islamic Shareath is a constitution which seeks good doings from Muslims and orders to avoid bad things. Our predecessors were heartedly subdued to Islamic Shareath; therefore they lived healthy. But modern Muslims, commonly in civilize (not cultured) areas got rid of Islamic constitution, and therefore the world had spread with fatal diseases which lead majority of us to decease.
Where does Shareath relate to physical health? The answer is very obvious from Shareath orders and from history of health which agreed it. Shareath sprays the dos of prevention,” prevention is better than cure”. It is Shareath because Shareath’s main aim is redemption in two worlds, here form diseases and there in the day of doom saves from hell. If any one abides by Islamic Shareath he would live healthy because Shareath takes the role of exercises and deficiency. Therefore Islamic Shareath should be the line of our life.
The Islamic Shareath is a routine of a Muslim which describes the path of a Muslim. The Shareath leads him to the path of goodness. The Shareath shows an entire life style of a man even his daily life. The routine has an extra power to manage a man in his illness. The psychiatric medicine is depends on the patient’s time table. The changing in the daily life style may cause to illness, not only the mental but also physical.
Islamic Shareath gives a straight path to a man to get into health. The Shareath is the laws from the God Allah and his Messenger, Muhammad. The Shareath is consisting of some orders and prohibition. The God Allah orders some to do and some to avoid. In this era the study about Islamic laws is very strong as the Islam became the fear of the modern world. Mainly the scholars are discussing that why Islam prohibited some and why agreed some? Some times they reached to a final decision.
In this modern age the health is very discussing chapter, so this chapter is discussing about health aspects of Shareath. Firstly the discussion is about orders of Shareath. We can’t to write all about the benefits of five pillars of Islam, because the study or research about the five pillars is not completed ever.
ORDERS
The Shareath has some orders. Some of them are should be done by every one. The main orders of Islam are known as pillars of Islam. There are five pillars for Islam, which would be done by every Muslim. Here I have to write about only two of them because the first one is Shahada which is an oral custom, so here it have no any importance in this chapter, and so I avoided it. The prayer is the second pillar, and so I write some of its medical concepts. The third one is the fasting of Ramadan here is its medical aspects. The next one is Hajj and another is Zakath. The study about Hajj is progressing and it has no solid evident for its health aspect, so I avoided it. The Zakath is a purity of the wealth and it have no touch with health.
FASTING
The holly religion Islam have five pillars the third one of it fast its Shareath has more rules and regulations the fasting is also a rule which all Muslims must obey .the Quran says: “o believers fasting have been made obligatory upon you as were made obligatory upon those before you, so that you may become pious.”1 here Quran indicates only to the prize of fasting here after .The prophet [s] says every thing has a vindication the vindication of our body is fasting 2 .But here is only the praise of a god Allah Then what does science says about fasting
If the standard height and weight of a man increased about 20% he will become fat. The fasting can remove this fatness because by the fasting our nutrition and vitamins becomes adequate to our body. The main cause of fatness is corpulence when we avoid food in day time the corpulence changes into sugar of blood .so the fatness decreases. So we know that the fasting of a month will affect our body very perfectly.
The blood circulation starts from heart and end in heart. The blood passes through aorta to artery and then through arterioles and capillaries to tissues. The blood of tissues passes through venules and veins to heart. Coronary artery is the passage of blood to heart muscles. When the fattiness of blood increases, the passage blocks the blood and heart attacks.3
This heart attack is known as myocardial infraction in medical language. We should know that the fattiness is caused by the food. When a man controls this over limit of food he gets remedy from heart stack. But nowadays the fasting became a useless thing, because, the modern people avoid food in day time and eat well in night.
Fasting is too food for health. The American Scientist Edison Thomas Alwa says: The fasting of Islam is savior to human health. It saves our body from many fatal diseases, and it bestows our body awakening4. Dr Swaminath says: The fasting is good for health. So every religion orders to fasting. Our pleasantries which have more works every time get a freedom in the time of fasting.
The fasting is also a remedy for fattiness. It can prevent our body from fatal diseases. The prophet (PBUH) said that: Take fasting and be healthy.5 The beloved Prophet (PBUH) had more education about the fasting. The fasting can also alleviate Diabetic. 6
1. Al baqara-183
2. Thurmudhi
3. The week health
4. Quran: shasthrangalude shasthram
5. Thwabrani
6. Islam: Chila Medical Chindakal
PRAYER
The second one of the five pillars of Islamic constitution is prayer (swalath). It is a routine of a Muslim. He would pray 5 times a day. By the prayer, a Muslim gets more positives for his health. If we think carefully about prayer (Swalath) we would get that it is a scientific worship which gives more health in this world and praise hereafter.
Now the world health organizations give more respect for meditation. The divine centers and psychiatric offices are giving treatment of meditation. But do we know, what is meditation? The meditation is a concentration of heart in a single point. in materiality, the concentrating point will be a sunset, sunrise, flower, or a dawn break. Some times it may be his life partner, but in Islamic meditation, the concentrating point is God Allah. The prayer is also a meditation in which a Muslim gets peace of mind. In every moment of the prayer, the Muslim’s heart should be concentrated on the God Allah. New the scientific world agrees that the concentration on a minute point can give heart peace and self-fulfillment.1
In Sura Qamar "God deprecates those who are careless in their prayers offer them only for show." The blessed Prophet told us "Prayers are certainly health promoting." Although the real purpose of prayers is to worship Allah yet there is a large number of additional benefits also. 2
Shoppen hoven says the meditation can remove the will power and bad desires. As well as meditation the Yoga is also adequate to remove the will power and bad desires. In same time the prayer (Swalath) is a meditation and Yoga. The modern physical experts agreed that the prayer is same to Yoga and may better than it.3
The Sheershasana and Vajrasanam of Yoga also a part of human exercise, but the Sujood and Ruku is also a kind of Asanams the Vajrasanam can help digestion and treats the diseases of gripe and constipation and empower our legs. The Ruku also gives a remedy for spinal diseases, decreases potbelly and gives a relief from heart disease and spermatic deficiency. 4
This medical concept was not a new discovery, but the beloved prophet (PBUH) had the scientific knowledge about the prayer. Abu Huraira (R) says: I and prophet (PBUH) prayed speedily and I sat. The prophet (PBUH) asked me: have you stomach ache? , I replied: yes then the prophet said: stand and pray, there is remedy for stomach ache in prayer 5
We claim that the exercises is indispensable to health, then we know that there is no any faults in prayer which seen in exercises. The prayer is a group of exercises which improve our body. The Ruku and Sujood are main exercises which gives more health and confidence.
By Ruku we get health to spinal cords, loins become clear, paunch decreases, get relief for spermatic problems, piles and heart diseases. By Sujood blood circulation to brain enhances and it causes to expand memory power and hearing power increases and this Sujood is apt treatment for hepatitis and jaundice.
Isnail sjenieder of Main Chain University of federal republic of Germany and his friends experimented that the Sujood is better for pregnant women by the essay of journal of prenatal medicine this scientific aspect of prayer spread through the world 6
They keep our body active, help digestion and save us from muscle and joint diseases through regular balanced exercise. They help the circulation of blood and also mitigate the bad effect of cholesterol. Prayers play a vital role in acting as a preventive measure against heart attack, paralyses, premature senility, dementia, loss of control on sphincters, diabetes mellitus etc.7
On the side of psychology the prayer gives peace and harmony and it decreases anxiety, fear, confusion, greedy and jealousy and it also changes negative emotions to positive emotions .there are more importance for meditation in the world of medicine. The prayer is same to this meditation.
1. Manasika Arogyavum Yoga chikilsayum S Shanthakumar
2. Islamic Medicine: Hassan Ghaznawi, M. D.
3. Quran: shasthrangalude shasthram
4. Manasika Arogyavum Yoga chikilsayum S Shanthakumar
5. Swahih Bhukhari
6. Quran: shasthrangalude shasthram
7. Islamic Medicine: Hasan Ghaznawi
PROHIBITIONS
The Islamic Shareath has two faces, orders and prohibitions. I have already said that the study or research is only on the basis of prohibition because the peoples are discussing that why Islam prohibits some of habits which is common among the western people and among the wise men, especially why Islam prohibits the pork which is considered as good for health, the liquor which is considered as best medicine to serve the health, and the sexual approaches with men or women which is social balancing element after marriage. We will get the answers to the doubts.
LIQUOR
Our India, country of Mahatma Gandhi who had said that liquor is enemy of man, had drowned with rivers of liquor and today. The liquor is a fatal calamity which spread throughout world. Five star bars are rising in developed countries.
Some times we think this evil done is seam only in men but survey of Sunday times shows that the number of men exceeding recommended limit has fallen to 26 percent whilst the number of men doing so has risen to 12 percent. 1
Numerous diseases have been attributed to alcohol like dyspeptic trouble, peptic ulceration, cancer stomach, pancreatitis, cirrhosis liver, vitamin deficiency and coronary heart disease.2
This liquor can’t give more than a momentary comfort, but it gives ever last sorrow. Addicts of liquor become living corpses, expecting last breath. The liquor weakens the man mentally, the addicts become anti-social workers. Alcoholic abuse is also responsible for a variety of psychiatric symptoms, viz, anxiety, depression, confusion panic disorders, bipolar disorders and narcissism3.His family becomes poor, and relations become disconnected, and spread all items of calamities in his family life as well as in his communal life. At last he shouts catching bars of bedlam.
As well as his mental structure, his physical structure also comes down. Continuous drinking for about 10 years causes to Liver cirrhosis. cirrhosis is a disease which being lumps and swellings on the liver. First step of this disease is Fatty liver, in these stage fat increases on the liver, and if he goes on drinking second state comes, Hepatitis and if continue the drinking, he should surrender to liver cirrhoses.
By liver cirrhosis, the shape of liver changes, and it becomes annul, poisons couldn’t excrete, body would swell, and this disease causes to insanity and cancer. The victims suffer from Jaundice, abdominal pain, edema in different parts of the body, gynaecomastia (enlarged breast in men) and atrophy of the testes4
There are very difficult to treat this illness, only one way is to treat is to change liver, but most of bodies do not accept other livers. But there is only one way that care is better than cure.
Alcohol ingestion causes a feeling of early warmth, then increased sweating, then lowered body temperature hypothermia (cold damage) and finally death. Alcohol is responsible for cancer of the esophagus, chronic gastritis, heart diseases, and children born to alcoholic women suffer from the fatal alcoholic syndrome (FAS). They suffer from a triad of abnormality, dysfunction of the central nervous system and stunting of growth and later there is a manifestation of hearing, language and speech problems. 5 The over usage of alcohol causes to sexual/reproductive disorders and it may causes lack of sexual ability.6
Drinking alcohol regularly can increase the risk of abnormal heart rhythm disorder called atria fibrillation, say Japanese researchers. The study, which was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, analyses 14 studies involving 1,30,820 people, including 7,558 who had atria fibrillation. Men who drank over two drinks daily and women over one drink daily had a 51 per cent grater risk of aerial fibrillation compared to teetotalers.
The relative risk of developing atria fibrillation increased by 8 per cent with each additional 10 grams of alcohol consumed. The risk was relevant for both habitual and episodic drinkers. Even moderate drinkers were at risk comparing to teetotalers.7
On the concepts of Islam liquor is prohibited for Muslims. Many of modernist argues that there are many positive benefits but Quran says: In both, (wine and gambling) there is great sin and also some worldly profit for the people, but their sins is grater than their profit 8. This verse indicates that Islam prohibits all things which are bad for human kind.
We should know that the age of beloved prophet (PBUH) was the sixth century which is called as Dark Age. The Arabs were the slaves of the liquor and other social injustice, but when the prophet (PBUH) prohibited the alcohol the Madeena was sunken ankle deep in the liquor. The prophet (PBUH) taught them the negative side of the alcohol and the liquor was completely exiled from Madeena.
1. Islam the choice of thinking women Ismail Adam Patel
2. Islamic Medicine: Hasan Ghaznawi
3. open page-The Hindu-Feb 6/2011)
4. Arogyam monthly
5. open page-The Hindu-Feb 6/2011)
6. Arogyam deepam-trimonthly,2011
7. The weak-health. March 6,2011 page 7
8. Al Baqara 219
Adultery
Now the modern men are addicts of adultery. For his momentary lust he surrenders to the bas thing adultery. By this, many viral diseases increase, HIV grows and Aids victims increase. These fatal diseases could not remove easily.
HIV (human immune deficiency virus) was discovered at Thailand in 1984. This was the first Aids case in the world. In 1985 Hollywood super star Rock Headesen died addicting to HIV. This spread the fear of Aids 1
In the report of 1990 Aids victims’ number was increased as million. Between1988-1992 there were 60 lacks of Aids victims. Many mother died by HIV and many of children were orphans. These were about 1000 lacks of children.2 this great disease was caused by immoral adultery.
Islam prohibits immoral adultery by its Shareath. This adultery causes to many other diseases such as hepatitis and syphilis. Islamic Shareath gives a pure protection to these fatal diseases. But many of non-Islamic religion could not prohibit this great sin. Why the victims of Aids increase in this modern age, even though there are many medicines for Aids? Dr Jhoshi john replied: many of victims are gays and lesbians. If they feel control of disease they continue their sexual life.3 but Quran says: and approach not adultery, undoubtedly that is immodesty and very vile path.4
In Thailand about 4 lacks of men visit the broths. In India a more than 80 million are victims of HIV and the toll increases, children die and the pregnant dies. The death, the leveler approaches all men. Islam taught through its messenger that the prophet (PBUH) said that “in which society the adultery spreads the toll increases5. So Islamic teachings are true, but the world has not time to follow it as they try to tarnish Islam. In this case, we the Muslims have proud.
1. www.aids .com
2. ibid
3. Arogyam monthly
4. Al Isra- 32
5.
Imam Malik
Homosexuality
Homo sexuality is a discussed matter in our constitution. It became a fatal calamity in the world. This anti-social work had broken out our healthy world. Our India removed the law of banning the homosexuality under the 377th section by the advice of Delhi high court of July 2, 2009. This advice was by appeal order of Naz foundation.1 Nepal Government has amended with permitting the homosexuality in Dec. 21 2007.
This anti-social work was started in Louth’s multitude of Sodom. Prophet (PBUG) said that if you see any one doing bad thing of Louth’s multitude, then kill him.2
At different times and different cultures, homosexual behavior has variously been encouraged, punished and banned. Homosexuality was not uncommon in ancient Greece, and Rome, particularly between adult and adolescent males. Jewish, Christian, and Muslims cultures have generally viewed as sinful.3
But the Jews threw their laws and misinterpreted the verses of Thora at last they agreed gay marriages. The liberal Jews of Britain acknowledged the same sex marriage in 2003 and they agreed in the synagogues. This was reported in The guardian feb.25,20054 .And yet the capital of Israel, Tel Aviv was named as the gay capital of the Middle East, by the American lifestyle magazine “Out”5 . This homo sexuality is injurious to our heath. When gay scientists were trying to treat this homosexuality, AIDS was spread out. In Jun 5, 1981. Pneumocystis was reported in 5 gays at Losangels 6
Report of Centers for Disease Control of 2003 points out that 63percentage of Aids victims are gays 7 Sanfransisco chronicle (June 15, 2008) reports that new skin effect which sprays staff bacteria which can break out all anti-biotic at Sanfransisco, Newyork and Losangels, this virus was found among gays (13) .4 percentage of American population are victims of LGBT as a report of 2006. 8 Until the early 1970s many medical organizations, such as the American Psychiatric Association, classified homosexuality as a mental disease, but that designation was wildly dropped in subsequent years 9
Syphilis10 was considered as expelled, but by 2000 Syphilis was found among America n sex addicts, and 60% of these victims were addicts of homosexuality 11 Gonorrhea, prettifies, hepatitis Shigellosis and anus cancer are caused by homosexuality.12 These all items of diseases are origin from this bad doing the homosexuality. To the question of a reader “why the victims of Aids increase in this sophisticated age, even though there are more medicines to survive”? Dr Josh, John replied “many victims are gays and lesbians. If they feel control of diseases, they continue their sexual life.”13 - But Islam banned these bad doings. Quran says: “you rather approach men lustily instead of women”.14
The prophet(s) says: In which society you can see the bad doing and it wide spreads, you can see the fatal disease in that society 15
2. Thurmudhi, Ibn Majah, Abu-Dawood
3. Encyclopedia Britannica vol: 5
7. ibid
8. Gray J Gates: same sex couples and Gay lesbians and by sexual population. New Estimates from the American survey-oct 1, 2006
9. Encyclopedia Britannica vol: 5
10. A disease that gets worse over a period of time, spreading from the sexual organs to the skin, bones, muscle and brain—oxford dictionary
13. Arogyam monthly.
14. Al Aaraf :81
15. Ibn Majah- Baihaqi
PIG AND PORK
The event, which took place in Mexico City, shook the world, breaking the spine of world health organizations. First in history, Swine flu spread out in Mexico. World heath organizations scared of this, and global health sectors once stunned. How the Swine flu that was seen only in pigs infected to human organism? The answe3r is very simple, over interaction with pigs!!
Report of Alamul- Islam, describes: Hans Rack Funch, a German historian, says Muslims and Jews have vivid influence on paths shown by Prophet Muhammad (s) and Easa (a). In different parts of Africa where Muslims and other small castes, Muslims can be seen almost healthy because pork is forbidden to them. Meanwhile, others are affected with different diseases, because they follow the western culture and eat pork.
The Holy Qur'an has prohibited the swine-flesh, hence the Muslims would not dare touch it. The Bible has also forbidden swine-flesh, but Christians disregarded this order and started consuming it. The Europeans now proclaim that pork is a very powerful diet, rich in protein. Some of them further argue that since there is a great scarcity of food-stuff in the world and swine are available in abundant quantity, they should be consumed in the diet to overcome the food shortage. If this argument is true, why don't they use dog's meat as dogs too are available in abundance? The Europeans perhaps hate the mere mention of dog's meat in the same way as the Muslims shun pork. Another wrong notion about swine-flesh is that its consumption lengthens life-span, although this is a pure myth and absurdity. On the contrary, people, who abstain from pork and liquor, have a longer span of life. The Muslims in Central Asia bear a testimony to this truth. 1
There wee threatening reports about H1N1. World Health Organization Chief, Dr Margaret said that the H1N1 flu should round the world three times and this influenza mainly disturbs the developed countries. 2
The prohibition of eating pork in Islam is relevant in this context. There is a saying in English that "a man becomes what he eats." According to physicians and medical experts, pork is a harmful diet. Consumption of swine-flesh creates lowliness in character and destroys moral and spiritual faculties in a man. 3
Islamic Shareath orders to avoid interacting with pigs as Islam says that there are many effects in Pigs, but what are they? But th3e modern science answers, that only 25percetage of the urine acid is emitting, and the remaining 75 percent dissolves in its blood and body so, the pork is very dangerous to heath and it causes too many diseases.4
Swine cypselas are a disease, which is caused by the intruding of bacteria from pigs to human. By this disease the body becomes red and grows plump. And another disease is Swine fever. This disease causes to death. These pigs can procreate many diseases. Swine vesicular disease is another disease which spreads followed b eating of pork and fat of pigs.
As well as external diseases, the pork attacks our inner bodies. And some times the pork causes to trichina worms and hook worms which give the human strong stomach ache and breathlessness. These worms also attack our lungs, and so the human becomes victims of many fatal diseases.
These worms also attack our liver, and this attack causes to mental weakness or death. 47 million of American population is addict of these diseases. Pork type worms attack our body, dries our blood, increased dysentery, and when it delays, it causes to diarrhea, vomiting, and paralysis. Another tow types of worms round worms cause to paralysis decrease of hemoglobin and to losing of immunity. 5
There are many microbes such as Balantedium, Cholleitenia and Dolliam. These microbes can defeat our immunity power. Human Cyst Cercoses is also a donation of pig. The treatment to this is only operation. 6
The tapeworm which lives in the body of pig is a cause to health weakness. The microbe of a type of pig, lay eggs in small intestine, it grows, and causes for many diseases.7
There are two harmful worms harbored by pigs, one is "TAENIASOLIUM" which on ingestion passes to the brain and causes epilepsy. The other one is "TRICHINELLASPIRALIS" which passes to the muscles and brain causing muscular swelling and pain and also epilepsy. Pork has more fat and cholesterol than any other meat.8
A medical report says that: The pig is a scavenger. It is an omnivorous animal. It eats everything. There are many diseases carried from swine to man, particularly parasite infestations. Lately extensive research has been focused on senility-old age is characterized by hardening of inner lining of the blood vessels of the heart; brain etc. a process called atherosclerosis. When a clot forms, it results in coronary thrombosis or a heart attack, cerebral thrombosis or stroke. Different dietary factors are responsible for atherosclerosis. Gross thermo may be produced in rabbit by feeding it with cholesterol, but when you add lard (derived from hog fat) to the cholesterol, the incidence of thermo is increased and thus you would produce coronary thrombosis, and myocardial infraction9
But, we can find a remedy from these evils, that Islam banned pig. Prophet (PBUH) prohibited pork. And even a single touch, if a Muslim touches the pig he must clean his body seven times with water and a time with muddy water. Allah says: The God banned you form corpse, blood and pork 10. Here we can to proud form Islamic Shareath which saves us from fatal diseases.
1. (Alamul Islami- 2006-July-WML).
2. (sneha samvadam 2009-sep)
3. Why Islam Forbids Pork? : Rashid Shamsi
4. Quran: shasthrangalude shasthram
5. Al Hayawan fil Quran
6. Islam chila medical thoughts
7. sneha samvadam-2009-ict-pag-5
8. Islamic Medicine Hasan Ghaznawi, M. D.
9. Medical aspects of forbidden foods in Islam: Dr. E. Kazim
10. Quran
DOGS
The modern people are getting peace of mind with their pets. The western culture is giving more importance for their pets. In this sophisticated world, many of western people select their pets as life partners. In America every men has a pet. The list of pets prolongs as dogs, cats and pigs. They use it for their all matters even to sexuality. And also the dog kisses man and it can calm down the emotion of the human.
In this time we should know that Islam prohibits the dogs to touch. When a man lies with a dog, some viruses enter to the body of the man. When the dog kisses men the viruses enter through the saliva. After some days he will suffer from spasmodic contraction of muscles, convulsion, mental weakness and anger. 1
Once a man was suffering from these diseases, walking like dogs, opening the mouth like a dog, then he was admitted in a hospital. He was imprisoned in the cage and the doctor gave him injection and medicine in the food. But what was the disease? The disease was hydro phobia, which was a result of over interaction with dogs.2
The dog is an abode of Echino Cocyss Granulosus worms. These worms are ejected through the anus of the dogs. The eggs of these worms will remain in the anus. The dog has a bad habit of sucking its own anus, and so the eggs enter to its mouth. These eggs are entering to the body of man when he is kissing it. By these viruses man becomes ill of Hydatidosis. 3
Not less than fifteen of these diseases have been registered during the study of tropical medicine. The most dangerous disease is Rabies, which is a killer disease in spite of all medical advances. Public health workers always advise people not to keep dogs indoors.4
: "From the medical points of view, which is our main concern here, the hazards to human health and life from keeping and playing with dogs are not to be ignored. Many people have paid a high price for their ignorance, as the tapeworm carried by dogs is a cause of chronic disease, sometimes resulting in death”.
This worm is found in man, in cattle, and in pigs, but it is found in fully-developed form only in dogs, wolves and rarely in cats. These worms differ from others in that they are minute and invisible, consequently, they were not discovered until very recently
Professor Noeller, through post-mortem dissection of human bodies in Germany, found that the incidence of infection with dogs' worms is at least one percent. In some places such as Dalmatia, Iceland, Southeastern, and Holland, where dogs are used for pulling sleds, the incidence rate of tapeworm among dogs is 12 percent. 5
We already know that the Prophet (PBUH) forbade mixing with dogs, and that he warned against their licking plates and against keeping them without necessity. The prophet (PBUH) ordered to clean the vessels seven times with water and one time with muddy water. Also he said "Whenever a dog drinks from your vessel, wash it seven times”.6
the scientific researches says that the dusty soil can remove the bacteria of the dogs. Here we can find the good path of Islam. Even Islam gave permission to use the dogs for hunting, didn’t give any concession for interacting with them.
1. Islam: chila medical chindakal
2. Ibid
3. Al Hayawan fil Qur’an
4. Alamul Islami
5. Lawful and prohibited in Islam: Qaradawi
6. Bhukhari, Muslim
Hadeaths
There are many Hadeaths according to the medicine. The most of the Hadeaths are the habitual doings of a Muslim. But the modern science is discovering the new knowledge about Hadeaths of The beloved Prophet (PBUH). As well as there are many medicines in the Hadeaths there are many Hadeaths which can prevent a man from fatal diseases. Here I have to mention some the relevant Hadeaths which is very apt to be followed by the modern physical world.
DENTAL CARE
Every mother eagerly watches her son’s or daughter mouth to ensure that the teeth did come or not. If it came out, mothers clean it very clearly; ever they know that this milky tooth will drop sown. The dental care is vey proper in our families, but why this dental hospital grows with mushroom growth?
The dental problems and care were started from the beginning of human being. It may consider that there are historical proofs for dental care of ‘Before Christ’. The Greek historians point out that there were many works about dental care before Christ. 1
In the age of Zocer, there was a dental specialist named as Hazirag. Galan, who is considered as contemporary of Christ, wrote a book about dental treatments.
Imam Razi gave the world many precious works about dental care and treatment. He points out to the usage of olive oil to treat the tooth and the usage of tongs to remove the gap of tooth. After him Ali bin Abbas Al Majusi wrote a book about dental care. He indicates to the usage of red-hot syringe for the treatment of dental pain. 2
He wants only to refer that Islam gave not only a cure but also a care. Islamic Shareath is a care from all diseases. The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “if I were fearless about the difficulty of my society, I would command to clean their tooth before every prayer.” 3
Dirtiness is the main cause of dental problems. Food wastes remain in the tooth and it gave life for new bacteria. The food wastes mainly causes to damage of tooth and also tooth ach. But in Islamic concept, we should clean out mouth before and after food. The prophet (s) said to clean mouth and hands after food 4
Commonly, our society cleans their tooth in day break. The mothers clean their son’s or daughter’s tooth in dawn. But is it a wrong method. The Islam orders to clean the mouth before sleeping. Other wise there are possibilities for many other diseases.
After the cleaning of tooth, a small creamy layer appears in the tooth. This creamy layer may be a birth place of some bacteria. If we don’t remove that creamy layer before it becomes plaque, many viruses appear.
After 10-14 hour form dental cleaning, the creamy layer changes to plaque and then to solid calculus. There is no way to remove this calculus without treatment.5 so we can understand the theory of Islam.
Here by, a scientifically report was published that British medical Journal’s research points out to the necessity for dental cleaning at least two times every day. The survey says that the dental cleaning two tomes daily can remove heart diseases. There was a survey under proof Richard of London University College among 11000 for 8 years and the survey found that heart disease is 70 percent less in those people who clean tooth twice a day, than others. 6
Islam also ban from cleaning tooth with finger. The Hadeath strictly prohibits it with many verses. But science agrees that using of fingers as brush is dangerous for tooth, and to gum of the mouth. By usage of finger the tooth appears and it may be difficult to remove the food wastes from gap of tooth.
1. Al Arabi monthly Oman
2. Ibid
3. Swahih Bukhari
4. Sunan Abi Davud
5. Competition Success Review
6.
Malayala Manorama 29/5/2010
Circumcision
Circumcision (Khithan) is a popular ceremony of Muslims. Islam strictly orders all males to Khithan. As well as religious ceremony, this is also scientifically proved ceremony and this was popular among the ancient Jews1
Historical background of the Khithan is that the prophet Ibrahim (a.s) was ordered by God Allah to remove the end skin of his penis and he heartily agreed it and he cut off it. After this was a vajib to all Muslims. The end skin of penis is removable and also not usable. This skin does not attach with the flesh of penis, and so there will a vacuum area where the biotic and bacteria will live. This area will be the settle place of bacteria, fungi and viruses. These insects attack the skin every time.
One of the criteria of Islam is that every Muslim should be circumcised. This is medically suggested nowadays as a toxic substance called Smegma may collect under the redundant skin causing cancer of the genitalia in both man and his wife, inflammation of the penis, phthisis, sticking of the redundant skin over the urethral opening leading to difficulty in urination.2
The people who didn’t cut the end skin of the penis, the skin may not go under or over. The situation in which the skin cannot move up is called paraphimosis and in which can’t move down, is called Phimosis. By these two states, a pulp forms between skin and flesh. These pulps are called Banalities and prostrates. The powder, sigma is a cause of these pulps and also causes to cancer in the sexual parts.
By the Khithan we can avoid and eradicate many sexual diseases such as condo Lima, and Condi lamellate. These diseases are in the testicles. Circumcision makes a protection from this diseases.3
Now the science had proved the relevance of circumcision when the world was surrendered to many venereal diseases. Now all of other religious people follow the holy ceremony of Islam. And also in modern time many studies and researches are being continued on this subject.
The new generation may say that the circumcision is bad to our sexual power that the cut piece can give more emotions in the time of sexuality. But the new discoveries say that the edge part of the penis is better area to give emotion than the edge skin.4 The health magazines are full of these doubts. many of the people has the doubt about their sexuality if they were circumcised. The psychological essays report that the circumcision is not a cause of the sex fails.5
The most dramatic evidence of this protective effect comes from a new study of couples in Uganda, where each woman was HIV positive and her male partner was not. Over a period of 30 months, no new infections occurred among 50 circumcised men; where as 40 of 137 uncircumcised men became infected. The authors concluded that, in the light of the evidence, male circumcision should be seriously considered as an addition at means of preventing HIV in countries.4
1. Quran: shasthrangalude shasthram
2. Islamic Medicine: Hassan Ghaznawi, M. D.
3. Islam: chila medical chindakal
4. Arogyam monthly
5. Nalla Bharya
6. Islam: chila medical chindakal
Moderation in food
The food system is very important matter of heath care. Now the science agreed that many diseases are caused by the over limit of food or lack of it. But this sophisticated age couldn’t control it. The modern dining system gave the human, a burden of illness, fatness and other diseases. Some one attaches to bed due to cholesterol and sugar, and some one move as snails due to pot belly and over weight.
A report from prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that: the main cause of all diseases is over limit of food. The prophet (s) says that: the bad pot, the man fills is his belly. He needs only some food which his body seeks. 1 The Quran says: Eat and drink, and don’t cross limit. Allah doesn’t love ht over limiters. 2
When Arab doctor Harris was asked, what is medicine? He replied “hunger”! And to the question “what is the cause of disease? He replied ‘eating before digestion of the old food3. Every human has a proportional standard height and weight. The over limit of eating causes to the standard height and weight change. By the 20% increase of standard height sand weight, the fatness increases.
The most fatal disease ‘cancer’ also and addicted disease to over limit of food. The science says that the carcinogen is a main cause of cancer. But these carcinogens couldn’t form cancer, but there are co-carcinogens such as food, heritage, sex and age. But 80% of cancer occurs from chemicals. These chemicals enter to our body with food. But the over limit of food chemicals increases and cause to cancer. 4
The over limit of food causes to Atherosclerosis, Blood pressure, sugar and born pain. The digestion need more blood, then the blood circulation to brain decreases and causes to tumor.
Ibn-Seena says: Aware of eating before the last digested, and don’t sleep after eating, and it causes to heart attack. The disorder of food causes to acidity in stomach, hernia and stomach cancer.
The unlimited usage of food causes to mental diseases. When food increases, our mind power decreases and lost the mental abilities. 5. By over limit of food, cholesterol increases. These cholesterol stocks in coronary artery and obstructs the blood circulation to heart at last it causes to heart attack 6. The second caliph of Islamic republic Umar (R) says that: keep yourself and filling of stomach. Filling your stomach weakens your body and it drags you from prayer, so be in middle. The adjusted food is good for health.7
It has been proved beyond doubt that over eating is the root of many diseases and also responsible for premature senility. It produces obesity, predisposes to dangerous diseases like diabetes, menitus, hypertension, coronary heart disease and paralysis.8
As well as moderation in the food, the Hadeaths seeks a man to wash his hand before and after meals. The prophet (PBUH) said: "It is a blessing to wash your hands before and after meals." 9
He has also advised us not to clean our hands with a towel before meals as they may convey infection from one person to the other particularly viral diseases like infective hepatitis or bacterial infection like Typhoid dysenteries and cholera.10
1. Thurmudhi- Ibn Majah).
2. Sur –Aaraf-31
3. Arogyam : prathirothavum prathivithiyum
4. Islam chila medical chindakal 81
5. Muqaddima-Ibnu-Qaldoon Malayalam Translation- page -16
6. Islam chila medical chindakal 88
7. Abu Naeem
8. Islamic medicine: Hassan Ghaznawi
9. Abu Daud & Tirmizi
10. Islamic medicine: Hassan Ghaznawi
CLEANLINESS AND EPIDEMICS
The main part of health is the cleanliness not only of the body and clothing but also of surroundings. By the dirtiness of our surroundings we face many fatal diseases. These epidemics can change our economical system; sometimes, the medical world surrendered to the fatal disease as the doctors couldn’t remove the disease, and the toll rose. At last the world declared that the sources of these fatal epidemics are the wastes.
19th century was troubled due to wastes. 80 percent of pure water of America was polluted with the industrial wastes. In 1952, about 4000 men died in London due to the copper acid and smuts. In this time we can understand the necessity of Islam, as it orders to clean his body, dress and his environment.1
Every time, the Europeans hated the cleanliness and neatness as it was allergy to them. They were fear from water. In 1538 the king of France, Francois1 closed all public bathrooms as he believed that the bathing is injurious to health. In 1546 the king Henry VIII closed all public bathrooms of Sat hark and the queen Elizabeth was taking bath only one time in every month. In that bad condition, the Europeans were the victims of skin diseases.2
Hygiene is very important. Cleanliness prevent infection entering the citadel of human body and this guards us against ill health and epidemics- God ordered our Prophet: "O, Prophet, keep your apparel clean and meticulously avoid filth and rubbish.3 " Our Prophet said, "God Almighty is himself pure and likes purity, God himself is clean and likes cleanliness."4
Islam orders to clean the secret body after the defecation and urine, but if we know about the habit of Europeans we should amaze. The Europeans use no water, but they clean their secret parts with toilet papers. Rose George says that they found in a survey that the small amounts if excreta remains in their under wears.5 The remaining of these excreta and urine causes to cancer in large intestine, bleeding piles and loose motion.6 As the early mentioned, the Europeans sunk in the fear of water, and they closed public bathrooms.
The habit of washing after defecation saves us from Pilonidal sinus which is an abscess with hair inside occurring near anal opening. Pylonephritis: This is more in women due to the proximity of the urethral opening to the anus so toilet paper while being used may bring germs like E. coli to the urethra. 7
But the history says that there were no any bathrooms in Europe before they interact with Turks and Arabs in crusades8. But Islam gave more preference to bathing and public bathrooms, in the time of Abbasid Khalifa Sultan Muqtar (908-932) there were 27000 public bathrooms in Bagdad9, so we know the Islamic concept of bathing, as it persuades to bath in every Friday. In this time we can find a remedy for these fatal problems through Islam. Islam gives more respect to cleanliness as it describes the dean lines as a semi part of Iman (belief). If any are believes but his body is not clean, there is no profit to him. In Quran Allah says “no doubt, Allah likes the constant repentant and likes cleansers”.10
Nowadays, the medical leaders agreed that the main cause of viral fever and other fatal diseases is the mosquitoes. But why not we don’t know that the source of the mosquitoes is the wastes thrown by every man.? The food wastes become the birthplaces of these mosquitoes and viruses. Did we think how these wastes produce? Because by the only over limit of the food. But the Quran says: eat and drink and don’t cross the limit.11
Islam strictly rebukes the modern dining system. The modernists teach the world bad culture and they promote to remain the food in plates. But prophet (PBUH) orders to don’t avoid even small amount of the food in the plate.
The bad smell from the wastes attack our nostrils and it may effect to our lungs. But this naked truth was discovered in the last breaths of the 20th century. And we know Islam gave the care for our health through neatness and cleanliness.
Infection may be transmitted through dirty hands or dirty food. Hands: It is essential to wash our hands before and after meals. Our blessed Prophet told us: "It is a blessing to wash your hands before and after meals." 12
He has also advised us not to clean our hands with a towel before meals as they may convey infection from one person to the other particularly viral diseases like infective hepatitis or bacterial infection like Typhoid dysenteries and cholera.
Prophet said: "Whosever gets up from slumber should not dip his hand in any utensil unless he washes those three times, who knows what things he has been touching during sleep." 13
The most of diseases are infect through bacteria. When we eat food without washing our mouth and hands, the bacteria enter to our inner parts, there it enlarges and at last it attacks our inner bodies. The origin of worms is from these bacteria. But Islam orders to clean our hand and mouth before we eat, to cut nails and to clean the food before cook. And also Islam commands to cover and close the food vessels. Now the science agreed that many of diseases are infecting through the legs of flies. Many viruses enter to the food from the legs of flies. These viruses attack our body and this cause to loose motion and diarrhea. In a report of UNICEF, about 35 lacks of children die yearly due to diarrhea in developing countries.14
1. Islam between east and west
2. Thejas monthly Calicut
3. in Sura Al-Muddassir
4. Tirmizi
5. http://new.-bbc.-co.uk
6. The big necessity :Adventures in the world of human wastes: Rose George P:61)
7. Islamic Medicine: Hassan Ghaznawi, M. D
8. Clean a history of personal hygiene and purity oxford 2007:Virgin smith )
9. Philip. k. Hitty, history of Arabs, page: 938
10. Al baqara 222
11. Aaraf 31
12. (Abu Daud & Tirmizi
13. (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Nasai)
14. Thejas monthly P:15 march 16-31,2010)
Ablution
We, the Muslims have five prayers per day. The prophet (PBUH) ordered that the prayer will be not accepted without ablution. What does the science says about the ablution. A prerequisite of prayers yet one of the most hygienic procedures as it usually keeps the exposed parts of our body clean and also the parts of entry like mouth and nose thus avoiding infection.1
The first work of the ablution is cleaning palms and then face. By face washing many diseases go back such as sneezing and catarrh. By washing hands the bacteria removes from the hand. By rubbing water on the head is a most discussed lesson, that the head is an engine of the human. So we make cool our motors engine cool, we should make our head cool. And legs are the wheels of a man and it may be dirty, so we have to clean it.2 The beloved prophet (PBUH) ordered to take ablution before we get into bed. The modern science says that if we wash our faced every night we will no get wrinkle in our face in the agedness.
Thahneek
Thahneek is common thing among the Muslims. Thahneek means giving sweet to born child. This Thahneek is a custom of beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The prophet (PBUH) gave dates after chewing it in his holly mouth to children.
Anas bin Malik sys: my wife delivered a child. Abu Thalh said: you should take him to the holly presence of the beloved prophet (PBUH), and then I took him. When I reached to the holy presence of the prophet (PBUH), He asked: what did you bring for him, I replied: dry dates. Then the prophet (PBUH) took the date and chewed in his mouth and gave it to the child. 3
The English doctors arranged a meeting in Leeds of south England to research about Thahneek. They examined that can the sweet less child’s cry. In 1995 British medical Journal published the details of this meeting, and journal proved that the examination was successful.4
If you give sweet to the mouth of a child, it can decrease the pain touch and the sped of the heart beat. The increase of the sweetness of the solution is more effective for the body.
In 1991 the well known scientists Plaze and Holfmere published their success as they showed that 2 ml of sweet solution (12%) was injected to the mouth of a child the cry of the child was completely ended. And they prove that sweet giving can reduce other pains and it reduced the pain of circumcision.
The dates have a special power in this custom. The dates include Glucose which helps to standard growth and health for body and brain. The science agreed that the date can reduce sugar about 70-80 % and it includes iron copper, magnesium, calcium, sodium potassium and vitamins.5
Now the modern science agreed that the dates can reduce the pain of delivery. But we should know that the prophet (PBUH) had taught the world medical aspects of dates, and Allah says to Mariyam, in her delivery time: “Go to the under of the palm and eat its fruit”6. There are many medicines in the dates.
1. Islamic medicine: Hassan Ghaznawi
2. Quran: shasthrangalude shasthram
3. Baihaqi
4. Al Waeul Islami 1998 Sep
5. Ibid
6.
Sura Mariyam