Advice from Syed Sistani On The Manners Of Eating And Drinking
Recent posts on the issue of direct causes of diseases, one being on the topic of eating food and the other on drinking fluids, or the overconsumption of them, may well lead to the question - "What do our scholars say about the manners of eating?" It may not seem [...]
Direct Causes of Disease – Part 3: Anxiety and Sadness
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Anxiety and sadness are a direct cause of illness. Causes are due to sinning, love of the world, and jealousy. Therapies include supplications and remembrance, grapes, yellow footwear, ablution before and after food, and patience. Anxiety and Sadness - Direct Causes The third direct cause of diseases are [...]
Honey – Medicine or food?
It is known that honey has medicinal effects and is a healing for all ailments, however, honey should also be used as a food and not only as a medicine. Difference between food and medicine The difference that needs to be noted is when something is defined as a medicine, it [...]
Weak Eyesight – Treatment
In the last post, prevention of weak eyesight was discussed. Therapy on the other hand, consists of the long forgotten use of "kuhl" for medicinal purposes that played a major role at he time of the Prophetﷺ and Imams Peace Be Upon Them. Benefits of the use of Kuhl includes Treatment [...]
Drinking the leftover water from another believers cup
Drinking the leftover water from another believers cup is a cure! What is meant by a leftover? The leftover is the remaining water in a the container from which a believer has drunk. It usually refers to fluids and in general, understood to refer to water. Narrations It was reported [...]
Weak Eyesight – Prevention
In modern day society, the therapy for weak eyesight is either use of spectacles, contact lens, or even surgical procedures such as laser surgery to correct the eyesight. If someone sees some things clearly but others blurry, it simply means that one’s eyesight has weakened. Islamic narrations provide us with [...]