Our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) always said encouraging words to sick people. For example, “Allah does not send down disease without its medicine,” “Only the One who knows knows, and the one who does not know does not know,”[1] or “Allah has granted the cure for all afflictions except old age.”
In fact, if we pay close attention to these words, we can deduce that it is not acceptable to say that the patient has cancer or a hopeless disease so that he can always be in a spirit of recovery. The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) also gave important advice on a healthy diet:
- Swallowing food without chewing;
- Excessive consumption of food;
- The fact that only a little of the food we consume is useful for our body;
- The difficulty of digestion after eating excessively;
- Eating different types of food eventually causes diseases.
Diarrhea
One day, a Bedouin Arab complained to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) about his brother’s stomachache. The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said to drink honey syrup. After a while, the man came again and began to complain. This way, the man came four times, and finally, the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “The word of Allah is true, and your brother’s belly is a liar.”
Honey
- Cleanses intestines, vessels and organs of toxins;
- Eating and rubbing on the skin makes you healthy;
- It is the best nutrient for the elderly and those with whooping cough;
- Eliminates the complications of colds, protects the specificity of all substances thrown into it because it is mild in nature;
- When drugs with unpleasant taste are mixed with it, their taste becomes better;
- Cleanses the thorax and lungs, increases urination and relieves cough;
- The best cure for mushroom poisoning;
- Destroys lice on the body and hair;
- For darkening of the eyes, it is applied on the eyes like antimony;
- Eating honey on an empty stomach in the morning strengthens the inner wall of the stomach, eliminates diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract;
- Honey is a kind of food that doesn’t form into faeces.
[1] Means Allah, the All-Knowing knows the cure for all diseases of which we humans are unaware (translator’s note)