Part 54

4. Qosob As-Sukkar (Sugarcane)

Sugar is a relatively new substance that the people of old did not mention or even have knowledge that it existed. This is why they did not describe its role in various types of drinks or cures. Honey, on the other hand, was extensively used as a drink and as a medicine.

Sugarcane is hot and wet, helps relieve coughing and dissipates the excess moistures in the body, prostate and chest. It is more effective as a laxative than sugar itself. In addition, sugarcane induces vomit. is diuretic and stimulates semen production.

Affan bin Muslim As-Saggar said, "Those who suck on sugarcane after eating their meal, will find comfort for the rest of his day." When sugarcane is broiled, it relieves the roughness in the throat and chest. Yet, it causes the accumulation of gasses that would be pacified when sugarcane is peeled and washed in hot water.

Sugar is hot and wet. The best type of sugar is white crystalline, especially when it is old. When sugar is boiled and skimmed, it quenches the thirst and relieves coughing. Sugarcane is not good for the stomach that suffers from bile. The side effects of sugarcane could be pacified by mixing it with lemon water (juice), Naranj (bitter orange) and peeled pomegranate.

Some people preter sugarcane to honey because it is not as hot as honey and because it is milder on the stomach. This is not fair for honey, which is much more profitable than sugarcane. In addition, Allah has made honey both a cure and a type of sweet. So how can anyone compare the benefits of honey and the benefits of sugarcane? Honev strengthens the stomach, soothes the natural process, strengthens the eyesight and heals diphtheria when gargled, facial paralysis and hemiplegia (paralysis affecting only one side of the body). It In addition helps against all types of cold illnesses that occur in the body because of excess moistures. Honey extracts and pulls excess moistures from the body, preserves the health, increases semen production, cleanses and decomposes the contents of the stomach, In addition, honey cleanses the intestines, fights worms and prevents septic repletion (over eating). Further, honey is a good type of food and favorable for those who suffer from phlegm and for old people. In short, no substance is more beneficial for the body as a food, as a remedy and as an ingredient and a preserver of medications, which In addition strengthens the stomach, than honey. There are many more benefits for honey. So how can anyone compare it to sugarcane, which does not have even a fraction of the benefits contained in honey?

The Letter Kaff Kitab (Books or Writings)

This chapter contains books or writings of divine remedies, Islamic prayer formulas, as Islamic amulets (prayer formulas written down and worm for a specific

purpose).* 1, An Amulet for Fever

Al-Mirwazi said, "Abu Abdullah (Imam Ahmad) was informed that was suffering from fever and he wrote to me a supplication for fever that reads like this, "In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Beneficent. In the Name of Allah, and depending on Allah.

"We (Allch) said: 'O fire! Be you coolness and safety for IbrahJm (Abraham)! And they wanted to harm him, but We made them the worst losers.

O Allah, the Lord of (angels) Gabriel, Michael and Israfil: cure this person with this supplication by Your Power, Strength and Might, O Lord of the creation. Ameen.""

In addition, Al-Mirwazi said that Abu _ Ja'far, Muhammad bin Ali was asked about wearing [a written] Rugyah (divine remedy, Islamic prayer formula or

amulet). He said, "If it was from the Book of Allah or a Hadith [correctly] related from the Prophet, then wear it and use it as a remedy as much as possible." Abu Abdullah was listening to this narration and

In addition, Imam Ahmad did not object when he was asked about wearing a Ruqyah amulet after an illness or a calamity strikes. Al-Khallal In addition narrated that Abdullah bin Ahmad told him that his father used to write some supplication in a Rugyah amulet for those who have a certain fear and for fever after it strikes.

An Amulet for Difficult Pregnancies

In addition, AI-Khallal narrated that Abdullah bin Ahmad said that his father wrote a Rugqyah, Islamic prayer formula, as an Islamic amulet, on a pure object for women who suffered from difficult Pregnancies. In the, amulet, Ahmad wrote the Hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas, "There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, the Most Forbearing, the Most Generous. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.

"All the praises and thanks are to Allah the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists)"

"The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning."

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"On the Day when they will see that (torment) with which they are promised (i.e. threatened, it will be) as if they had not stayed more than an hour in a single day. (O mankind! this Quran is sufficient as) a clear Message (or proclamation to save yourself from destruction). But shall any be destroyed except the people who are AI-Fasiqun (rebellious against Allah's Command. disobedient to Allah)?" (46:35)

Al-Khallal said that a man came to Abu Abdullah and asked him to write a Islamic prayer formula as an Islamic amulet for a woman who had gone into labor for two days. Imam Ahmad asked the man to bring a wide cup with some Saffron {and wrote the amulet for the man's wife]. He In addition narrated that Imam Ahmad wrote the same amulet for several other people.

It was reported that ‘Ikrimah narrated that Ibn Abbas said, "Jesus, the Messenger of Allah b once passed by a cow that was suffering from hard labor. The cow said [to Jesus], 'O, Word of Allah (be and he was)! Ask Allah to relieve me from what I am suffering from.’

He said, "O Creator of the soul from another soul, who brings to life a soul from within another soul, relieves her.' The cow then gave birth and soon started to smell her newly born." Ibn Abbas then said, "Therefore, when the woman is suffering from hard labor, write [and recite] this supplication for her."

The types of Islamic prayer formulas as Islamic amulets that we mentioned are beneficial, Allah willing. Further, several scholars among the Salaf have allowed writing the Qura'an and drinking its water as a cure.

Another Amulet for Pregnant Women

One should write the following Ayah in a pure pot:

"When the heaven is split asunder. In addition, listens to and obeys its Lord and it must do so. And when the earth is stretched forth, and has cast out ail that was in it and became empty." (84:1 - 4)

Then the pregnant woman should drink from this pot and pour some of it on her stomach,

An Amulet for Nosebleeds 464

Ibn Taymiyyah used to write the following Ayah on his forehead:

"And it was said: 'O earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain). And the water was made to subside and the Decree (of Allah) was fulfilled (i.e. the destruction of the people (Noah).

I In addition heard him say, "I wrote [this A/oh] for several people and they were cured." He In addition said [about the Ayah], "It is not allowed to write it with the blood of the nosebleed as some ignorant people do, because blood is impure and one is not allowed to use it to write Allah's Speech.”

Another Amuiet for nose bleeds

It was reported that Prophet Musa .Once went out wearing an outer garment and then suffered from nosebleed and covered [his nose].

An Amulet for fungus One should write [the following for it:}

"then it is struck with a fiery whirlwind, so that it is burnt...2”

~-—— The Prophetic Medicine

Another Amulet for fungus

When the sun becomes yellow, one should write [the Ayah],

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"O you who believe [in Musa fMoses) (i.e. Jews) and Musd (Jesus) (i.e.. Christians)|! Fear Allah, and believe in His Messenger (Muhammad gg) He will give you a double portion of His Mercy. and He will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight). And He will forgive you. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving. Most Merciful." (57:28)

An Amulet for three-day Fever

One should write on three separate papers, "In the Name of Allah it is running away. In the Name of Allah it has subsided. In the Name of Allah it has decreased."

Every day [that the fever lasts], one should swallow the paper with some water. An Amulet for sciatica

One should write, "In the Name of Allah. O Allah, Lord of everything, Owner of everything and Creator of everything! You have created the sciatic nerve and me. Do not give it power over me, nor allow me to cut it. Heal me completely and eradicate the illness. There is none who can heal except You."

An Amulet for bleeding veins

Al-Tirmidhi narrated that Ibn Abbas said that the Messenger of Allah b used to teach them to recite [the following Ruqyoh], against fever and various pains, 'In the Name of Allah, the Most Great, I seek refuge with Allah, the All-Mighty, from the evil of bleeding veins and from the evil of the fire's heat,"

An Amulet for Toothache

One should write on the cheek that is closer to the pain, "In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

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"And to Him belongs whatsoever exists in the night and the day, and He is the All-Hearing, the AllKnowing." (6:13)

An Amulet for abscess

One should write [this amulet and place it] on the abscess,

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"And they ask you concerning the mountains: say, "My Lord will blast them and scatter them as particles of dust. Then He shall leave them as a level smooth plain.”