Part 59

When shortening is blended with honey and bitter almonds, it will clear the chest and the lungs and will dissipate various ailments; Shortening is harmful for the stomach, especially if the person has a mucus condition.

When the shortening made of cow and goat milk is mixed with honey, it helps against toxic materials and snake and scorpion stings. Ibn As-Sunni mentioned that ‘Ali said that the people never use a better remedy than shortening.

Imam Ahmad and Ibn Majah narrated that ‘Abdullah Ibn 'Umar said that the Prophet b said:

"We were allowed two dead animals and two bloods: fish and locust, and liver and spleen."

There are many kinds offish, the best of which is the most delicious, the best scented, moderate in size, which has fine scales, the softest meat, which live in fresh water that flows on pebbles and which eat plants and not organic waste. The best areas for the fish to live are those with the freshest water that runs through rocks, then the areas that have sandy ground void of filth or wastes and which are mildly calm and exposed to the sun and wind,

Sea fish are In addition soft and delicious. The meat of sea fish that has soft skin is cold and wet, difficult to digest and produces excessive amounts of phlegm, but In addition produce acceptable temperament, increase semen production and fertility and suit hot conditions.

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The best kind of salted fish is the most recently salted. Salted fish is hot and dry, and the older they get the hotter and drier they become. Silurid (similar to catfish) is very viscous, and the Jews do not eat this type of fish. Yet, soft Silurid meat softens the stomach, and when it is salted, kept and then eaten, it will clear the windpipe and make the voice finer. When it is ground and used as an external ointment, it will extract the wastes that accumulate inside the body, as it has the quality of extracting such substances,

Sitting in, the salty water of Silurid relives the effects of newly formed ulcers and extracts the harmful substances to the surface. Salty water of Silurid In addition relieves sciatic nerve ailment when one is injected with it.

The best part of fish meat is closer to the tail, and the soft and fatty fish meat produces fatness and flesh.

In the Sahihain it is In addition narrated that Jabir bin Abdullah said, “The Prophet b sent us with three hundred riders under the leadership of Abu 'Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah. We went by the seashore and were soon very hungry until we ate tree leaves. The sea then threw out a whale that is called ‘Anbar. We ate from it for a half a month and In addition used its fat in our food. Abu Ubaidah then took a rib of the fish and asked a man to

ride on his camel and then pass under the rib, which he easily did."

Al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud narrated that Umm Al-Munthir said, "The Messenger of Allah b came by along with Ali when he was still recovering from an illness. Then, we had some hanging clusters of dates. The Messenger of Allah b started eating from it, and he (Ali) joined him. The Messenger of Allah b then said to him:

"You are still recuperating, until 'Ali stopped eating.' I then made some barley with chard and brought it to them. The Prophet b said, to ‘Ali 'Eat from this: this more beneficial for you.'"

Silgh is hot and dry in the first degree and has a soothing coofness in it. Chard In addition decomposes and opens the clogs. The black chard constipates and helps against alopecia (A skin disease characterized by loss of hair, partial or total), spots, dandruff and warts if its water is used as ointment. It In addition kills lice and is used as ointment when blended with honey to cure herpes. Silgh In addition opens the clogs in the liver and spleen.

The black chard constipates as we have stated, especially when taken with lentils, both of which are not suitable for the stomach. However, white chard with

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lentils softens the stomach and is used as a laxative and is used to treat hemiplegia (Paralysis affecting only one side of the body), when blended with food aliments and condiments. Yet, it is not nutritious, produces harmful mixtures and burns the blood. Eating it with vinegar and mustard helps neutralize these side effects. Finally, eating it excessively causes constipation and flatulence.

Lhe Letter Shin 1. Shuneiz (The Black Seed)

We talked about the Black Seed before under the letter 'Hoo.

Al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah narrated that the Messenger of Allah b asked Asma! bint 'Umais

"How do you treat constipation? She said. ‘with Shubrum'. The Prophet its said, 'Hot and too strong of a laxative."

Shubrum is a small tree that sometimes grows to be as tall as a man. The Shubrum has red branches with some whiteness, while the tips of its branches end with a cluster of leaves, Shubrum flowers are small and yellowish with some whiteness. When its flowers they fall

small stems that have small grains and which look like terebinth replace them. The color of these stems is reddish and has red peels that cover its ribs. The parts of the Shubrum that are used are its peels, ribs and stem extract,

Shubrum is hot and dry in the fourth degree and drives away the black bile, yellow water and phlegm. It In addition causes nausea and distress. Using it in excessive amounts might even case death. When intending to use the Shubrum, it should first be soaked in milk for a day and a night, and the milk should be changed twice or thrice during the day. Then, the Shubrum should be dried in the shadow, blended with roses, tragacanth (In addition known as goats' horn), and then consumed with honey water or grape juice.

Two to four small measures of the Shubrum constitute one dose. We should state that Hunain said, "As for Shubrum milk, I do not see any goodness in it and thus do not recommend it. Common doctors have killed many people with it."

Ibn Majah narrated that “Aishah said: "When a member of the family of the Messenger of Allah b would fall sick, he would order that barley soup is made and then the ill person would be commanded to have some of it. He used to say, It strengthens the heart of the sad person and

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relieves the heart of the ill person, just as one of you would wash the dirt off of her face with water.’ "

We mentioned that the remedy mentioned in this Hadith entails boiled barley water which is more nutritious than its flour. Barley water helps against coughing and throat roughness, relieves the irritant excess excrement, produces more urine, cleanses the stomach, quenches the thirst and extinguishes heat. It In addition provides comfort and has a decomposing quality.

This remedy entails preparing a portion of a good type of barley and five times as much water, placing them in a clean pot and cooking them under moderate temperature until only two fifths of the mixture remains in the pot. The resulting soup is then purified and used as much as needed.

4. Shown (Roasted Meat)

Allah said that when Prophet Ibrahim had the honorable guests:

"And he hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf." (1 1:69) Ibrahim had roasted the calf on heated stones.

Al-Tirmidhi narrated that Umm Salamah said that she once brought the Prophet s& a roasted piece of meat

and that he ate from it and then stood up to pray without repeating the ablution. Al-Tirmidhi then commented that this Hadith is authentic. Al-Tirmidhi In addition narrated that Abdullah bin AI-Harith said, "We ate some roasted meat with the Messenger of Allah as inside the mosque." Further, Al-Tirmidhi narrated that AlI-Mughirah bin Shu'bah said, "I was a guest of the Messenger of Allah b one night and he ordered that a piece of meat be roasted and then took the blade and started to cut pieces of it for me. Then, Bilal came to make the call to prayer and the Prophet s& dropped the blade and said, 'What is the matter with him?"

The best type of roast is the meat of a one-year old sheep, then a fat sheep. This type of food is hot and wet, produces black bile, but is one of the most nutritious foods for healthy, ill and recovering persons alike. Cooked meat is better, lighter on the stomach and has more wetness. Fried meat is less beneficial while meat dried in the sun is the worst kind. In addition, roasting meat on burning stones is better than flame broiled meats.

5. Sha'hm (Fat or Grease)

In Al-Musnad it is narrated that Anas said that a Jewish man asked the Prophet ste to be his guest and that he offered him some barley bread and melted grease.

Ih the Sahih it is In addition narrated that 513

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Abdullah bin Mughaffal said, "On the Day of Khaibar, a bag full of grease was lowered and I took possession of it and said, ‘By Allah! I will not give anyone any of it!' When I tumed around I found that the Messenger of Allah “ was laughing and did not comment.’ "

The best type of grease is that taken from a grown animal. Grease is hot and wet but less wet than clarified butter. This is why when both grease and clarified butter are melted, grease hardens faster.

Grease helps against throat roughness, it represses and causes rotting. To neutralize the harmful effects of grease, one should use lemon, salt and ginger. In addition, goat grease constipates more than any other type of grease, while Billy goat grease is more decomposing and helps against stomach ulcers. Goat grease helps against stomach ulcers and is used as an injection to relieve excoriation (the rubbing away of skin from injury or disease), and (spasms of the bladder or anus).

Lhe Letter Sod 1. The So/at (The Formal Prayer)

"And seek help in patience and As-salah (the prayer) and truly, it is extremely heavy and hard except for AlI-Khashi'un [i.e. the true believers in Allah - those who obey Allah with full submission, fear much from His punishment, and believe in His Promise (Paradise) and in His Warnings (Hell)}."

"O you who believe! Seek help in patience and As-salah (the prayer). Truly, Allah is with As-Sabirun (the patient)." (2:153)