In Islam
diseases are cured in two ways, first the cure of soul through prayers and
second the cure of ailments through medicines. The Holy Quran is one of the reference
books describing the importance of plants used for different ailments in
various Surahs.
The Holy
Quran says:
And the
earth He has put down (laid) for the creatures. Theirin are fruits, date palms
producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates). And also corn, with (its)
leaves and stalks for fodder and sweet-scented plants. Then which of the
blessings of your lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?.
Citrullus
lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. & Nakai
English
Name: Water Melon
Local
Name: Tarbooz
References
from Ahadith
Narrated
Sahl bin Sad Al-Sadi (Radiyallahu Anhu):
Rasulullah
(Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) ate ripe dates with water melon.
Hazrat
Abdullah Bin Abbas (Radiyallahu Anhu ) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallaho
Alayhi Wasallam) said,
“Water
melon is diet as well as drink. It washes and purifies the urinary bladder. It
increases the sexual power.
Hazrat
Aisha (Radiyallahu Anha) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam)
ate water melon with fresh dates.
Cucumis
sativus L.
English
name: Cucumber
Local
name: Khira
References
from Holy Quran
Sûrah 2.
Al-Baqarah, Verse. # 61:
And
(remember) when you said, “O Mûsâ (Moses)! We can not endure one kind of food.
So invoke your Lord for us to bring forth for us of what the earth grows, its herbs,
its cucumbers, its Fûm (wheat or garlic), its lentils and its onions.”.
References
from Ahadith
Narrated
Abdullah bin Ja'far (Radiyallahu Anhu ):
I saw
Allah's Apostle (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) eating fresh dates with cucumber
[Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmizi, Ibne Maja.
Abdullah
bin Ja'far (Radiyallahu Anhu ) reported:
I saw
Allah's Messenger (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) eating cucumber with fresh dates.
Narrated
Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin (Radiyallahu Anha):
My mother intended
to make me fat to send me to the (house of) the Apostle of Allah (Sallallaho Alayhi
Wasallam). But nothing which she desired benefited me till she gave me cucumber
with fresh dates to eat. Then I became very fat.
Cydonia
oblonga Mill.
English
Name: Quince
Local
Name: Bahi
References
from Ahadith
Hazrat
Talha bin Ubaid Ullah (R.A) narrated that Rasullullah (Sallallaho Alayhi
Wasallam) said:
This
(Quince) makes the heart strengthen, makes the breath pleasant and relieves
(removes) the burden of the chest.
Hazrat
Jabir bin Abdullah (R.A) narrated that Rasullullah (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam)
said,
“Eat the
Quince (Safarjal) because it cure the heart attack and relieves(removes) the
burden of the chest”.
Hazrat Anus
bin Malik (R.A) narrated that Rasullullah (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) said:
the burden
of the heart is removed by eating of the Quince.
The Holy
Prophet (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) said,
"Eat
quince, for it sweetens the heart. For Allah has sent no prophet as His
messenger without feeding him on the quince of Paradise.
Rasullullah
(Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) said,
“Feed your
pregnant women on quince, for it cures the diseases of the heart and makes the
babies handsome”.
Punica
granatum L.
English
Name: Pomegranate
Local
Name: Anar
References
from Ahadith
Hazrat
Anas bin Malik (Radiyallahu Anhu) narrated that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) said,
"There
is not a pomegranate which does not have a pip from one of the pomegranates of
the Garden (of Jannah) in it.".
Hazrat Ali
bin Abi Talib (Radiyallahu Anhu) narrated that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wassallam) said,
"Pomegranate
and its rind strengthen digestion (stomach)".
Zizyphus
mauritiana Lam
Quranic
Name: Sidar
Arabic
Name: Nabaq, Sidar
English
Name: Indian jujube
Local
Name: Ber, Bera.
References
from Quran
Surah 53.
An-Najm, Verses 13, 14: And indeed he (Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) saw
him [Jibril (Gabriel)] at a second descent (i.e. another time). Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha
(a lote-tree of the outmost boundary over the seventh heaven beyond which none
can pass). Near it is the Paradise of Abode. When that covered the lote-tree
which did cover it .
Sura
Waqiya, Verse. # 27, 28: And those on the Right hand-how (fortunate) will be
those on the Right Hand? (They will be) among thornless lote-tree .
References
from Ahadith
Hazrat
Ahmad Zahbi (Rahmatullah ALayhi) narrates,
“The first
fruit eaten by Hazrat Adam (Alayhi Sallam)” after His descent on the earth, was
the fruit of the Zizyphus”.
Hazrat
Abdullah bin Abbas narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said,
Wash
(pointing towards a person who died at Arafat) him with water and leaves of
sidar.
Ibn
Al-Qaeem considers its fruit very useful for the treatment of diarrhea and
weakness of the stomach.
Reference Article: Marwat, S.
K., Khan, M. A., Khan, M. A., Ahmad, M., Zafar, M., Rehman, F., & Sultana,
S. (2009). Fruit Plant Species Mentioned in the Holy Qura’n and Ahadith and
Their Ethno medicinal Importance. Am. Eurasian J. Agric. Environ.
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