The Prophetic Medicine – (English/Arabic) – (HB)

The Holy Prophet, may the blessings and peace of Allah upon him, is not only the founder and legislator of the community: He is the model for the Muslims. lt is accepted as axiomatic that every act he made after the beginning of the revelation was preserved by Allah (the Exalted) from error. Had it not been so, then the revelation itself would be east into doubt, a thing Allah (the Exalted) could never have permitted. Therefore Prophet Muhammad’s slightest act was rightly guided, and of moral value. For traditional Muslims, everything the Holy Prophet may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, did is a part of his Sunnah: His treatment of children, the way he broke his fast, how he cleaned his teeth, and wore his beard, are all worthy of study and emulation. The preservation of the Sunnah has been Islam’s way of maintaining its historical continuity, its like with the Apostotic period. One of the important ways this has been done is by the study and criticism of the hadith. This book attempts to provide some insight (through the hadith)into how the medicine was treated during the life time of the Holy Prophet, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him. As it emphasizes patterns of natural treatment rather than an analysis of medicine. And Allah grants success. By Amira Zrein Matraji