Allah said that his Prophet Ibrahim (as)  said, {وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ} And He feeds me and quenches my thirst and when I fall sick then He (Allah) cures me. [Soorah Shu'araa: 80] Some scholars of Tafseer explain that there is a relation between what we eat and drink and falling sick [...]

As Muslims, it is very important to have the correct belief in Allah. He is the One who cures us when we are sick. It is also from the Sunnah to seek and take the remedy. So we do not fall into two common errors. The first is not to take the remedy when we know [...]

HIJAMAH The following are some diseases and ailments and the points where cupping (hijama) may be performed to treat these ailments. Some of these points are on the nerves and some are on the blood vessels. Others are on the power lines (acupuncture), and some are on the reflex points on the back. Some places [...]

By Karima Burns, MH, ND 14/03/2002 “And He it is Who made the night a covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again” (Qur’an 25:47). Certainly sleep is one of the blessings from Allah. At the end of a busy day a person looks forward to [...]

Dr. M. Laiq Ali Khan Zaitoon (Olive) the sign of peace and friendship in this world has its description in Holy Qur’an Allah Taala says By the fig and olive And the mount of Sinai And the city of security We have indeed created man in the best of moulds Then do we abase him [...]

By Leila Ali 28/06/2001 Anorexia, which means “without appetite,” is an emotional illness in which a person refuses to eat. Ninety percent of anorexia cases are women and young girls (Balch, p.321). Although an anorexic female is hungry most of the time, she avoids food for psychological reasons. The exact cause of anorexia is not [...]

Causes and Perceptions of Schizophrenia By Karima Burns, MH, ND Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects approximately 1% of the population. One or more of a number of varying factors, including genetic malformations or nutritional imbalances can cause it, and it is an often-misunderstood disease. Thought to be a disturbance in the brain’s chemistry, [...]

By Karima Burns, MH, ND Sigmund Freud said, “Psychoanalysis is not suitable for such diseases as schizophrenia and successful treatment will be found to be biochemical.” Some scientists and physicians, however, seem to have misunderstood the word “biochemical.” In the 1950′s, painful and typically ineffective insulin injections, barbiturates, morphine, and electro-convulsive therapy were used for [...]