Healing and Islam

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Healing and Islam

• Imam Habeeb Alli

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Healing

• The process of restoring health and well being

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Story of Job/Ayube

• Patient as Job!
• Miracle
• Cure

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Shifa- HEALING OVERVIEW

• Dawa- Medication
• Dua- Prayer
• Iyadah-Visitation
• Madad-Rehab/Care

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Holistic Approach

• Sickness is both a medical condition and a
  spiritual dimension
• Healing is considered both a work of God and a
  product of medication
• Aftercare is an essential element of healing as
  the recourse could be worse

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Prophetic Medicine

• Honey
• Garlic
• Herbal medicines
• Cupping
• Alternative medicine
• Soup
• Traveling
• Exercise
• Zamzam/Quranic recital

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Dua

• Rabban Naas Ishfi An Ta Shafi Laa Shifaa Illa
  Shifaok Shifaan la yughadiru saqman
• Lord of Humanity grant cure You are the Healer
  there is no cure except yours Grant such a cure
  that leaves no sickness unhealed.

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Visit

• Part of a Muslim duty to visit the sick and pray
  for healing and be positive about it
• La bas tahurun inshallah- Dont mind you'll soon
  be purified.
• Place hands on forehead or place of pain

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Care

• Reward of Salah still continues or any other form
  of worship
• Flexibility in using tayammum instead of water
  and sitting and pray
• No need to got to Masjid
• Tender Loving Care is regarded as sadaqa/charity

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Questions?

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