Hadith Session 5

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Hadith Session 5

• Ramzan Shahid

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Squash

• Types of squash
• Zucchini
• Cucumber
• Pumpkin
• Butternut squash

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Squash

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Coumarins
• Beta-carotene

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Squash

• Vitamin A
• needed by the retina of the eye and is absolutely
  necessary for both scotopic (night vision) and
  color vision
• Vitamin C
• prevents scurvy
• Coumarins
• blood thinners used in the treatment blood clots
  and strokes
• Beta-carotene may have benefits of cancer
  prevention

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Scurvy if Untreated

• Patient develops pain in the extremities,
  gingivitis, and ulcerations on the skin.
• Eventually the skin becomes fragile and starts
  bleeding, teeth fall out, and arteries and veins
  burst.

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Squash

• Became the favorite food of the Sahabah(R)
• Not because of medical benefit
• Because of their love of the Prophet Muhammad
  (SAW)
• What is our favorite food?

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Favorite Sweet

• Your favorite sweet?
• The Prophet (SAW) liked to eat sweets, especially
  honey.

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Hadith -- Benefits of honey

• Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said Honey is a
  remedy for every illness and the Qur'an is a
  remedy for all illness of the mind, therefore I
  recommend to you both remedies, the Qur'an and
  honey.

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Ayats about honey/bees

• The Quran says, Bees were inspired through
  inborn advice by the Rabb, instructing Make
  hives in mountains, in trees and in that which
  they (humans) build. Then eat of all the fruits
  and follow the ways of your Rabb submissively.
  There comes out from within (their bodies) a
  drink of various hues (honey), in it is healing
  (effect) for humans. Verily in this is a sign for
  the people who consider it.
  (Surah 16, Ayats 68-69)

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Honey

• If you have allergies, eating honey can be
  beneficial
• Moisturizer for dry skin
• Sore throat anti-inflammatory
• Cough better than Robitussin
• Antiseptic to prevent infection of wounds
• Upset stomach/diarrhea

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How bees make honey

• Worker bee sucks nectar from flowers, it is
  stored in a special honey stomach which it uses
  as a "nectar backpack". This is completely
  separate from the digestive stomach.

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How bees make honey

• Bee returning to the hive with a load of nectar
  is almost immediately greeted by other worker
  house bees ready to relieve it of the load.
• The bee vomits the nectar into the mouth of the
  other house bee.

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How bees make honey

• These "house bees" "chew" the nectar for about
  half an hour. During this time, enzymes are
  breaking the complex sugars in the nectar into
  simple sugars so that it is both more digestible
  for the bees and less likely to be attacked by
  bacteria while it is stored within the hive.

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How bees make honey

• The bees vomit the processed nectar and spread it
  throughout the hive where it becomes honey.

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Squash and Honey

• Squash and honey -- Love these foods not because
  science says they have health benefits
• Favorite foods because we want to follow the
  Sunnah of Prophet (SAW)
• Can we make squash and honey our favorite foods?

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Other Fruits

• Which 5 are mentioned in the Quran?
• Figs, olives, grapes, pomegranate and dates

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Surah Al-Anam, Ayat 99

• And (We produce) gardens of grapevines and
  olives and pomegranates, similar yet varied. Look
  at (each of) its fruit when it yields and at
  its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a
  people who believe.

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Figs and Olives

• Surah Teen
• By the Fig and the Olive

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Hadith Figs

• Eat figs! If I would say a certain type of fruit
  was sent down to us from the heavens I would say
  its a fig because it has no seeds. It cures
  hemorrhoids and is useful for rheumatism.
  (arthritis and gout)

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Figs

• Figs are a top source of fiber, as well as
  potassium and vitamin B6.
• Just one fig provides 20 of the USRDA of fiber.

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Figs

• Fiber results in bulkier stools, which lessen the
  incidence of constipation, hemorrhoids and colon
  cancer.
• Fiber also lowers cholesterol and the risk of
  heart disease.

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Hadith Olives

• Eat the olive oil and apply it (locally), since
  there is cure for seventy diseases in it, one of
  them is Leprosy.

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Olives

• Olive oil plays an important role in the
  prevention of heart disease and cardiovascular
  accidents.
• The fatty acids and antioxidants found in olive
  oil help to maintain healthy cholesterol levels
  and protect the arteries.

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Olives

• Olive oil also contains a natural chemical,
  called oleocanthal, which acts as a painkiller.
• A recent study found that oleocanthal inhibits
  the enzyme activity in inflammation in the same
  way that drugs like Ibuprofen do. (good for
  muscle strain and joint sprain)

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Olives

• Olive oil is rich in fatty acids and antioxidants
  which nourish, hydrate and protect the skin,
  nails, and hair.
• Cradle cap treatment

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Hadith Pomegranate

• There is not a pomegranate which does not have a
  seed from one of the pomegranates of the Garden
  of Jannah in it."

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Pomegranate

• Helps prevent various forms of cancer
• Lowers blood pressure
• Lowers cholesterol
• Helps treat arthritis

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Food We Eat

• Think about why we eat it
• Is it mentioned in the Quran?
• Is it mentioned in the Hadith?
• Can get easy reward for changing our intention