What Prophet Mohammed Said On Black Seed
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) recommended foods have now become superfoods of the day for their powerful healing properties, which are now becoming known to us.
He had recommended certain foods such as dates, olives, fig, pomegranate, black seeds, grapes, and many others for alleviating several ailments. Prophetic recommendations of food are remarkable for their prescience, as they came centuries before research was conducted on healthy diet and their benefits to the body.
These are being practiced even today; however, still our knowledge regarding the active ingredients of these plants and their products, which have powerful phytochemical and pharmaceutical actions, are poorly understood.
There are no proper scientific validations, and despite a treasure of phytomedicines, our ailments such as cancer, obesity-related hypertension, diabetes, and many incurable diseases are on the rise.
There is an urgent need to review the historically prescribed superfood-derived drugs for their state-of-the-art development and use.
Hence, the present review highlights therapeutic potentials of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) recommended plant-based super foods and their constituents against many incurable human ailments.
Dates are the staple food of the middle east and very popular in Islamic countries. Dates were the most favored food of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who said “If anyone is fasting let him break his fast with dates. In case he does not have them, then with water.”
Its health benefits and nutritional value are well known across the world due to the presence of rich high profile nutrients and their health-promoting properties.
Date palm (P. dactylifera L.) is a multipurpose tree providing fiber, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins besides having extreme medicinal properties. Some of their medicinal properties are summarized.
A grape, which is used as a fruiting berry of deciduous woody vines, is of botanical genus Vitis. Most grapes come from cultivars of V. vinifera, the European grapevine native to the Mediterranean and Central Asia.
READ ALSO No decision on free electricity supply for two months – ministry
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was very fond of grapes. Grape-derived phytochemicals are used to cure various diseases. In addition to providing nourishment to the body, food plays a vital role in the management of various diseases, since the dawn of civilization and hence they are our natural safe bet, of late.
There has been a long history of the use of plant-based foods against human ailments. They have been used since the time of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). He had prescribed the use of foods rich in nutrients which can counter the effects of substances that have been proved to be harmful.
References:
