The Word Of God Is — The Medicine Of The Heart:

Islam came to meet the needs of people in all aspects of their lives — What is narrated in the Sunnah From the Prophet (saw) complements what is in the Quran. These two sources are the principal sources For Muslims.

The Prophet (saw) has told us that Allah has not sent down any disease but He has also sent down a cure For it.

The Quran is not only a book of medicine or geography or geology as some Muslims like to say to westerners — Rather it is a Book of Guidance For mankind and one of the greatest of its miracles is its eloquence and the ideas and concepts that it contains. This is the main aspect of its miraculous nature.

Allah revealed it to His Prophet (saw) at a time when eloquence had reached great heights, so this book came to amaze those people and challenge them in their area of expertise, to prove to them that it was From Allah.

This is not strange, and it is nothing new in Religion. The signs of Moosa (peace be upon him) – his stick and his hand – were of the kind that was prevalent during his time, which was magic (sihr).

The signs of ‘Eesa (peace be upon him) – raising the dead and healing the blind and lepers – were of the kind that his people were skilled in and that was widespread among them, which was medicine.

Hence we say that the greatest Feature of the Quran is its eloquence. Scholars nowadays are still discovering new aspects of its eloquence through their study of its verses.

This does not mean that there is no other miraculous aspects to the Quran.Rather in some verses Allah mentions things about the design of the human body, the stages of its creation and development, some natural phenomena, etc.

But with regard to cures For various diseases — the Quran is a healing For the Believers. This includes healing the heart (mental or spiritual disease) and physical healing.

Allah mentions honey in the Quran and says that it is a healing For mankind. And He mentions the principle of preserving good health and guarding against sickness.

So whoever says that the Quran says a lot about medicine in this regard is right, but whoever goes beyond that is exaggerating. Rather this is a kind of exaggeration coined by some Muslims.

Ibn al-Qayyim said: The basic principles of medicine are three:

Prevention, Maintaining good health, and Removing harmful substances From the body.

Allah has mentioned them all together, to His Prophet and his Ummah in three places in His Book.

Allah prevented the sick person From using water lest it harm him: He says : “And if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes after answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (by sexual relations) and you find no water, perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands (Tayammum)”.(Al-Nisa’ 4:43)

Allah allowed the sick person to do tayammum to protect him, just as He permitted it to the one who has no water.

Allah says concerning the maintenance of good health: “And whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Sawm (Fasts) must be made up] From other days”.(Al-Baqarah 2:185)

The traveller is allowed to break his Fast during Ramadaan, to protect his health lest the combination of Fasting and the difficulties of travel weakens him and affects his health.

And Allah said concerning the removal of harmful things by shaving the head of the person in ihraam (For Hajj or ‘Umrah): “And whosoever of you is ill or has an ailment in his scalp (necessitating shaving), he must pay a Fidyah (ransom) of either observing Sawm (fasts) (three days) or giving Sadaqah (charity — feeding six poor persons) or offering sacrifice (one sheep)”

(Al-Baqarah 2:196)

So if a person has an ailment in his scalp when he is in ihraam, he is permitted to shave his head and remove the harmful thing or the bad substance that is causing lice to develop – as happened to Ka’b ibn ‘Ajrah – or if it is causing sickness to develop.

These three matters are the basic principles of medicine. We have mentioned an example of each one in order to point out the blessing of Allah to His slaves in preventing sickness, protecting their health and removing harmful substances From them, as a mercy and kindness towards His slaves, For He is the Most Kind, Most Merciful. (Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/164, 165)

So,the point is that — the hearts get peace only by the remembrance of Allah(swt) that is, by Following the Commands of the Qur'an, the sick hearts get peace and healing.

May Allah(swt) include us among His Obedient Servants. (Ameen).

JazakAllah (May Allah Reward You [with] Goodness)For Reading.