1. The Prophet of Raḥmah, the Intercessor of Ummah صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ has said, ‘The ‘Ajwah (the best type of date) of ‘Āliyah (the name of a place in Madīnah Munawwarah towards Masjid-e-Qubā) is a cure for all illnesses.’ According to a narration, ‘To eat seven ‘Ajwah dates daily for seven days protects against leprosy.’ (‘Umda-tul-Qārī, pp. 446, vol. 14, Ḥadīš 5768)
2. The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہُ
تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ has said, ‘The ‘Ajwah date is from Heaven;
it is a cure for poison.’ (Jāmi‘ Tirmizī, pp. 17, vol. 4, Ḥadīš 2073) A
Ḥadīš in Bukhārī states, if anyone eats seven ‘Ajwah dates in the morning
(before eating anything else) he will remain safe from magic and poison that
day. (Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, pp. 540, vol. 3, Ḥadīš 5445)
3. Sayyidunā Abū Hurairah رَضِیَ اللّٰہُ
تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ has said, ‘Dates protect against appendicitis.’ (Kanz-ul-‘Ummāl,
pp. 12, vol. 10, Ḥadīš 24191)
4. The Beloved and Blessed Rasūl صَلَّی
اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ has said, ‘Eating
dates in the morning before eating anything else kills stomach worms.’ (Al-Jāmi‘-uṣ-Ṣaghīr,
pp. 398, Ḥadīš 6394)
5. Sayyidunā Rabī‘ Bin Khašīm رَضِیَ
اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ has said, ‘To me, dates and honey are the
best cures for a pregnant woman and a sick man respectively.’ (Ad-Dur-rul-Manšūr,
pp. 505, vol. 5)
6. Sayyidī Muhammad Aḥmad Ẓahabī رَحْمَةُ
اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ has said, ‘If a pregnant woman eats dates
she will give birth to a baby-boy who will be handsome, tolerant and polite, اِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلّ.’
7. Dates are very beneficial to the one who has become weak due to
hunger because they are full of vitamins and revive energy quickly. This is the
wisdom of doing Iftār with dates.
8. Doing Iftār with very cold water may cause stomach problems and
the swelling of the liver. Eating dates before
drinking cold water reduces this risk but remember that drinking extremely cold
water is always harmful.
9. Eating dates with melon or cucumber or
dates with watermelon is a Sunnah. Eating dates in this way is very beneficial
from medical point of view. According to doctors it overcomes physical and
sexual weakness and thinness. However, its greatest benefit is that it
is a Sunnah. A Ḥadīš states that eating butter with dates is also Sunnah. (Sunan
Ibn Mājah, pp. 41, vol. 4, Ḥadīš 3334)
Eating fresh and dry (old) dates together is also a Sunnah. Ibn Mājah mentions, ‘When the devil sees someone eat fresh and dry (old) dates together, he regrets that man has become strong by eating fresh dates with dried ones.’ (Sunan Ibn Mājah, pp. 40, vol. 4, Ḥadīš 3330)
Would you like to know more about the historical context or traditional
significance of any of these points mentioned regarding dates?
10. Dates are a cure for chronic constipation.
11. Dates are useful for asthma and other diseases related to heart,
kidney, gall bladder, bladder and intestine. They treat phlegm and dried skin,
strengthen a man’s virility (sexual power), and help the flow of urine.
12. Eating grinded dates with their seeds is beneficial to heart
problems and cataract (eye disease).
13. Drinking dates-soaked water cures
liver problems. This water is also effective for treating diarrhoea. (Leave the
date to soak in water at night and then drink it in the morning before eating
anything else but don’t store it in a freezer).
14. Dates-boiled milk is a very powerful nutrient. It is very useful
to overcome the weakness caused by an illness.
15. Wounds heal quickly by eating dates.
16. Date is an effective medicine for
jaundice.
17. Fresh and fully ripe dates cure bile
problems and acidity.
18. Using the burnt dates-seeds as a tooth
powder makes the teeth shiny and removes mouth bad odours.
19. Applying the powder of burnt
dates-seeds onto wounds stops bleeding and helps the wounds heal.
20. Burning date seeds in fire and inhaling its smoke dry the warts
of piles.
21. Using burnt date tree roots or leaves as a tooth powder is
beneficial to treating toothache. Boiling the roots or leaves in water and rinsing
mouth with it is also effective for treating toothache.
22. If eating dates causes any side effect to someone, he should eat
them with pomegranate juice, poppy seeds or black pepper seeds.
23. Eating half ripe and old dates together is harmful. Similarly, eating dates with grapes, currants, raisins or figs, eating a large quantity of dates immediately after recovering from an illness in weakness and eating dates whilst suffering from an eye infection are all harmful.
24. Not more than approximately 60 grams of dates should be eaten at
a time. When eating old dates one should open them up and check them for small
red insects and clean them. It is Makrūḥ to eat such dates, without cleaning
them, which are suspected to have insects inside them. (‘Ūnul Ma‘būd, pp.
246, vol. 10)
Sellers often rub mustard oil on dates to make them look shiny, so it is
better to soak them in water for a few minutes to remove any fly droppings and
dirt and then wash them before eating. Fresh ripe tree dates are the most
beneficial.
25. Do not throw away the seeds of dates brought from
Madīna-tul-Munawwarah رَوَّاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا. Instead, keep them in a respectful place or put them into a
river. Further, one can gain their blessings by cutting them into tiny pieces
which can be kept in a small tin and eaten like nuts. No matter which part of
the world anything comes from, when it enters the atmosphere of
Madina-tul-Munawwarah رَوَّاهَا اللَّهُ شَرَفًا
وَتَعْظِيمًا it belongs to Madīnah and therefore it becomes an object of
respect for devotees.
Du’ā is accepted at time of Iftār
Dear Islamic brothers! A fasting Muslim is very fortunate because he
continuously earns the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
When he makes Du’ā at the time of Iftār Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
accepts his Du’ā due to His grace and mercy. Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāh Bin ‘Amr Bin
‘Āṣ رَضِیَ اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ
has narrated that the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّی
اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ has said:
إِنَّ لِلصَّائِمِ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ لَدَعْوَةً مَا
تُرَدُّ
Translation: At the time of Iftār, for the fasting person, there is a Du’ā
which is not rejected. (Attarghīb Wattarhīb, pp. 53, vol. 2, Ḥadīš 29)
1. The Du’ā of a fasting person at the time of Iftār.
2. The Du’ā of a just ruler.
3. The Du’ā of the oppressed. The Du’ā of these three persons are
lifted above the clouds by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
and the gates of the sky are opened for them and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ says, ‘I swear by My glory! I will
definitely help you, though with a little delay.’ (Sunan Ibn Mājah, pp. 349,
vol. 2, Ḥadīš 1752)
صَلُّوْا عَلَی الْحَبِیْب صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی
عَلٰی مُحَمَّد
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