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From "Tibb un Nabawiyy by Shaykh Jalaluddin as Suyuti al Misri

"Said the Prophet Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim: The stomach is the house of disease. And again he said: If the stomach is sick, the vessels return sick"

One of the Brethren asked me to tell him something about anatomy and how food reaches the various organs. So I answered his question placing my hope on Allah. I said: Said Almighty Allah: Certainly We created Man from an extract of clay. Then We made him a small life germ in a firm resting place. Then we made the life a clot: then We made the clot a lump of flesh: then We made the lump of flesh bones: then We clothed the bones with flesh: then We caused it to grow into another creation. So blessed be Allah, the best of Creators (Quran 23.12).

Note: The saying of Allah ' Certainly We created Man' means the creation of the Sons of Adam. The word 'man' means the whole of the species, being both singular and plural, all that derive from the extract of clay.

Said Ibn 'Abbas: The ' extract of clay' means the very essence. Muhammad said: It means the semen of the Sons of Adam. 'Akrama claimed that it means the water which flows from the loins.

As for the phrase ' the small life germ ' the Arabs call the life germ the extract and the parent the extractor or the flow, because both the extract and the life germ flow from clay, that is, from the clay of Adam. And the extract is generated from clay and Adam was created from it.

It is said that the meaning of the word ' mankind' is Adam and His saying ' extract' or ' flow' implies earth of all kinds. Al-Kalabi adds that the life germ flowed from clay and that the clay was Adam.

So then, we placed the life germ, that is to say Man, in a firm resting place, strongly guarded. This is the uterus which is concealed and is a fixed resting place for the life germ until its arrival at its term of life.

Next “We made the life germ into a clot”. It is said that between the two creations are forty days. Ibn Mas'ud relates: The Prophet Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim - and he is a most trustworthy knower - has related to us that it was decided for all creation to take forty days in the womb of the mother. So the clot was like that.

Next came the piece of flesh in the same way. Then Allah sent an angel to blow a soul into it. And He gave orders for his fate to be written in four words- for hindrance or for help, for misery or for happiness. This is the tradition reported by al-Bukhari and by Muslim.

Physicians are agreed that the fetus is created in the uterus and that it rests there for about forty days. Here are differentiated the male and the female organs according to the heat of the temperaments and the faculties.

Next comes the clot of blood in a similar manner and this clot is a piece of congealed blood. Next comes the lump of flesh in a similar manner or call it a small piece of tissue. This constitutes the third period of forty days. Then it begins to move, as said the Prophet: We breathed into it a soul. All wise men are agreed that no soul is breathed in until after the fourth month. Know then that the semen is at first cheesy, like scum on water. Then it becomes bloody and finally fleshy. Next it receives form. Then it begins to move. The shortest possible period of pregnancy for a child to survive is 182 days. Full term pregnancy lasts 280 days.

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From "Tibb un Nabawiyy" of Shaykh Jalaluddin as Suyuti al Misri

Listening to melodious recitations (Qiraa'at) is the scent of souls, the calmer of hearts, the food of the spirit. It is among the most important kinds of psychological medicine. It is a cause of pleasure, even to some animals. And pleasure in moderation purifies the Innate Heat, strengthens the functioning of the Faculties, slows down senile decay by driving out its diseases, renders the complexion clearer, and refreshes the whole body. On the contrary, excess of pleasure makes the illnesses of the body to increase.

Abu Nu'aim Radhi Allahu 'anhu  in his Tibb-ul-Nabbi says of the Prophet Sall Allahu 'alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim that he said that the advantages of listening to singing are increased by the understanding of it, that is, by its audibility. Allahu ta 'ala  Himself said: Give good news to my servants, those who listen to the Word and then follow the best of it. Quran 39.17

Abu Hurairah Radhi Allahu 'anhu said: Exalted are those who Almighty God has permitted among His permissions to His children to chant the Quran or to raise their voices in sweet songs or even to listen to them and to chant or recite in sweet cadences.

The Prophet Sall Allahu 'alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim said: They enriched the Qur'an with their voices. And, . again, there occurs this saying of God: He increases in Creation what He pleases. Quran 35:1. This means through a beautiful voice.

Dhul-Nun was once asked: What is meant by singing? And he replied: It is the transporter of Truth and the Driver of hearts towards Truth. When asked about a beautiful voice he replied: It is words and accents to which Almighty God has added a perfume.

It is related of 'Umr bin al-Khattab Radhi Allahu 'anhu that he was chanting one day in his house. Some one remarked on it. To which he replied: Even if I am alone, I chant as is the custom of men. And he added: Song is the Provision of Travellers.

'Abd-Ullah bin Ja'far Radhi Allahu 'anhu was passionately fond of chanting. One day it was asked of al-Zuhri if he did not despise songs. To which he replied: Yes, when they are not pleasing, such for instance as are too dull or too frivolous.

The Prophet Dawud 'alaihi salaam was very sweet voiced when he used to recite. Whenever he recited the Psalms there used to collect around him jinns and men, birds and wild animals. Said the Prophet Sall Allahu 'alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim to Abu Musa Radhi Allahu 'anhu: Verily I call this song one of the songs of the posterity of David.

Iindeed you will see that people of every laborious craft, such as dyers and porters, make up for themselves tunes and by this means dissipate their weariness. You will also see crying children quietened by a lullaby. Camels can be made to traverse long distances by songs. The story is told that a certain Arab possessed a very sweet voiced slave. He used to sing whenever a camel was very heavily loaded. Once such a camel accomplished a journey of three days in a single day. On arrival she lay down and died. If a camel was so affected by a sweet voice, even though it did not understand the meaning of the words, what then will people of taste and culture not think when they hear an exquisite voice and understand the beautiful words as well. You have seen the nightingales and the birds called shuhruir, how they seek for themselves places where they can listen to their singing.

On the legality of listening to songs, some doctors of the Law permit this pleasure, others do not. According to Ibn Qataba Radhi Allahu 'anhu songs and harmonious chants clarify the brain, sweeten the character, animate the soul, clear the blood, improve and help persons with thick diseases, and develop all the natural qualities of a man. Listening to singing is recommended in the treatment of some diseases, especially those due to spleen.

* The Melodious recitations Shaykh Jalaaluddin as Suyuti is referring to are the recitation of Holy Qur'an, songs in praise of Allahu ta 'ala and sending blessing on the Beloved Prophet Muhammmad Sall Allahu 'alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim such as Qasidah Burda, Qasidah Muhammadiyya, Salawat ul Taj ( Darood Taj) etc.. This also includes poetry recounting events in Islamic history as well as poems composed to facilitate memorizing Islamic lessons such as Qasidah Aqidatul Awwam, Nurani Qaidah etc..  The melodious recitation of  certain verses of the Holy Qur'an and salawaat (Darood Sharif) have been successfully used for the treatment of physical and non-physical (spiritual) diseases.