Introduction to Islamic ways of treating diseases/ailments
Sunnah of prophet Muhammad (SAW) peace be upon him.
Many Muslims are well aquatinted with the Sunnah of the prophet as a terminus technical and all that it stands for in Muslim history and legal thought. How many though, one wonders by trying to model their lives on the Sunnah everyday, from morning till night. They almost complete adoption of the "modern", that is, Western way of life by many people of Muslim origin suggest that the number is small indeed.
Nevertheless, it is accepted among Muslims that the Sunnah is the key to understanding the message of the Holy Qur'an and to the implementation of the guidelines and laws laid down in it. While reviewed scripture explains the basic principles and laws of Islam as a way of life, the Sunnah teaches Islam through explanation and demonstration of those principles and laws; it makes them parts of man's experience by showing how they work in practice. The Sunnah is thus indispensable if one wants to practice Islam and be a true Muslim. It is in this sense the Holy Qur'an states: "He who obeys the messenger has obeyed Allah"...(4:80)
This whether or not to follow the Sunnah has not been left to the discretion of the musls, and to practice Islam on the lines given by the prophet himself has been made and obligation, as the Holy Qur'an says: "And whatever the messenger gives you accept it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain (from it)... (59:7).
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