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All praise is due to Allaah and may prayers and salutations be upon the Messenger. To proceed:

Following sound faith (eemaan) and pure monotheism (tawheed), one of the greatest assets that a Muslim can have is good health. Good health facilitates the fulfilment of the religious and worldly obligations. It empowers a Muslim to do good deeds for his or her own benefit and for the benefit of the society at large. It makes a Muslim productive and optimistic and this only brings further benefits to the society as a whole.

Ibn al-Qayyim says under a chapter heading, "His (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam's) Guidance Concerning Health":

"Since health is one of the most precious favours Allaah has given to His servants, the most generous of His gifts, and most plentiful of His bounties, nay more, absolute health is the most precious of all favours, without exception - it is fitting that whoever is granted a portion of this good fortune, to cherish, preserve and to guard it against harm. Bukhari has related in his Saheeh form the hadeeth of Ibn Abaas: The Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "There are two favours about which many people are not aware: health (sihhah) and faraagh (free time, leisure)" ... (Zaad al-Ma'aad 4/196).

To this end, we are happy to announce that HealthyMuslim.Com is a growing online resource that aims to provide coverage on all aspects of health, nutrition and disease with a specific focus on natural health (diet and lifestyle) and sound principles of nutrition. As our bodies are a trust, then it is a religious obligation to maintain them to the best of our abilities.

Ibn al-Qayyim, the noted Muslim scholar stated that the principles of sound health are three:

preservation of good health
removal of harmful substances from the body and
keeping the body away from harm.

In a modern context this equates to eating wholesome nutritious foods, ensuring balance of quality and quantity, keeping away from things that are toxic and harmful to the body (and in modern society there are many), and striving to detoxify the body from the consequences of bad diet and lifestyle and exposure to harmful elements. The content on HealthyMuslim.Com will be largely based around these principles, and will include details of new research as well as established solid principles of nutrition.

We will be publishing what in our estimation is the most credible and sound advice for maintenance of good health in light of the principles of:

prevention before cure,
sound nutrition,
wholesome eating and
healthy living

We hope that by way of this resource you are able to better understand the principles of nutrition and are able to make good sound decisions that will impact positively on your own health and the health of your children. Please try to spread this site as far and wide as possible in order to maximize the benefit.

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Important Notes

We will be quoting specific medicinal treatments from the Sunnah and the Prophetic Medicine. These are clearly associated with Islaam and the Sunnah and clearly fall into the domain of Islamic rulings (in terms of permissibility or recommendation), and these are clearly indicated within the articles.
We will be bringing general issues of nutrition, the benefits (and in some cases, harms) of a variety of foodstuffs. Some of them are mentioned in the Sunnah, and others are mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim in his book, "the Prophetic Medicine", and others do not have a mention. Whilst these are not specifically mentioned in the Sunnah, and cannot be said to be specifically from the Prophetic Medicine, they would nevertheless come under the general principles of health outlined by Ibn al-Qayyim such as preservation of i) good health (via good diet and relevant foodstuffs) and ii) not subjecting the body to what is harmful.
We will also be bringing information of importance relating to contemporary issues. These should not be treated as being "Islamic rulings" specifically. Rather they are presented for the purposes of information and education on issues that do impact upon health. To illustrate this: The dangers of a variety of harmful substances or of radiation (such as from mobile and cellphone use) are issues that directly impact upon health. So if we present information in this regard, it should be understood that this is something that the general principles of health (as explained by Ibn al-Qayyim) would relate to, and any recommendations or advice given should not be understood as being a specific position, ruling or fatwa tied to Islaam, the Sunnah or the Prophetic Medicine. Rather, it is merely information sharing and a recommendation of courses of action which in our view - in light of the presented evidences - would be conducive and beneficial to your health and well-being. All such matters should be considered our opinions and viewpoints.

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