Abu Musa Raha Batts

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Sālih Al-'Uthaymīn said: I’d like to take an opportunity to discuss a phenomenon which was mentioned to us. And it is: Many of the obstetricians in the hospitals—male and female--are eager for child births to take place by way of a surgical procedure, known as cesarean. And I fear this is a plot against the Muslims. This is because the more births take place in this manner, the more the skin of the abdomen is weakened and pregnancy becomes more dangerous for the woman, and...

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Sālih Al-'Uthaymīn The cupping practitioner must be proficient. For if he is not perhaps he will apply Hijamah in places where it should not be applied, or within a time wherein Hijamah should not be performed. So it requires a person to be proficient; because the affair is serious. So how do we know that he is proficient? The first way is that (he has) knowledge based study in the field. The second way is that he has practical experience.Some have long standing practical...

The scholars of Islam differ regarding At-Tibb An-Nabawi as to whether it is considered Wahy (revelation) or Ijtihad from the prophet ﷺ. A group amongst the people knowledge hold prophetic medicine and the advices of the messenger ﷺ regarding the methods of treatment such as, for example, Hijamah, drinking honey, or the use of black seeds, to be revelation from Allah. As Allah, the Exalted, has said: ﴿ وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ ۞ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ﴾ Nor does he speak from...