Who Was the First to Write a Book on Prophetic Medicine?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Who first wrote the book on Prophetic Medicine?
Also, which is the most authentic book on this subject?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are well.
The most widespread book on “Prophetic Medicine” was that written by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (691-751AH / 1293-1351).
There are many classical and modern writings on Prophetic medicine, and they have abounded in recent years, especially from 1980 to 1997, literature and texts dealing with the medicine of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), urging to take these guidelines, especially with regard to the treatment and treatment of plant types and herbs.
Muhammad Nizar al-Daqr says in his work, titled Rawa’id al-Tibb al-Nabawi (Damascus, published 1994), in his definition of Prophetic Medicine: “Prophetic medicine is the sum of what has been proven to have been received about the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) that has to do with medicine, whether they are Quranic verses or honorable prophetic hadiths, and includes the remedies by which the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) prescribed to his companions, may Allah be pleased with them all.
Independent Works on Prophetic Medicine in Classical and Ancient Times
Many Arab and Muslim scholars have produced works collecting all what the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) mentioned about medicines and there are many independent writings. Here is the list of some of them:
- The Prophetic Medicine of Imam Ali al-Rida ibn Musa al-Kadhim ibn Jafar al-Sadiq (d. 203 AH) was written at the request of the Caliph Mamun, and this book was researched by Muhammad Ali Bar entitled (Imam Ali al-Ridha and his message in Prophetic Medicine – the Golden Message) and was issued by Dar al-Manhal, Beirut, 1992, 2nd edition.
- The book of Prophetic Medicine by Abdullah bin Habib Andalusi (d. 238 AH), researched by Muhammad Ali al-Bar, added an excellent scientific footnote and published in 1993 AD. Although this book is small in size, it is an important document that reveals the early knowledge of jurists about medical sciences and their relationship to purely jurisprudential issues, religious laws and hadiths in this important area.
- Concise Text in Medicine, Abd al-Malik ibn Habib [within the book Medicine and Doctors in Islamic Andalusia] by Muhammad al-Arabi al-Khattabi, Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, vol. 1, 85-110.
- The Prophetic Medicine of Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Dinouri, known as Ibn al-Sunni (d. 364 AH), limited it to collecting prophetic hadiths related to medicine without addressing objective medical explanation.
- Prophetic Medicine, by Hafiz Abu Naim Asbahani (d. 430 AH), is considered the first book to collect a large number of antiquities related to medicine attributed to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) It is a manuscript.
- Prophetic Medicine (forty medical remedies extracted from the Sunan of Ibn Maja) by Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi (al-Muwafaq) (d. 629 AH), researched by Abdullah Kannoun, and published by the Ministry of Awqaf in the Kingdom of Morocco.
- Medicine from the Book and Sunnah, by Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi (al-Muwafaq), the investigation of Abdul Maati Qalaji, and published in Beirut by Dar al-Marifa, in 1986.
- Prophetic Medicine by Hafiz Zia al-Din Muhammad ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi (d. 646 AH), researched by Magdy Fathi al-Sayed, and issued by Dar al-Sahaba for Heritage in Tanta, Egypt, 1989.
- Healing in Medicine attributed to Sayyid Mustafa, by Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi (d. 651 AH). It was researched by Abdel Moati Qalaji and published by Dar al-Marifa, Beirut, 1988.
- Prophetic Rulings in the Medical Industry, by Ali ibn Abd al-Karim ibn Tarkhan al-Kahal al-Hamawi (d. 720 AH), Investigation of Abd al-Salam Hashim Hafez, Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi, Cairo, 1955 AD.
- Prophetic Medicine, by Imam Hafez Muhammad Shams al-Din al-Dahabi (d. 748 AH), Inquiry: Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi, Cairo, 1961.
- Prophetic Medicine of Imam Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Shams al-Din known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 AH), Researcher: Abd al-Maati Qalaji, Dar al-Turath, Cairo, 1978, and then several different research and editions followed in many Arab countries.
- Yusuf Ali Badiwi mentions that this book is not the work of Ibn al-Qayyim but al-Baghdadis, and he researched it and printed it in Damascus, Beirut, in 1990, and was published by Dar Ibn Kathir under the title of Prophetic Medicine by Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi (al-Muwafaq).
- Forty Chapters in Medicine by Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fath al-Ba’ali al-Hanbali, Researcher: Ahmad al-Bizra and Ali Reza Abdullah, published by Dar Ibn Kathir, Damascus, 1985.
- The Proper Approach to Prophetic Medicine by Imam Hafiz Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH), Res: Hassan Maqboobi al-Ahdal, al-Jill Library in Sana’a and Cultural Books Foundation, Beirut, 1986.
- Suyuti’s Literary-Medical Maqamat by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, Investigation of Muhammad Ibrahim Salim, al-Sa’i Library, Riyadh, 1989.
- Al-Manhal al-Ruwi in Prophetic Medicine, by Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (Shams al-Din.) [commentary: Aziz Yabak, Anwar al-Ma’arif, Hyderabad, India, 1987]
- Treatise on Prophetic Medicine, by Ibn Hazm al-Dhahiri al-Andalusi ‘Ali ibn Ahmad (d. 456 AH.) [Sir of the Flags of the Nobility, part of it in his translation, Beirut, 1969]
- The Strong Walk in Prophetic Medicine of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi (d. 902 AH) (Gift of the Knowers to Baghdadi, 2/220.)
- The Healing of the People in the Medicine of the Nation of Islam, by Yusuf ibn Muhammad al-Sarmari al-Abadi al-Hanbali (d. 776 AH.) [Hadiya 5/558]
- The Prophetic Medicine of Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Mustaghfari (d. 432 AH) (Revelation 1095), (kh at the Khan Si Books Center in Istanbul No. 2814), (i: Tehran 1293.)
- Prophetic Medicine, by Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Sa’id al-Ansari, known as Ibn al-Akfani (d. 749 AH), (x: Timuriya, Tab 2.)
- Prophetic Medicine, by Muhammad al-Safti al-Zainabi (x: Timuriya 131 medicine.)
- Prophetic Medicine, by David ibn Faraj (Names of Books, Supplement to the Revelation of Suspicions 211.)
- The Medicine of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), by Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Muhaddith al-Nisaburi (d. 406 AH), (x: Baghdad Awqaf 10/3799 biography.)
- The Mukhtar in the Abbreviation of Prophetic Medicine, by Najm al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazi (d. 1061 AH.) [Hadiya 2/285]
- Prophetic medicine, Abu Bakr (Ahmad ibn Abi Asim al-Dahak al-Shaibani) (d. 287 AH), is said to be missing.
- The Capture of Benefits in Medicine, by Imam Abu al-Faraj ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Jawzi al-Qurashi al-Taymi al-Siddiqi (named after Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him)) (d. 597 AH), contains many hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad in the field of medicine. He is the author of numerous manuscripts in the libraries of Turkey, the library of the Great Mosque in Sana’a and other libraries.
- Spiritual Medicine, also by Ibn al-Jawzi (in which he spoke of the treatment of carelessness, sorrow, mystery, etc., in the Qur’an and the Sunnah of Purgatory.)
- Reminder in Prophetic Medicine, by Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Jama’at al-Kinani (d. 733 AH). He has a manuscript in a library. [Adana No. 1156]
Source: Adel Mohamed Ali Al and Sheikh Hussein, Publications in Prophetic Medicine- Journal of the World of Books/vol. 23/v5-6/1423 AH, pp. 526-529, published in a special agreement with the magazine.
Books of Hadith
Many books of hadiths have separate chapters about Prophetic medicine, too.
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Prophetic Supplications to Cure Illnesses
Prophetic Medicine Archives
The Place of Prophetic Medicine in the Sacred Law
Prophetic Medicine Archives
Understanding The Hadiths of “Prophetic Medicine”
Medicines of the Prophet
I pray this helps in your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete hifz of Quran in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
