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Medicine of the Prophet

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya(Auth.) · Penelope Johnstone (Trans.)
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Medicine of the Prophet is a combination of religious and medical information, providing advice and guidance on the two aims of medicine - the preservation and restoration of health

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Penelope Johnstone
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Medicine of the Prophet is a combination of religious and medical information, providing advice and guidance on the two aims of medicine - the preservation and restoration of health - in careful conformity with the teachings of Islam as enshrined in the Qur’an and the hadith, or sayings of the Prophet. Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751AH/1350AD) as part of his work Zad al-Ma’ad, this book is a mine of information on the customs and sayings of the Prophet, as well as on herbal and medical practices current at the time of the author.

In bringing together these two aspects, Ibn Qayyim has produced a concise summary of how the Prophet’s guidance and teaching can be followed, as well as how health, sickness, and cures were viewed by Muslims in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The original Arabic text offers an authoritative compendium of Islamic medicine and still enjoys much popularity in the Muslim world.

This English translation is a more complete presentation than has previously been available and includes verification of all hadith references. Medicine of the Prophet will appeal not only to those interested in alternative systems of health and medicine but also to people wishing to acquaint themselves with or increase their knowledge of, hadith and the religion and culture of Islam.

About Translator:

Penelope Johnstone holds a doctorate in the history of Arabic medicine and herbals and now teaches Arabic at Oxford University.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Hakim Mohammad Sa‘id.

Preface by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

Part One: Medicine.

Medicine of the Heart

Medicine of the Body

Principles of Medication

Natural and Divine Treatment

Part Two: Simple Drugs and Foods.

English-Arabic technical glossary.

English-Arabic Materia Medica Glossary.

Bibliography

Index
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About the author

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya: Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Ayyub, known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (691-751 AH / 1292-1350 CE), was born near Damascus, where his father served as the attendant, or qayyim, of the al-Jawziyya school, the office that gave him his name. He studied the religious sciences in the city and, from around 712 AH, joined the circle of Ibn Taymiyya, becoming his closest disciple over roughly sixteen years. The two were persecuted together and imprisoned in the citadel of Damascus, and Ibn al-Qayyim went on to teach and write prolifically until his death in 751 AH. Hanbali in law, he ranged widely across Qurʾanic exegesis, hadith, legal theory, theology, and what would now be called spiritual psychology. His landmark Madarij al-Salikin is a vast commentary on the stations of the seeker; Zad al-Maʿad gathers the Prophet's guidance in worship and daily life; and al-Tibb al-Nabawi, his treatise on Prophetic medicine, remains widely read. Other works include Kitab al-Ruh on the soul, Uddat al-Sabirin on patience and gratitude, Miftah Dar al-Saʿada on knowledge, and Shifaʾ al-ʿAlil on divine wisdom and human destiny. He is remembered for joining disciplined legal reasoning to a heartfelt, often moving attention to the inner life of faith, and his writings continue to be read and translated across the Muslim world.

About the translator

Penelope Johnstone: Penelope Johnstone is an academic with specialized expertise in the history of Arabic medicine and pharmacology, holding a doctorate in the history of Arabic medicine and herbals. She is a lecturer in Arabic at Oxford University, where her teaching and research engage the classical Arabic scholarly tradition. Her doctoral specialization in Arabic medical and botanical texts made her well-suited to translate Medicine of the Prophet (al-Tibb al-Nabawi) by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya for the Islamic Texts Society, a work that brings together prophetic guidance on health, diet, and natural remedies. The translation preserves the technical vocabulary of classical Arabic medicine while remaining accessible to contemporary readers, and includes English-Arabic technical and materia medica glossaries.

Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN 9786035010573
Publisher Islamic Texts Society
Author Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Pages 350
Translator Penelope Johnstone
Year Published 1998
Size W-6.6 in | H-10.8 in | D-1.1 in
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