Health benefits of Vinegar

Vinegar ( سرکہ ):

A food Prophet Muhammad (SAW) used to eat with olive oil.

Aisha radiallahu anha narrated that the Prophet salallahu alahi wasallam said:

“ Vinegar! the best of dipping.” [“Drinks”: Saheeh Muslim. 1051].

Dipping: the act of putting something in a liquid for sometime; e.g. He dipped the bread into vinegar; he immersed bread into vinegar and ate it.

In fact, vinegar contains a small quantity of protein and starches; not only that, it has the following elements and minerals: sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphate, iron, zinc and chloride.

In a book about the advantages of apple vinegar by Dr. Morris Hansen and Cyril Scott, it is said that apple vinegar has a number of benefits. It:

1. Prevents diarrhea, for it has anti-diarrhea material

2. Activates the process of digestion and metabolism in human body;

3. Prevents dental decay;

4. Kills parasites in the stomach and small an large intestines;

5. Improves digestion in those who suffer from indigestion. 

Besides, it functions as an disinfectant for the intestines.

It can also be used to rinse out the mouth and throat from any bacteria; it cleanse the mouth and throat from any germs. (Extracts from the Prophetic Medicine)

Reference: Tihmaz, Abdulhameed Mahmoud. The Forty Scientific Miracles. Dar Al-Qalem.

Tawwabah of Man That Killed 99 People

Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) said:

“There was a man from among a nation before you who killed ninety-nine people and then made an inquiry about the most learned person on the earth. He was directed to a monk. He came to him and told him that he had killed ninety-nine people and asked him if there was any chance for his repentance to be accepted. He replied in the negative and the man killed him also completing one hundred.

He then asked about the most learned man in the earth. He was directed to a scholar. He told him that he had killed one hundred people and asked him if there was any chance for his repentance to be accepted. He replied in the affirmative and asked, `Who stands between you and repentance? Go to such and such land; there (you will find) people devoted to prayer and worship of Allah, join them in worship, and do not come back to your land because it is an evil place.’

So he went away and hardly had he covered half the distance when death overtook him; and there was a dispute between the angels of mercy and the angels of torment. The angels of mercy pleaded, ‘This man has come with a repenting heart to Allah,’ and the angels of punishment argued, ‘He never did a virtuous deed in his life.’ Then there appeared another angel in the form of a human being and the contending angels agreed to make him arbiter between them. He said,`Measure the distance between the two lands. 

He will be considered belonging to the land to which he is nearer.’ They measured and found him closer to the land (land of piety) where he intended to go, and so the angels of mercy collected his soul”. [Al Bukhari and Muslim]