Medical Benifits of Muslims Salah/Namaz

Medical Benifits of Muslims Salah/Namaz

By Dr. Zakir Naik
http://www.irf.net

There are
several
medical
benefits of
Salat
(Namaz):- of
offering Salah
and as every
Muslim knows
that the best
part of Salah
is the sujood,
that is the
prostration.
No wonder
the Quran has
mentioned the
word sujood,
prostration no
less then 90
times in the
glorious Quran.
Where [do]
you do sujood
in the Salah?
Normally when
you [stand]
erect, blood
does flow into
the brain but
it is not
sufficient for
a healthy
brain. During
Salah when
you [go into]
sujood extra
blood flows
into the brain,
which is very
important for
[a] healthy
brain. When
you do sujood,
this extra
blood supply
to the skin on
the face
[helps]
prevent
diseases such
as chilblain
etc.
When you do
sujood there
is drainage of
sinuses and
there are
fewer chances
that a person
will have
sinusitis, that
is inflammation
of the sinus,
this drainage
of module
sinus, of the
frontal sinus,
and a person
has less
chances of
having
inflammation
of the sinus,
that is
sinusitis.
There are
various
benefits. [For
example],
when a
person does
sujood even
the
bronchitis's,
the secretion
of the
bronchitis,
they get
drained, there
are less
chances of
having
bronchitis.
When a
person
breathes
normally only
two thirds of
the capacity
of the lung is
exhaled out,
the remaining
one third
remain in the
lung as a
residual air,
now when you
do sujood the
abdominal
visra, they
press against
the diaphragm
and the
diaphragm
presses
against the
lower part of
the lungs, the
lower lobes,
and when you
breath during
sujood even
this one third
residual air is
aired out and
that's very
important for
a healthy lung.
There are less
chances of
having
diseases of
the lungs.
When you do
sujood, there
is increased
venes return
there is less
chance of
having hernia,
etc. Due to
posture in
sujood there
is less chances
of having
hemorrhoid,
that is piles.
In a salah we
stand up and
we sit down,
do qayam,
rukuh, sujood
and when we
stand up from
same position
the weight is
localized on
the bottom of
the feet and
the calve
muscle and
the thigh
muscle are
activated and
they increase
the blood
supply to the
lower part of
the body,
which is very
important.
Further we do
various
postures like
standing
erect, bowing
down,
prostrating,
the vertebra
column takes
various
postures and
there are less
chances of
having disease
of the
vertebrae, of
the spine.
There are
medical
benefits [and]
you can give
a talk only on
this topic. But
we Muslims,
we offer Salah
to thank Allah
(SWT), to
praise Him.
These are just
side dishes.
They are like
dessert. You
know it may
attract a
person who is
a non-Muslim,
towards Salah
but our main
meal, our main
biryani, our
main course is
to thank Allah
(SWT) and to
obey the
commandments
of Allah and
the Prophet.
That is the
reason we
offer Salah.
Why 5 times
daily salat:-
As I mentioned
in the earlier
episode that
Salah is a sort
of
programming
towards
righteousness,
that we are
programmed
towards
righteousness.
And the
requirement
[is] that it
should be
repeated [a]
minimum [of] 5
times a day.
For example
for a very
healthy body,
a doctor will
tell you, you
require [a]
minimum [of] 3
meals a day.
Similarly for a
spiritual soul,
a person is
required to
offer Salah 5
times a day.
And the
requirement
is, [that]
there are
chances that
because of
the evil in the
society around
us, we may
get de-
programmed.
So if we are
kept on being
re-
programmed,
there are
more chances
that you will
remain
[steadfast on
the] Sirat al
mustaqeem,
on the
straight path.
Therefore it is
compulsory
that every
Muslim should
offer Salah [a]
minimum [of] 5
times a day.
Doesn't Salat
disturb my job
productivity. If
you know the
rules of
management,
[you will know]
that a person
cannot work
continuously
for hours
together. If a
person comes
to office at 9
o'clock in the
morning and
sits till 6
o'clock in the
evening,
continuously
for 9 hours, in
fact he will be
less
productive.
That is the
reason that
there are
some short
breaks given
in between. So
a person can
get re-
created, you
know we have
recreation.
Similarly Salah
is a sort of
recreation. It
rejuvenates
you. If
someone tells
me that I am
losing time, I
am less
productive,
because I
waste 15
minutes having
lunch break, I
would say
that he is not
a logical
person
because only
if he has
meals
regularly, can
he do more
work. Similarly
if a person
offers Salah
at intervals, I
do agree he
may have to
work for a
few minutes
but when he
stops and he
comes back to
work he
works with a
much better
frame of mind
and
productivity
overall will be
much better.
So for a
logical person
and a modern
person he has
to agree that
there should
be breaks so
that a person
can get
recreated and
Salah is the
best form of
rejuvenating
your mind.