Friday, September 5, 2014
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Natural Expectorant Remedies for Phlegm
Natural Expectorant Remedies for Phlegm
Several naturally available substances have properties of an expectorant. They help to push out phlegm.
An expectorant thins out the mucus and helps to expel it from the bronchial tubes and lungs. This helps to make breathing easier. It is very important for an affected patient to expel mucus. Coughing helps to clear the mucus buildup in the chest and the lungs. It makes breathing easier. If you have common colds, flu, bronchitis, sinus congestion or pneumonia, it is necessary to get the phlegm out of the system.
Licorice
Licorice is a root which has been used for culinary and medicinal purposes for centuries. Licorice tastes sweeter than sugar. It has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antispasmodic properties. It is also a very good expectorant. Licorice helps to break down the thick phlegm and push it out. It can also help to soothe the irritation due to the inflammation in the respiratory tract and throat. It is advisable to drink licorice root tea twice a day to make the best use of its expectorant properties.
Garlic
Garlic has several medicinal properties. Garlic can be used as a steam inhaler. Garlic based cough syrup can be prepared by grating a garlic and mixing it with a teaspoon of honey. It would help to thin and push out the phlegm. Garlic is a decongestant as well as an expectorant.
Onion
Onion is a natural decongestant and an expectorant. You can eat raw onion slices. It is very easy to do so if you develop a taste for it. Grated onion can be combined with grated garlic and honey to be more effective.
Eucalyptus Oil
Apply eucalyptus oil or Vicks to your chest and rub it vigorously so that some warmth is generated. This will be of great help thin out and loosen the phlegm.
Ginger
Ginger is a natural expectorant. Drinking ginger tea 3 times a day can help to loosen the phlegm and expel it. Add grated ginger to water and boil it. Strain it after it cools and it is ready for drinking. Honey can also be added to ginger tea as it is also an expectorant. It will sweeten the tea and add to its taste.
Steam
One of the best methods to get rid of phlegm is to inhale steam from a vaporizer. Moist air helps to loosen the phlegm from the air tubes and expel it.
These are some of the natural expectorants which will help you to get rid of phlegm.
Don’t
If you have phlegm in your air tubes and lungs it is essential to stop smoking. Smoke can irritate nasal passages and aggravate the problem. Certain over the counter expectorant syrups, suppress mucus are available. Don’t over use them.
References
health911.com: Coughs
An expectorant thins out the mucus and helps to expel it from the bronchial tubes and lungs. This helps to make breathing easier. It is very important for an affected patient to expel mucus. Coughing helps to clear the mucus buildup in the chest and the lungs. It makes breathing easier. If you have common colds, flu, bronchitis, sinus congestion or pneumonia, it is necessary to get the phlegm out of the system.
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Licorice
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Licorice is a root which has been used for culinary and medicinal purposes for centuries. Licorice tastes sweeter than sugar. It has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antispasmodic properties. It is also a very good expectorant. Licorice helps to break down the thick phlegm and push it out. It can also help to soothe the irritation due to the inflammation in the respiratory tract and throat. It is advisable to drink licorice root tea twice a day to make the best use of its expectorant properties.
Garlic
Garlic has several medicinal properties. Garlic can be used as a steam inhaler. Garlic based cough syrup can be prepared by grating a garlic and mixing it with a teaspoon of honey. It would help to thin and push out the phlegm. Garlic is a decongestant as well as an expectorant.
Onion
Onion is a natural decongestant and an expectorant. You can eat raw onion slices. It is very easy to do so if you develop a taste for it. Grated onion can be combined with grated garlic and honey to be more effective.
Eucalyptus Oil
Apply eucalyptus oil or Vicks to your chest and rub it vigorously so that some warmth is generated. This will be of great help thin out and loosen the phlegm.
Ginger
Ginger is a natural expectorant. Drinking ginger tea 3 times a day can help to loosen the phlegm and expel it. Add grated ginger to water and boil it. Strain it after it cools and it is ready for drinking. Honey can also be added to ginger tea as it is also an expectorant. It will sweeten the tea and add to its taste.
Steam
One of the best methods to get rid of phlegm is to inhale steam from a vaporizer. Moist air helps to loosen the phlegm from the air tubes and expel it.
- Elevate your pillow so that the phlegm does not get back to the lungs.
- Drink lots of water as it thins out the mucus and helps its expulsion.
- Hot spicy foods like chilli peppers help to loosen the mucus.
- Hot tea will also help to loosen the mucus.
These are some of the natural expectorants which will help you to get rid of phlegm.
Don’t
If you have phlegm in your air tubes and lungs it is essential to stop smoking. Smoke can irritate nasal passages and aggravate the problem. Certain over the counter expectorant syrups, suppress mucus are available. Don’t over use them.
References
health911.com: Coughs
umm.edu : Eucalyptus
Natural Remedies for Throat Infection
Natural Remedies for Throat Infection
Throat infection is caused by virus or bacteria. Viral throat infection which is caused by a virus as the name itself suggests is more contagious. The most common types of bacterial throat infections are strep throat and mycoplasma. Strep throat is caused by bacteria called streptococcus. It infects the oral pharynx and tonsils. Symptoms of throat infection are
Treatment of Throat Infection
Throat infection is generally treated with antibiotics. However antibiotics are effective only against bacterial infection. The most commonly used antibiotics to treat strep throat are amoxicillin and clindamycin. Some pain killers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen are also used. Viral throat infection should not be treated with antibiotics.
Some of these medications can lead to side effects. A variety of home remedies exist for throat infection which are equally effective but would not cause any side effects. These natural remedies for throat infection stimulate the immune system to fight bacteria.
Throat Infection Precautions
When you have throat infection it is necessary take rest and keep yourself hydrated. You have to keep away from tobacco smoke and alcohol vapors which may irritate the throat and lungs.
Herbal Remedies for Throat Infection
Several natural remedies can help to get rid of sore throat
- Pain or irritation of the throat
- Low grade fever
- Difficulty in swallowing food and liquids
- Throat redness
- Cough
Treatment of Throat Infection
Throat infection is generally treated with antibiotics. However antibiotics are effective only against bacterial infection. The most commonly used antibiotics to treat strep throat are amoxicillin and clindamycin. Some pain killers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen are also used. Viral throat infection should not be treated with antibiotics.
Some of these medications can lead to side effects. A variety of home remedies exist for throat infection which are equally effective but would not cause any side effects. These natural remedies for throat infection stimulate the immune system to fight bacteria.
Throat Infection Precautions
When you have throat infection it is necessary take rest and keep yourself hydrated. You have to keep away from tobacco smoke and alcohol vapors which may irritate the throat and lungs.
Herbal Remedies for Throat Infection
Several natural remedies can help to get rid of sore throat
- Different types of herbal tea can provide relief from the symptoms of sore throat. Licorice and chamomile tea provide relief from throat irritation. Chamomile tea has analgesic properties. It also prevents dehydration.
- Take a glass of warm water. Add some honey and lemon juice to it. Drinking this mixture will provide relief from the throat pain and irritation.
- Add cumin seeds and a few pieces of garlic to a glass of water and boil it. Drink it when it is lukewarm.
- Cinnamon is a very effective remedy for sore throat. Take a glass of hot water and add a teaspoon each of cinnamon, honey and black pepper. Consume small sips of the liquid at regular intervals.
- Sage is a herb used to treat pharyngitis and other types of sore throat in the form of tincture. It reduces the inflammation of the mucous membranes of the throat.
- To reduce the discomfort you can drink a glass of warm milk with a teaspoon of turmeric added to it.
- Apple cider vinegar helps to treat the bacterial infection and reduce the inflammation. Add a tablespoon each of apple cider vinegar and honey to warm water. Drink it at regular intervals, holding is as long as possible in the throat before swallowing it.
- Cut a ginger root to small pieces and boil it in a cup of water. Add two teaspoons of honey and sip it slowly.
- Goldenseal root will provide relief from throat inflammation. Add a teaspoon of goldenseal root to half liter of water and boil it. Drink the mixture at regular intervals.
- One of the most commonly used remedies is salt water gargle.
- Add some fenugreek seeds to water and boil it for some time. This can be used to gargle when it cools down.
- Add a teaspoon of cayenne pepper to water and boil it. Gargling this will not only provide relief but also cure the inflammation
- Wheatgrass juice is quite effective in treating throat infection. It contains chlorophyll which helps to reduce the inflammation and pain.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Sister Hina: Offering NEW ~QURAN~ COURSE - JOIN IF YOU WANT TO
Assalam alykum WarehmatuAllahi Wabarakatuh
Dear sister,
AlhamduliAllah I planned to start another english group for level 1 at 8:30p.m EST-9:30 EST on Monday / Wednesday / Thursday /Friday (Friday even later than this). or 11-12a.m ESt on Sunday/Tuesday.pls email me with ur suitable days or sutiable later time on Friday.
mail: Hina Malik mayaabc@hotmail.com
class details:
The class will be on skype.
the duration of class is one hour per week.
No makeups if u missed the class.
try to record or request ur fellows to record the class if u know u will be missing.
Syllables: we will be covering the first book of ustadha Kareema. u will be assesed after every chapter and u must pass it for graduating to the next chapter , and finally pass all the test of book 1 to complete level 1 to graduate into level2.
for passing all the 3 books will lead u to learn the Jazarriyah ( mathumatul muqadimah feema yajibo a'la Qar'el Qur'ani An ya'lamah) and acheive in ijazah in Jazariyyah which will lead to acheive an Ijazah in Hafs Un Asim Min tareeqat Ash Shatibiyyah.
Expectation:
students must be regular and punctual for the class.
Kindly don't register If u r not serious and do hard work.
u must revise ur reading practice lesson and try to acheive good level in it.
u must revise theory and do ur home work for better learning.
Fee:
the fee is 25$ per month.
U must have to pay in advance and the fee is not reserved for the next month if u will leave in the middle of month.
u must have to inform a month before if u stop taking classes in a group.
u must have to pay for the vacations if u wnat to keep urself with the group.
email me back if u r interested .
take a momemt to spread it to ur contacts may be it will reach to some one who is really in need.
Jazakum Allahu Khair
Wasalam,
Dear sister,
AlhamduliAllah I planned to start another english group for level 1 at 8:30p.m EST-9:30 EST on Monday / Wednesday / Thursday /Friday (Friday even later than this). or 11-12a.m ESt on Sunday/Tuesday.pls email me with ur suitable days or sutiable later time on Friday.
mail: Hina Malik mayaabc@hotmail.com
class details:
The class will be on skype.
the duration of class is one hour per week.
No makeups if u missed the class.
try to record or request ur fellows to record the class if u know u will be missing.
Syllables: we will be covering the first book of ustadha Kareema. u will be assesed after every chapter and u must pass it for graduating to the next chapter , and finally pass all the test of book 1 to complete level 1 to graduate into level2.
for passing all the 3 books will lead u to learn the Jazarriyah ( mathumatul muqadimah feema yajibo a'la Qar'el Qur'ani An ya'lamah) and acheive in ijazah in Jazariyyah which will lead to acheive an Ijazah in Hafs Un Asim Min tareeqat Ash Shatibiyyah.
Expectation:
students must be regular and punctual for the class.
Kindly don't register If u r not serious and do hard work.
u must revise ur reading practice lesson and try to acheive good level in it.
u must revise theory and do ur home work for better learning.
Fee:
the fee is 25$ per month.
U must have to pay in advance and the fee is not reserved for the next month if u will leave in the middle of month.
u must have to inform a month before if u stop taking classes in a group.
u must have to pay for the vacations if u wnat to keep urself with the group.
email me back if u r interested .
take a momemt to spread it to ur contacts may be it will reach to some one who is really in need.
Jazakum Allahu Khair
Wasalam,
Hina Malik
Tajweed Instructor
The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it." [Bukhari]
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Al-Albaani’s Love for His Fellow Muslims: Boycotting Goods of Those who Slaughter Your Brothers Like Sheep
Al-Albaani’s Love for His Fellow Muslims: Boycotting Goods of Those who Slaughter Your Brothers Like Sheep
by The Albaani Blog
Al-Albaani: Just now I said to one of my brothers who asked me, and how often I am asked, to this day the people are still asking me about meat from Bulgaria, and in reality I’m amazed at them—we’ve been sorely tried by [this issue] of Bulgarian meat for many long years, [after] all of these years hasn’t the time come for the Muslims to understand what the ruling concerning this Bulgarian meat is? Such a strange thing!
So I say that if you are in doubt and are uncertain about whether these animals have been slaughtered Islamically or not—what you are not in doubt about is [the fact] that they are slaughtering our Muslim brothers there, the Turks who live there, they have been slaughtering them for a long time just like sheep are slaughtered, so if the Bulgarians are slaughtering the meat which we import from them according to theSharee’ah [then] I truly say that it is not allowed for us to import it from them, on the contrary, it is obligatory upon us to boycott them so that they cease slaughtering our Muslim brothers there.
So subhaanallaah! The feeling of brotherhood has died which the Prophet ﷺ described as being that of one body, “The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever.” [Bukhaari and Muslim]
The Muslims don’t feel the many pains of their brothers any more, the Islamic bonds between them have been cut off, and for this reason their concern [instead] is to ask, “Is it allowed to eat Bulgarian meat or not?!”
Yaa akhi, you know that the Bulgarians are slaughtering the Muslims there, there is no difference between an Arab Muslim, a Turkish one, an Afghaani Muslim and so on, and the situation is as he ﷺ said, “The Muslims are brothers …,” so if we are brothers, then it is obligatory on us to jealously protect each other and to feel grief for each other—and not merely be concerned with what one eats and drinks.
So if we assumed that a person is still not convinced that Bulgarian meat is [just] carrion … that its ruling is that it is meat of an animal that is not slaughtered according to the legislated requirements because it is killed not slaughtered—we can’t convince the people of every opinion, because they will continue to differ except those upon whom your Lord has mercy, as is mentioned in the Noble Quraan—so if we can’t convince the people that this meat which comes to us from Bulgaria has the ruling of being meat that has not been slaughtered Islamically—but don’t they [at the very least] know that these Bulgarians are slaughtering our Muslim brothers there? Isn’t this tyranny and this excruciating aggression against our Muslim brothers there enough to turn us away from Bulgarian meat, even if it is halaal?
This is sufficient.
And this is a reminder, and a reminder benefits the believers.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 190.
Also read The Future of Palestine.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
The Future of Palestine ǀ The Believer Doesn’t Despair
The Future of Palestine ǀ The Believer Doesn’t Despair
by The Albaani Blog
The Imaam said, “It has reached me from someone who became a Sufi, after he used to be on guidance, that he stated that the Mahdi عليه السلام is on the verge of appearing during these days, and he [specifically] named Ramadaan of this year! This is one of his fabrications or a whispering from his devil—because this issue is a matter of the Unseen which no one but Allaah knows.
In fact, it contradicts what the authentic hadiths say, and what Allaah’s Universal Way [Sunnatullaah al-Kowniyyah] necessitates, from which is His Saying, ‘Allaah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves,’ [Ra’d 13:11], which is that it is known that Jesus عليه السلام will descend at the white minaret to the east of Damascus and that he will pray behind the Mahdi, may Allaah be pleased with him, and this means that Jesus عليه السلام will be with the believers in Jerusalem when Dajjaal, with whom will be seventy thousand Isfahani Jews wearing Persian shawls, lays siege to it—and this means that there will be no Jew in Palestine at that time, or at the very least, in Jerusalem, and that means that the Muslims will have put an end to the country of the Jews.
The situation of the Muslims today, unfortunately, does not suggest that they can do that, because of their distance from employing the means which will prepare them for it, due to the fact that they have not aided Allaah such that He will aid them, for this reason they must return to their religion so that the disgrace [they are currently under] can be lifted from them, as their Prophet Muhammad ﷺ promised them, such that when the Mahdi and Jesus do come, they will find the Muslims ready to be led to that in which their glory and honour lies [both] in this life and the hereafter, so they must work for that as Allaah the Most High ordered, ‘And say, ‘Do [as you will], for Allaah will see your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger …’’” [Tawbah 9:105]
Ad-Da’eefah, 13:382-383.
Killing the Innocent in Palestine
Killing the Innocent in Palestine
Killing the Innocent in Palestine
By the
Muhaddith, Shaykh, Allamaa’Muhammad Nasir uddeen al-Albaani
By the
Muhaddith, Shaykh, Allamaa’Muhammad Nasir uddeen al-Albaani
Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya
Discussion
Questioner: Today in Palestine our people are in a situation of a continuous struggle with the Jews. Is it permissible according to the Sharia’ if one of us grabbed a Jew. . . is it permissible to kill him?
Questioner: Today in Palestine our people are in a situation of a continuous struggle with the Jews. Is it permissible according to the Sharia’ if one of us grabbed a Jew. . . is it permissible to kill him?
The Shaykh: Is it permissible to do what. . . .!?
Questioner: Permissible to kill him.
The Shaykh: Okay, is it permissible to kill a Jew? kill him!? where? here or over there?
Questioner: Over there.
The Shaykh: Over there, my brother do you not see that when a Jew is killed then in return a great number of Muslims are killed, have you not seen this!!? Those killed from the Muslims are so many more!!?
Question: From the Muslims?. . . But these actions are essential so that we put fear into their hearts and scare them.
The Shaykh: No!! it is not essential that it is like this.
Question: Then until when do we do this?
The Shaykh: It is not essential that it is done like this! Saad wanted to water the camels, while wearing a gown[1], O Saad camels are not watered like this! (Arabic proverb used when difficult tasks are done inappropriately).
Imagine, if your situation continues like this, what will be the result?
What will the Muslims be watching and witnessing!!? and the Palestinians what will they be slaughtered for, what will be the result?
A Jew is killed and in return tens of Palestinians are killed, thousands imprisoned, what will be the result?
Will this be a victory against the Jews?
This is not the way, in reality the Muslims have now mistaken the way of Jihad, Jihad begins with Jihad an-Nafs (Jihad of one’s own self) like the Messenger -alayhi as-Salat wa Salam- said:
Imagine, if your situation continues like this, what will be the result?
What will the Muslims be watching and witnessing!!? and the Palestinians what will they be slaughtered for, what will be the result?
A Jew is killed and in return tens of Palestinians are killed, thousands imprisoned, what will be the result?
Will this be a victory against the Jews?
This is not the way, in reality the Muslims have now mistaken the way of Jihad, Jihad begins with Jihad an-Nafs (Jihad of one’s own self) like the Messenger -alayhi as-Salat wa Salam- said:
المجاهد من جاهد هواه لله
‘The Mujahid is the one who makes Jihad against his desires for the sake of Allaah.’[2]
I am not talking about the hadeeth which is famous on the tongues of the people:
رجعنا من الجهاد الأصغر إلى الجهاد الأكبر
‘We have returned from the minor Jihad to the major Jihad.’
This is a weak hadeeth[3], however the authentic hadeeth dispenses with the weak one which is the saying of the Messenger -alayhi as-Salat wa Salam:
المجاهد من جاهد نفسه لله
‘The Mujahid is the one who makes Jihad against his own-self and his desires for the sake of Allaah.’
[From Silsilah Huda wa Noor Tape 317, see:
Regarding the Weakness of the Muslims & What Occurs in GazaBy
Shaykh Muhammad bin Umar Bazmool
1 – The truth is clear and beneficial, and falsehood divides and is not beneficial . . . How can a shadow be straight if the twig is crooked!!
They experienced before when they provoked the Jews, how they attacked Gaza and killed the innocent. . . So why do they now provoke them again!
2 – When the Muslims cursed the deities of the Kuffar, the Kuffar cursed Allaah. So Allaah prohibited cursing the deities of the Kuffar.
وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللَّهَ عَدْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ
<< And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allaah, lest they insult Allah wrongfully without knowledge.>> [An'aam: 108]
3 – Also if you bomb them they kill lots of Muslims, along with that if they bomb you, you cannot stop or prevent them. Therefore, it is upon you to refrain from bombing them and provoking them so they do not kill innocent people.
4 - knowing that they will provoke you, and knowing that they will kill Muslims.
knowing that you have no capability against them, therefore, it seems as if you are the ones who want the Muslims to be killed!!
5 – knowing that they returned the dead body of the child on Friday, and knowing, that they know the state the Muslims are in today, therefore, they are engineering a plan for something in which you have cooperated!!’
[Taken from Shaykh Muhammad bin Umar Bazmool's official twitter account dated: 20/07/2014]
All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace
and praise be upon our final
Prophet Muhammad, his
family, his companions
and all those who
follow his
guidance.
[1] He was not appropriately dressed.
[2] [Collected by Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban & Albaani declared its Isnad to be good in ‘Silsilah Saheehah’ No. 1496]
[3] Regarding the Weak Hadeeth
رجعنا من الجهاد الأصغر إلى الجهاد الأكبر
‘We have returned from the minor Jihad to the major Jihad.’
Summary of the Takhreej
A summary of what Shaykh Albaani said regarding the sourcing of this narration:
Hafidh al-Iraqi said in ‘Takhreej al-Ihyaa’ that it was collected by al-Bayhaqi in ‘Zuhd’ from the hadeeth of Jabir, and this Isnaad has a weakness.
Hafidh Ibn Hajr mentions in ‘Takhreej al-Kashaf’ that it has three weak narrators.
Shaykh ul Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah said in ‘Majmoo’ al-Fatawa’: This narration has no origin [La Asl Lahu], and none from the people who are familiar with the sayings of the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and his actions narrate it.
Shaykh Albaani in ‘Silsilah Da’eefah’ declared it Munkar.
[From Silsilah Ahadeeth Da'eefah No. 2460]
al-Bayhaqi collected it in Kitab az-Zuhd and regarded its Isnaad as Da’eef.
Shaykh AbdulAziz bin Baaz said regarding this narration: ‘however, the people of knowledge have clarified, like Ibn al-Qayyim -Rahimullaah- and other than him that this Hadeeth is weak and that it is not authentic.
[Majmoo' al-Fatawa Bin Baaz 26/382]
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen said when it was covered in ‘Sharh al-Mumtta’: ‘however it is a weak hadeeth, not authentic.’
In one of his Fatawa he said: Da’eef Jiddan or Mawdoo’.
[Majmoo' Fatawa Ibn Uthaymeen 27/498]
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