Medicine of the Prophet

Olives and Olive Oil
‘By the Fig and the Olive, And the Mount of Sinai,
And this City of security, We have indeed created man
in the best of moulds, Then do We abase him (to be)
the lowest of the low, Except such as believe and do
righteous deeds: for they shall have a reward unfailing.
Then what can, after this, contradict thee, as to the
Judgment (to come)? Is not All\h the wisest of Judges?’
Qur’\n, at-T|n, 95:1-8
‘Also a tree springing out of Mount Sinai, which produces oil
and relish for those who use it for food.’
Qur’\n, al-Mu’min[n, 23:20
Mount Sinai is renowned for its olive trees. Many claim that the best
olive trees in Arabia are those growing in the region of Mount Sinai.
Further All\h I calls the olive tree a blessed tree,
‘All\h is the light of the heavens and the Earth.
The parable of His light is as a niche and in it a lamp:
the lamp enclosed in glass; the glass as it were a brilliant star:
lit from a blessed tree, an Olive (tree),
neither of the East nor of the West,
whose oil is well-near luminous, though fire scarce touched it:
Light upon light! All\h doth guide whom He will to His light:
All\h sets forth parables for men: and All\h knows all things.’
Qur’\n, an-N[r, 24:35
The Prophet r himself ate olives and also used olive oil and instructed
his followers to do the same.
`Umar ibn al-kha{{\b t narrated that he heard the Prophet r say,
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