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clouds
10-08-10, 02:16 AM
I came across this Hadith about snuff or "sa'oot" or "nushooq" in Omani language:

"خـير مـا تداويتــم به الســــــــعوط "
الترمذي
"the best medicine you'll ever be treated with is snuff " Termethi

I did not understand the word "sa'oot" first so I looked it up in the dictionary and found out it to mean snuff, and the meaning of snuff is to sniff dried and ground tobacco leaves which is known locally as "nushooq".

then I surfed the net for the word "sa'oot" mentioned in the Hadith some scholars described it as medicine given through the nose, but no mention about what is that medicine consists of!!!!

then I looked up the benefits of snuff verses smoking tobacco on the net and was surprised to know that tobacco snuff is far more SAFE than smoking and has minimum health risks and many benefits like curing severe head-ache and boost brain power and helps concentration it was used earlier by kings and queens and leaders like Napoleon and scientists and politicians.

then to my greatest surprise and joy I came across another Hadith which proves that "sa'oot" is ground tobacco leaves :

" السعوط أحب إلي من النفخ"
الراوي: الشعبي المحدث: أبو داود

"snuff is lovelier to me than blowing" Abu Dawod

blowing what? Arabs use this word blow "nafkh" for fire or smoke.

so again smoking comes in the Hadith.

this last Hadith is really one of the miracles of the Prophet :PBUH: which proves his Prophecy without a doubt.

so smokers try to switch to snuff, I already did that a couple of days ago and found great joy in it and it's much much better than smoking at least you don't bother anyone else and you can use it almost every where.

PS. you can find it in LULU hypermarket.

Tinta
10-08-10, 02:40 AM
Good to know. :)

FaHaD
10-08-10, 03:19 AM
thanks Clouds for raising the topic about so3oot, i.e le Costus

Sa3oot in arabic is the smoke from a herbal tree called in arabic Qist al-hindi (3ood hindi). Not tobacco as you stated.

there are other hadeeth which stated the same issues:

الصحيحين من حديث أنس رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: خير ما تداويتم به الحجامة, والقسط البحري.
وفي المسند من حديث أم قيس رضي الله عنها عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: عليكم بهذا العود الهندي فإن فيه سبعة أشفية, منها ذات الجنب.

there is also an story where prophet Mohammed (pbuh) adviced a child with nasal bleed and flu to use the indian Qist (Costus). (http://www.alathary.net/vb2/showthread.php?t=8073)

it was advised to use for respiratory infection, gynecology problems..


the scientific knowledge about le costus medical use was identified later. Here are some links on the medical advantage of Costus:

1- 2010: Ostus extracts has Oxytocic effect on non-pregnant rats (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20363701)

2- 2009: role in reproduction (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20033446)
3- 2009: antidiabetic and antilipidemic effect of costus (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19695236)

4- 2009: anticancer effect of yemeni plants..including costus (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19435146)

and list goes on...


so the hadeeth has nothing to do with tobacco. I wonder how you got into your conclusion. I want you to pass to any herbal shop or perfume makers, ask them about this al-qist al-hindi or al-bahri or al-abyadh, or al-araby... it is all related to Costus species of odor plant.

fakhirr
10-08-10, 03:30 AM
so smokers try to switch to snuff, I already did that a couple of days ago i haven't gone across these kinda thing's in my life :(!~so which one are you using , I'll try that snuff in my dictionary as well ~;)~

UmKhalid
10-08-10, 02:43 PM
This Hadeeth has been decided by scholars to be Weak. It was made up by merchants who sell Sa'oot to increase their sales.

The End.

Alex Belucci
10-08-10, 03:10 PM
Nushooq?

Are you telling me that the Nushooq we know in Oman is Sunnah? lol

Jeff
10-08-10, 03:16 PM
Snuff is a tobacco product.

Tobacco is an American plant. It wasn't known outside the New World until the 1600s.

I don't know what these ahadith are about but it's not tobacco snuff.

FaHaD
11-08-10, 11:25 AM
Snuff is a tobacco product.

Tobacco is an American plant. It wasn't known outside the New World until the 1600s.

I don't know what these ahadith are about but it's not tobacco snuff.


but the hadeeth is never about snuff

Lacrymosa
11-08-10, 01:53 PM
so smokers try to switch to snuff, I already did that a couple of days ago and found great joy in it and it's much much better than smoking at least you don't bother anyone else and you can use it almost every where.
Astaghfirullah al 3a'9eem! Smoking, sniffing! :os

Real Muslims would never smoke! You're killing yourself! Drinking is forbidden and Qur'an says that it has some benefits but its harms are way more than its benefits, so HOW about smoking that has NOT even one drop of a benefit?

Some sick people just try to make up hadiths for their own good. :no:

Jeff
11-08-10, 02:59 PM
but the hadeeth is never about snuff

That might well be true!

I was only saying that WHATEVER it is about, it's not about tobacco.