Solat tahajud menyembuhkan pelbagai penyakit

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Solat tahajud di Masjid Al-Kabir, Kuwait pada hari Khamis, malam 27 Ramadhan 1427.
Syeikh Mishary bin Rashid Al Afasi, Surah Ar-Rahman.
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Secara akademik, stres terbukti dapat menggangu daya ketahanan tubuh imunologik. Dalam keadaan ini, tubuh mudah terserang aneka ragam penyakit. Dengan terkendalinya sekresi kortisol yang sering berlangsung secara berlebihan, terapi solat tahajud dapat berfungsi sebagai coping mechanism pereda stres dan akan memperbaiki sistem imun. Baiknya sistem imun akan terhindar dari infeksi dan kanser. Secara teori, pengamal solat tahajud pasti terjamin kesihatannya, baik secara fizikal mahupun mental.

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The Quran and Theory of Pairs

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The Holy Quran and Dirac's Theory of Pairs
Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood
Robin Yasin Qusab

One of Newton's successors to the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge - was one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century. According to Professor Abdus Salam, Dirac's work is one of the monu­ments of modern physical theory [5]. This paper highlights his great Work on the possible existence of all matter in pairs; and the revelation of the same theory in the Holy Quran, thirteen hundred years before Dirac's work.

It is not the author's purpose to convert his readers to his way of seeing the world. He will be satisfied if he is able to provoke thought in the reader's mind. Any con­structively made response, positive or negative, con­tributes to a debate on issues that concern us all. The Holy Quran Research Foundation would be happy to hear from any reader with questions, a thirst for more information, or even with disagreements. Above all, we do not ask you to suspend your disbelief while reading this brief text. Instead, we ask you to use your critical abilities to honestly consider the questions raised.

Dirac's discovery

Dirac had the honour of being the first scientist in history to demonstrate the principle that all particles in the universe must exist in pairs, that for each particle there must exist a corresponding anti-particle of exactly the same mass but with an opposite electrical charge. For all matter in the universe, in other words, there must exist an equal amount of anti-matter. Thus the existence of a proton must imply the possible existence of an anti-proton; if a hydrogen atom exists, there must equally exist an atom of anti-hydrogen, perhaps in some distant corner of the universe. [5]

Equal amounts of matter and anti-matter were produced in the first moments of the Big Bang. In our present universe, however, a particle will not be found co-existing peacefully side by side with its corresponding anti-particle. To understand this, we could retail the old European myth of the doppelganger, the perfect double of the unlucky hero. The message of the stones is always to avoid the doppelganger: if you meet your double you will be destroyed.

Just so, if matter and anti-matter meet they an­nihilate each other, their energy and momentum dissolv­ing into heat and light. According to Dr Abus Salam,

"in Dirac's language, anti-matter is ‘minus matter’; matter and anti-matter just cannot co-exist in the same part of the universe without the everimpending catastrophe of annihilation; and indeed some astronomers do believe that just this type of annihilation of galaxies and anti-galaxies is taking place at the sites of powerful X-ray sources in the heavens." [5]

Dirac predicted the existence of anti-matter in 1934, and the discoveries of specific anti-particles in the following years confirmed his prediction.

The Fish Problem

According to an apocryphal story popular in Cambridge, the germ of Dirac's breakthrough materialized front a mathematical brain-teaser seeming­ly unrelated to theoretical physics. During a meeting of the Cambridge Undergraduate Mathematical Society, the Archimedians, the following problem was presented. Those who like a challenge can try working it out for themselves. The answer is provided below for those whose brains become tangled by figures.

After a long day, three fishermen have caught a good amount of fish. They are about to set sail for home when a storm suddenly builds up. Under raging skies, they decide to seek shelter on a nearby island. They unload their catch and set a fire before falling asleep. A few hours later, one fisherman wakes up to find that the weather has settled enough for a safe return to he possible. Not wanting to disturb his friends, he divides the haul into three equal parts. There is one fish remain­ing, and this the fisherman throws back into the sea. He then leaves with his share.

A little afterwards the second fisherman awakes, also with the desire to get back home. Unaware that one of his friends has already left, he too divides the catch into three equal parts. Again there is one fish remaining, and again this is thrown back into the sea. The fisherman rows off with his portion. Finally the third fisherman arises and goes through the same process, dividing the remaining fish into three parts, finding one fish remain­ing, which he then throws back into the sea. He leaves the island with his portion.

And now for the problem: What is the minimum number of fish in the original catch? To put it another way, what is the smallest number which can be subdivided thrice, leaving one fish outstanding each time?

The Answer

Dirac thought for a while before arriving at the answer: minus two. If you divide minus two fish thrice, each third will contain minus one fish, with plus one fish outstanding. Each time a fisherman throws the plus one fish into the sea, and rows off with the minus one fish. Expressed in an equation, it looks like this:

-2 = -1-1-1 +1

Minus one fish is obviously no use to anyone, and this is certainly a brain-teaser. It is important only that it gave birth to the notion of anti-particles in Dirac's brain, and can help us to understand the mathematical prin­ciple behind his discovery. It led him to the conclusion that all particles exist in opposing pairs, and allowed him to see the symmetry of matter and anti-matter.

The Holy Quran and Dirac's theory

As we have already noted, Dirac was the first man in the history of science to make this profound discovery. For this he must be congratulated, and so must the modern scientific methods which have brought us so much practical information about ourselves and the universe in which we live.

Many centuries before Dirac, however, a text was revealed to an unlettered man in the Arabian desert. Its primary Message was of the existence of one Creator and of an Afterlife in which human beings would be rewarded or punished for their conduct while on earth. But this was no ordinary religious book, for it continually exhorted its readers to examine the natural world around them for the signs of God to develop logical and objective think­ing, and to place a crucial emphasis on education. This book broke down the artificial boundaries which divide material and spiritual study. In the Holy Quran, science and religion are entirely compatible. Indeed, they cannot be distinguished.

In the Quran, we find the following verses, direct­ly relevant to Dirac's discoveries of the pairings and symmetries of the universe's structure:-

"Glory to Allah. Who created all things in pairs, Those that the earth produces, as well as their own (human) kind, and things of which they have no knowledge." (Sura 36:36)

The line ‘Who created all things in pairs’ clearly shows that the Quran is referring to a law of nature; all things on earth and in the heavens, animal, vegetable or mineral (and even sub-atomic), have been created in pairs. (And modern science has evolved around the study of pairs, from the male/female pair which generates animal and plant life to the pairings of quarks and leptons which arc the most basic building blocks of the universe).

The line 'Things of which they have no knowledge' suggests that the theory of pairs is of univer­sal scope. It applies equally at all points in time and space; even in worlds of which we have no knowledge.

Elsewhere in the Quran we find a statement which modern science has spent its history in confirming:

"We have created, in exact measures and proportions." (Sura 51:49)

The line "In exact measures and proportions," is most revealing from a scientific point of view. The Quran was revealed long before the dawning of the scientific age, but it contains the unambiguous lessons that the universe follows certain rules and that it is structured according to a perfect symmetry. Every force in the universe is a definite, of exact measurement and propor­tion following precise laws:-

"And there is not a thing, but its storehouse is with Us, and We send them down, but in definite ascertainable measures." (Sura 15:21)

God, the Absolute Singularity

The Holy Quran refers to God as The first (Al-­Awwal) and The Last (Al-Akhir). The Outermost (Az­-Zahir) and The Innermost (Al-Batin).

"He is the first, nd the Last, He is the Outermost, and the innermost, and He is the knower of all things..." (Sura 57:3)

This verse the first and the last relate to the time domain and 'the outermost' and 'the innermost' to the space domain. As such time and space are the first pair of nature. By extension all pairs are finally unified in the only Singularity in the universe: God. All pairs are aspects of the same reality, to which they all must return the oneness Of God.

But the Quran does not only give us information about the universe. It goes a step further, requiring us to use this information to develop our thinking. As always, the Quran demands the active participation of its reader.

"And of everything, we have created in pairs, that you may reflect." (Sura 51:49)

The Quran here asks us in think, offering both a mental challenge and a proof of God's existence. If we reflect on the paired structure of the universe by using the methods of scientific reductionism, breaking a com­plex system clown into its simplest units, we will finally come back to a single originary point, an absolute sin­gularity, the one source of time and space: ALLAH. (4). As the Quran says:-

"And an that is in the heavens, and all that is in the earth, it is from Allah; and (in the final analysis) Everything will return to Him." (Sura 3:109)

Guidance for the modern age

The Quran comments on many areas of interest to modern science, from medicine to geology. Many verses of the Quran have taken on added significance as new scientific discoveries have been made. In fact, it seems that science has been following the Quran’s lead for centuries.

Furthermore, in an age when progress in such fields as genetic engineering or chemical weaponry has raised complex ethical questions, the Quran teaches the salutary lesson that science should be the servant of mankind, not vice versa. It provides a model for all our endeavours in which symmetry is a prime value. Tech­nological progress must be balanced by a symmetrical spiritual development. The new freedoms that we have won through our expanding knowledge must be balanced by an awareness of our new responsibilities. Otherwise our achievements will turn upon us, polluting our environment, increasing rather than diminishing our suffering. Without the guidance of Islam through the Quran, man with his scientific achievements will be like a child surrounded by dangerous toys.

This book provided the light by which a great scientific culture once thrived. The Muslim world today, cursed as it is by illiteracy, intolerance and superstition, is a poor reflection of that former glory. This is the fault of human beings, not of the message of Islam, whose light continues to shine. Its light is every bit as available to a non-Muslim as it is to someone who has grown up in a Muslim environment. Once we move beyond our habitual beliefs and prejudices, all of us can profit from the message of the Quran. An independent and free­thinking mind is all that is necessary to see its light. If we read, discuss and reflect upon the Quran, we can use that light to guide us now in our explorations of the universe and ourselves.

For this reason, we appeal to you to read the Quran. The example of the Quran's truth presented in this paper is only one starting point. The Quran reveals further riches with each reading. The light of this book, which spoke to 6th Century Arabs of things of which they had no knowledge, can teach modern man too.

References and Recommended Reading

[1] The Holy Quran: with English translation and Commentary by; Mr. Yousaf Al, Mr. Muhammad and Maulana Darya Aback
[2] Maurice Bucaille:"The Bible, the Quran & Science" (The author, a French scientist, became a Muslim after making this study of the relationship between modern science and the scriptures).
[3]Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood: "Doomsday and Life after Death" (234 pages) published by the Holy Quran Research Foundation, Islamabad, 1991.
[4]Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood: "Symmetry of the Universe and the Quran" a paper published in the journal "Science and Technology in the Islamic World, Vol 5, No. 1, Jan 1987. Pub. by the National Science Council of Pakistan.
[5]Abdus Salam: 'Symmetry Concepts in Modern Science". published by the Atomic Energy Centre, Eahore, 1966

The Miraculous Quran Arrangement

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The Miraculous Quran Discovery Concerning Its Arrangement Into Chapters and Parts
Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood
The Holy Quran Research Foundation
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INTRODUCTION

The Holy Quran is the eternal message of the last Messenger of ALLAH to mankind, revealed in Arabia more than fourteen hundred years ago. The qualities of this book may be judged by the unparalleled impact it has had on culture, science and technology, and by its profound influence on the life of the believers. This fact is acknow­ledged by Islam's friends and foes alike [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 7, 8]. The Quran is not a voluminous book, yet it has something to tell us on all subjects, from the Big Bang to the afterworld. All is described in a brief, clear and comprehensive manner, without any contradiction or ambiguity [4, 5, 6, 9]. History has witnessed the rise of those who have followed its teachings. Western civilization is also indebted to the Quran for its rise [9, 18].

The Holy Quran is unique in that its subject matter, its scope of guidance, and the quality of its message and style have never gone out of date. You can read it again and again without tiring. It is the most read and the most acted-upon book in history, and as time passes, more and more people discover its riches.

Our purpose in this paper is to describe a discovery concerning the special arrangement of the Quran into chapters and parts.

THE CHALLENGE OF THE HOLY QURAN

"If mankind and the jinn were together. To produce the like of the Quran. They could never produce in like thereof, Even if they backed up one another." (Sura 17:88)

This challenge is repeated a number of times in the Holy Quran. For example, in Sura 11:33 the chal­lenge is offered as a proof of the divinity of the book:-

"They accuse that he has forged it: Say! then bring ten Stints like it: And call upon whom you can,besides Allah If you are truthful." (Sura 11:33)

The non-believers are again challenged in Sura Al-Baqara.

“If you are in doubt to that Which we have revealed to our servant (Muhammad) Then produce a Sura like it.”

There is no greater proof of the Holy Quran's divinity than this challenge, which has now stood for more than fourteen centuries. Even some honest Chris­tian scholars on Islam have acknowledged this. For ex­ample, Harry Gaylord Dorman, is his 'Towards Understanding Islam', comments,

“It (the Quran) in the literal revelation of God dictated to Muhammad by Gabriel, perfect in every letter. It is an ever present miracle witnessing itself.” [4]

Laura Veccia Verlier, in her ‘Apologie De I'-Islamisme,’ writes:

“The proof of the divinity of the Quran is that it has been preserved intact through the ages” [2]

Professor A.G. Arberry argues that Western misunderstandings of the Quran are,

"due to translations and the tact that the Western reader has not been sufficiently advised how to read the Quran. He must get rid of the assumption that the Holy Quran is more or less like the Old Testament." [5]

F.F. Arbuthnot remarked,

"Although several at­tempts have been made to produce a work equal to it, none has yet succeeded." [3]

THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE HOLY QURAN

The Quran with us today is exactly the same as it was when revealed to the messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H). Whenever any Ayats were revealed, the Prophet personally directed the Quranic scribes to add them to a specific Sura in a specific position. [11]

His followers immediately committed the new verses and the new arrangement to memory. [15]

Thus the messenger of Allah himself (peace be upon him) compiled the Quran in its current format under divine inspiration. Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that the final compilation of Suras be produced in bound book form immediately after the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him) [6, 8, 9, 10]. On the order of the third caliph, Usman (may Allah be pleased with him), several authenticated copies of the original book were made and placed in each capital as a reference copy for the public. One such copy, used by the caliph himself can still be seen in Istanbul's great mosque. [9, 10, 15]

DISCOVERY OF THE MIRACULOUS ARRANGEMENT OF THE QURAN INTO CHAPTERS AND PARTS

The Holy Quran is arranged into 114 Suras of various lengths. Sum Al-Baqara is the longest, spanning about 8% of the Quran and consisting of 286 verses. The smallest is Sura Al-Kohsar, which consists of just three small verses.

The book is divided into thirty equal parts. Each part is known as a 'Juz', and each Juz has a name.

The revelations are not arranged in chronological order. Some of the revelations received in Madina, for instance, are placed with the earlier Meccan Suras, and a very early Meccan Sura is placed at the end. In general, the longer Suras are placed first and the smaller ones come afterwards. However, there are some exceptions to this rule. For example, the first Sura consists of only seven verses, but the following Sura contains 286 ver­ses. [8]

This automatically invites us to question whether there is any logic in the Quran's arrangement, or whether it is simply haphazard. Some possible answers to this question are;

1. The Quran is arranged as it is for aesthetic reasons, and to facilitate reading and memorizing.
2. The longer Suras have been placed first because they deal with social issues of immediate and practical importance, and the shorter Suras have been placed at the end because they lay more stress on spiritual development and the afterlife.
3. The arrangement is haphazard, without any special logic or reason.
4. The arrangement has spiritual significances which we do not yet understand.

This entire means that there is no satisfactory answer to our original question. But this question has been haunting me for some time. If the Quran is a revelation from the Creator of the universe, then it can contain nothing illogical or without significance. Thus the arran­gement of the Quran into chapters and parts must have some deep inner meaning. But what?

One night, as I was offering my prayers, this question began to tickle my mind once again. While praying. I had the idea of listing the Suras in cumulative order with respect to the parts of the Quran; and then to draw a graph between these two quantities to see if there was any logical relationship between them.

This tabulation is shown in Table 1. Column one is the part number and column two is the number of Suras completed at the end of that part. For example, in part one there are only two Suras. At the end of part two there are still only two Suras, because no new Suras have begun. At the end of part three, the total number of Suras is four. As we move forward through the Quran, since the Suras get shorter, their sum outstrips the corresponding part numbers, till at the end of part 30 there are 114 Suras.

TABLE-I: ARRANGEMENT OF THE QURAN INFO SURAS AND PARTS

Figure-I shows the graph drawn between the Suras and the corresponding part numbers. The Suras run along the Y-axis and the parts run along the X-axis.


This is indeed a most unexpected result, and a beautiful one! The points form a perfect curve. This is rare, to say the least. Even in the case of accurately recorded results, quantities are generally scattered around a mean curve.

But in this case we find a perfect harmony, beauti­ful to a scientist's eye. It clearly has a special mathemati­cal message. In any case the arrangement of the Quran into chapters and parts is not ordinary, but very special. There is absolutely no question of any haphazardness in this arrangement.

Is it possible that such an arrangement was made by an unlettered man living fourteen hundred years ago in the desert of Arabia? Mathematics was then in its infancy, to say nothing of the concepts of graphs or complex functions. How could any human author at that time arrange a text according to a complex code?

Thus one cannot help but acknowledge that the Quran is authored not by a man, but by the Creator of the Universe. Not only its contents, but also it’s arrange meant into chapters and parts, is of divine origin (God is Great!)

SIGNIFICANCE

What is the significance of the Holy Quran's special arrangement? This question increases in impor­tance after this discovery. But there is no simple and sure answer. I can only offer my own interpretations.

When it starts, the curve runs parallel to the X-axis, but it never touches zero. It then picks up gradual­ly, finally shooting up explosively near the end.

This curve may signify the spiritual development of the believer as he progresses in the recitation and understanding of the Quran. The fact that this curve does not start from zero may signify a degree of inherent spiritual development. So even non-believers have a basic goodness and awareness of Allah to start with.

As a reader progresses further into the Quran. his spirit begins to develop. In the beginning the rate of development is slow. He attains about 50% development on reaching the 26th part of the Quran. After that his development speeds up, reaching 100% by the end of the Quran.

This may be due to the fact that the initial Suras of the Quran concentrate on the outward reformation of the individual. They contain Dos and Don'ts, guidance on Islamic law and subjects relating to the social and moral aspects of life. Once an individual has ordered his outward life according to the Quran he is then capable of receiving its inner light. Thus the spiritual development of the believer is greatly accelerated in the final stages of his study of the Holy Quran.

CONCLUSION

The arrangement of the Quran into suras and parts is highly meaningful. Possibly it corresponds to the attainment of spiritual heights as one goes through the book with full faith. Or it may relate to the rise of Islam in the world. Whatever it means, we can say beyond doubt that the Holy Quran is not the work of any human author, but a revelation from the Creator of the worlds. To get to its underlying meaning, a research worker should now determine the mathematical function which corresponds to this curve.

But even more important than this is to accept the Quran as the absolute source of truth, and to follow its teachings for our own good in this life and for ultimate success in the life hereafter.

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Footnotes:

[1] Laura Veccia Verlier. Apologie de L'Islamism. France (P57-59)
[2] Dr. Hart Wig Hiraschfeld. New researchers in the com­position and Exegesis of the Quran. London 1902 (P2).
[3] F. F. Arbuthnot. The construction of the Bible and the Quran. London 1885 (P5).
[4] Henry Gaylord Dorman. Towards Understanding Islam. New York. 1948 (P3).
[5] Prof. A. G. Arberry. The Holy Quran. An Introduction with Selections. London 1953 (P17). [6] Prof. Ziauddin Ahmed. Al-Quran: Divine Book of Eternal Value. Royal Rook Company Karachi. 1989.
[7] Maurice Rucaille. The Bible, the Quran and Science. Pakistani edition, Karachi,1979.
[8] Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall. The Glorious Quran: Text and Translation. Islamic Research Institute Press. Is­lamabad. 1936.
[9] Afzalur Rehman. Muhammad. Encyclopaedie of Seerah. Vol 1. Muslim Schools Trust. London 1981.
[10] Dr. La'l Muhammad Chowala. A Study of Al-Quran Karim. Islamic Publications Ltd.Lahore.1991.
[11] Abu Doud. Abu Doud's Book of the Traditions of the Messenger of Allah.
[12] Kenneth Cram. The Call of the Minaret. Oxford University Prs.1956.
[13] S.Bashiruddin Mahmood. Doomsday and life after Death. Holy Quran Research Foundation, ls­lamabad. 1991
[14] Abdul Wadood. Phenomena of Nature and the Quran. Syed Abdul Wodood. Lahore.1971.
[15] Allama Syed Soloman Nadvi. Seere-tun-Nabi. Services Book Club, Rawalpindi.
[16] lftikhar Bin Hasan. The Astonishing Truths o the Holy Quran. Taaha Publishers, London. 1988.
[17] Rashid Khalifa. The Quran: The Visual Presentation of a Miracle. Islamie Productions. Arizona, USA, 1989.
[18] Michael Hart. The 100 Greats: History of the 108 Human Beigns who have influenced Humanity Most. New York.

Kayu Sugi (Siwak): Satu Pembuktian Saintifik

[A Natural Toothbrush-cum-Toothpaste]

Aizatnur Zakaria
School of Dentistry
University of North Sumatera, Indonesia

Tahukah anda bahawa bersugi itu penting dalam Islam?

Daripada Ibn Umar r.a. berkata: Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda, “Jadikan bersugi itu satu amalan, kerana ianya (bersugi) menyihatkan mulut dan merupakan kesukaan kepada Maha Pencipta” ( Hadis Riwayat Al-Bukhari ).

Daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. berkata, Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: “Kalau tidak menyusahkan umatku nescaya aku menyuruh mereka bersugi setiap kali hendak menunaikan solat” (Hadis Riwayat Al-Bukhari).

Kata kunci: Hadith Bukhari, dental caries, siwak (Salvadora persica) extract, anticariogenic.

Penyakit Gigi Karies (Caries)

Penyakit karies atau gigi berlubang masih merupakan topic yang hangat untuk dibicarakan sampai saat ini. Karies merupakan suatu penyakit jaringan keras gigi iaitu enamel, dentin dan sementum yang disebabkan oleh aktiviti bakteria dalam suatu kardohidrat yang dapat diragikan.

Pada tahun ke lima puluhan, Orland dan Keyes dalam penelitiannya memperlihatkan besarnya peranan bakteria dalam pembentukkan karies. Tikus percubaan diberi diet yang sangat kariogenik. Ternyata jika kondisinya dijaga bebas kuman maka karies tidak terbentuk. Ketika bakteria ditambahkan, karies pun muncul.

Plak gigi terbentuk dari saliva, sisa epitel jaringan mulut, sisa makanan dan bakteria. Peniadaan plak sebanyak mungkin setelah makan harus dilakukan kerana plak gigi memegang kunci dalam keberhasilan pembentukan karies. Sesuai yang dikatakan Kantorowicf: “clean teeth never decay” (gigi yang bersih akan sulit rusak). Antara bakteria yang terdapat pada plak gigi adalah jenis Streptococcus mutans, memiliki korelasi positif terhadap asal mula pembentukan karies.

Karies (caries) adalah penyakit multifaktorial yang meliputi (Keyes 1960):
1. Host : Gigi & saliva
2. Agent : Bakteria kariogenik
3. Environment : Substrat (Sukrosa)
4. Waktu

Seiring berkembangnya pengetahuan yang lebih mendalam tentang karies, para peneliti berlumba-lumba untuk menghentikan proses karies. Cara mekanik, kimia dan immunologi merupakan pendekatan yang paling rasional.

WHO telah mentargetkan pada tahun 2010 penduduk usia 20 tahun, 75% nya harus merupakan karies inaktif dan pada tahun 2025 targetnya meningkat menjadi 90%.

Kerisauan Yang Berasas

Di pasaran dunia dan Malaysia khususnya terjadi lambakan barangan keperluan yang diperbuat daripada sumber yang haram dan beracun. Berdasarkan kepada Panduan Halal Haram yang di keluarkan oleh Consumer Association of Penang (2006),

“Lazimnya berus yang diperbuat daripada bulu babi dilabelkan sebagai ‘Pure Bristle’. Selain berus lukisan, berus cat, berus menggosok kasut dan songkok, berus gigi dan berus cukuran dikhuwatiri mengandungi bahan haram ini.”

Disaat umat islam dilanda kebimbangan mengenai status barangan halal khususnya keperluan dalam menjaga kesihatan mulut, Nabi SAW telah memberikan satu solusi yang terbaik sejak 600M yang lalu. Pada zaman nabi telah terdapat pelbagai jenis alat pembersih mulut seperti powder tetapi siwak tetap menjadi pilihan Baginda Saw.

Sejarah Siwak

Beraneka ragam peralatan sederhana digunakan untuk membersihkan mulut dari sisa-sisa makanan, mulai dari batang kayu, ranting pohon, kain, bulu burung, tulang haiwan hingga dari landak. Antara peralatan tradisional yang perlu diketahui sebagai pembersih gigi dan mulut adalah kayu siwak (Salvadora persica). Siwak (Chewing Stick) telah digunakan oleh masyarakat Babilonia semenjak 7000 tahun yang lalu, yang kemudian digunakan pula di zaman Kerajaan Yunani dan Romawi, Yahudi, Mesir dan Kerajaan Islam. Penggunaan chewing stick (kayu kunyah) berasal dari tanam-tanaman yang berbeza-beza pada setiap negera. Di Timur Tengah, sumber utama yang sering digunakan adalah pohon arak (Salvadora persica), di Afrika Barat yang digunakan adalah pohon lemon (Citrus aurantifolia) dan pohon limau (Citrus sinesis). Akar tanaman Senna (Cassiva vinea) digunakan oleh orang Amerika berkulit hitam, Laburnum Afrika (Cassica sieberianba) digunakan di Sierre Leone serta Neem (Azadirachta indica) digunakan secara meluas di benua India.

Emslie (1996) cit Babay (1999) melaporkan untuk pertama kalinya adanya prevelensi karies lebih rendah pada pengguna siwak dibandingkan dengan pengguna berus gigi biasa di Negara Sudan. Baghdady dan Ghose (1979) cit Babay (1999) juga melaporkan prevelensi karies yang rendah pada anak-anak sekolah di Negara Sudan akibat dari penggunaan siwak.

Pada penelitian Almas, Skaug dan Ahmad (2004) ekstrak siwak memiliki daya antibakteria terhadap Streptococcus mutans dan Streptococcus faekalis. Kelebihan siwak dalam membersihkan gigi dan mulut menurut Hardie dan Ahmed (1995) cit Darout, Skaug (1995) disebabkan oleh kesan mekanik dari serat-serat batang dan siwak mampu melepaskan zat aktif yang sangat bermanfaat. Hal ini mungkin merupakan jawapan terhadap prevelensi karies yang rendah di Sudan. Secara in-vitro menurut laporan Al-lafi dan Ababneh (1999) cit Darout et al (2001) siwak dapat menginhibisi (menghambat) pembentukan plak gigi, pertumbuhan dan produksi asid oleh beberapa bakteria kariogenik. Berikut laporan WHO mengenai khasiat kayu sugi (chewing stick):

WHO pada tahun 1984 dan Consensus Statement on Oral Hygiene (2000) menganjurkan penggunaan chewing stick (kayu sugi) kerana efektivitinya dalam menghilangkan plak dan mencegah karies gigi.

Nilai pharmacology Siwak

Penelitian El-Mostehy et al (1995) cit Darout (2000) tentang analisis kandungan batang kayu siwak kering (Salvadora persica) dengan ekstrak menggunakan etanol 80% kemudian dilanjutkan dengan ether lalu diteliti kandungannya melalui prosedur kimia seperti: trimetilamin, alkaloid (di duga sebagai salvadorin), klorida, sejumlah besar tannin, saponin, flavanoid, dan sterol. Darout et al (2000) melaporkan bahawa daya antimikrobial dan effect pembersih pada siwak telah terdeteksi pada ekstraknya. Kesan ini dipercaya berhubungan dengan tingginya kandungan Sodium Klorida dan Pottasium Klorida seperti salvadourea dan salvadorine, saponin, tannin, vitamin C, silika dan resin, juga cyanogenic glycoside dan benzylsothio-cyanate.

Komposisi Siwak mempunyai kesan sebagai berikut: (Tubaishat et al 2005):

1. Trimethylamine berguna untuk menghilangkan karang gigi dan stain (kotoran), juga sebagai anti-bakteria, anti-inflamasi dan mampu menstimulasi gingiva.
2. Chloride sebagai penghalang pembentukkan calculus dan membantu menghilangkan stain ekstrinsik dari gigi.
3. Flouride berfungsi untuk memperkuat enamel gigi, mendukung remineralisasi sehingga mencegah terjadinya karies gigi.
4. Ion flour juga membentuk kesan penghalang terhadap pertumbuhan bakteria pada plak gigi.
5. Silika suatu bahan abrasif yang berfungsi membantu membersihkan gigi kerana silika bekerja sebagai bahan pembersih yang dapat menghilangkan kotoran.
6. Vitamin C membantu penyembuhan dan perbaikan jaringan gusi.
7. Tannin atau molekul phenolic yang mengandung zat astrigen yang dapat melindungi gingiva.
8. Saponin mempunyai sifat seperti sabun yang dapat melarutkan kotoran, dan dapat digunakan sebagai anti-inflamasi (peradangan) dan anti-mikrob.
9. Flavonoids berfungsi menguatkan gingiva dan dapat mengurangi inflamasi (radang) 10. Sterol dapat mengurangi penumpukan plak.
11. Salvadorine berfungsi sebagai anti-bakteria, anti-inflamasi dan gingiva stimulating.Resins adalah produk amorphous yang membentuk lapisan pelindung untuk mencegah gigi dari karies.
12. Sulfur bau dan rasanya yang pedas digunakan untuk melindungi gigi dari karies.
13. Komponen anionik antibakteria adalah sulphate (SO42-), chloride (Cl-) dan thiocyanate (SCN-).

Peranan Siwak Sebagai Anti-karies

Almas dan Al-Zeid (2004) meneliti in-vivo kesan antibacterial yang cepat terhadap Streptococcus mutans dengan menghitung koloni bacteria dalam saliva pada subjek pengguna siwak, ekstrak siwak 50%, berus gigi, dan normal sanlin. Pengukuran menggunakan Vivacare (Caries Risk Test). Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahawa ekstrak siwak 50% mampu menurunkan kadar hitungan bacteria Streptococcus mutans dalam saliva dan menunjukkan penurunan bermakna Streptococcus mutans yang lebih besar pada penguna siwak dibandingkan penguna berus gigi biasa.

Cara Penggunaan Siwak

Orang menggunakan siwak dalam bentuk batang atau stick kayu dengan cara:
1. Batang atau cabang siwak dipotong berukuran pensil dengan panjang 15-20 cm. Stick kayu siwak ini dapat dipersiapkan dari akar, tangkai, ranting, atau batang tanamannya. Stick dengan ukuran diameter 1 cm dapat di gigit dengan mudah dan dapat memberikan tekanan yang tidak merusak gusi apabila digunakan.
2. Kulit dari stick siwak ini dihilangkan atau di buang hanya pada bahagian hujung stick yang akan di pakai sahaja.
3. Siwak yang kering dapat merusak gusi, sebaiknya direndam dalam air segar selama 1 hari sebelum digunakan. Selain itu, air tersebut juga dapat digunakan untuk kumur-kumur.
4. Bahagian ujung stick siwak yang sudah dihilangkan kulit luarnya digigit-gigit atau dikunyah-kunyah sampai berjumbai seperti berus.
5. Bahagian siwak yang sudah seperti berus digosokkan pada gigi, dan boleh digunakan untuk membersihkan lidah.

Dengan pesatnya perkembangan teknologi dan ilmu pengetahuan moden maka siwak digunakan dengan cara diolah dahulu kemudian ekstraknya dimasukkan dalam ubat gigi. Suryadi et al (2006) menunjukkan bahwa ubat gigi siwak mampu menginhibisi (menghambat) strain lokal Streptococcus mutans yang diisolasi dari gigi manusia.

Siwak Menerajui Era Sains dan Teknologi

Bagi menyimpulkan kelebihan siwak berbanding ubat gigi biasa, M. Ragaii El-Mostehy et al melaporkan dalam Siwak as an Oral Health Device (Preliminary Chemical and Clinical Evaluation):

“It could be concluded that Siwak and powdered Siwak are excellent tools for oral cleanliness. Because of its availability in this part of the world, being inexpensive and readily adopted by Moslems as part of their religious regimen, it is highly recommended in implementing a preventive dental health program for Islamic countries. Also recommendations should be directed to manufacturers of toothpastes to include the powdered form of Siwak in a highly debriding sophisticated toothpaste.”

Sayyid Quthb menegaskan bahawa ilmu memberi kita pengetahuan relatif dan tidak final serta boleh sahaja ia direvisi atau dibatalkan, sedangkan Al-Quran & Hadith memberikan kita hakikat yang final dan mutlak. Fakta hadith hanya menyebutkan bahawa bersugi menyihatkan mulut dan kesukaan Maha Pencipta. Itu sahaja. Kita tidak mengomentari ini (hadith) dengan itu (kesimpulan ilmu pengetahuan) untuk selama-lamanya!

Wallahua’lam.
Al-Fakir ila Rabbihi

Rujukan:

1. Poisonous Toothpaste Discovered In Chicago Stores
2. M.Ragaii El-Mostehy et al Siwak as an oral health device (preliminary chemical and clinical evaluation)

BEKAM: Sunnah Nabi dan Mukjizat Medik [Siri2]

Bekam Menurut Perspektif Dunia Perubatan Moden

Oleh:
Ahmad Aizatnur Bin Haji Zakaria.
USU School Of Dentistry

Latar Belakang Bekam

"If there is any good in your medical treatments, it is in the knife of the cupper, drinking honey or cauterization with fire, as appropriate to the cause of the illness, but I would not like to be cauterized ."

(Ancient Islamic text dating back nearly 1500 years ago.)

Ilmu pengubatan hijamah/bekam warisan nabi ini ternyata dalam dunia perubatan barat sudah lebih popular dibandingkan masyarakat muslim dan lebih dikenali sebagai cupping atau istilah yang semakna dengannya. Buku “The Connective Tissue as The Physical Medium for Conduction of Healing Energy In Cupping Therapeutic Method” yang di tulis oleh Kohler D (1990) menjelaskan betapa jaringan-jaringan penghubung di dalam tubuh manusia merupakan media fizik untuk menghantar suatu energi. Apabila terjadi gangguan dalam jaringan tersebut, maka metabolisme tubuh menjadi tidak seimbang dan tubuh akan merasa tidak nyaman. Bekam merupakan salah satu cara untuk mendapat kesembuhan.

verdana;">Tim Handley of the BBC 'had conventional acupuncture and cupping therapy for a painful shoulder. He told BBC News Online: "I had four treatments and it really knocked it on the head. It was brilliant. After the first time I had it I felt absolutely fantastic. The difference was so tangible. It was wonderful." '

Sebagai alternatif pengubatan, bekam merupakan kaedah yang paling tepat ketika dunia perubatan moden tidak mampu mengatasinya. Tanpa teknologi canggih, pembekaman pada satu poin di antara poin-poin istimewa di sekitar tengkuk sahaja dapat menyembuhkan 72 penyakit. Sebuah buku juga telah ditulis oleh Thomas W. Anderson (1985) yang berjudul “100 Diseases Treated by Cupping Method”, yang ternyata sesuai dengan hadith Nabi disekitar 600M yang diriwayatkan oleh At-Thobroni:

Rasulullah bersabda, “Hendaklah kalian semua melakukan pengubatan dengan bekam di tengah tengkuk, kerana sesungguhnya hal itu merupakan ubat dari tujuh puluh dua penyakit”

Poin-Poin Istimewa

Poin istimewa di atas setelah dilakukan penelitian ternyata merupakan “motor points” pada perlekatan neuromuscular (neuromuscular attachment) yang mengandungi banyak mitokondria, kaya salur darah, mengandung tinggi mioglobin, sebahagian besar selnya menggunakan metabolisme oksidatif, dan lebih banyak mengandung cell mast/basophils, lymph nodes, capillary, venule, bundle dan nerve plexus serta hujung saraf akhir, di banding dengan bukan poin istimewa. Callison menyatakan:

A motor point is defined as “the most electrically excitable area of the muscle, and represents the greatest concentration of nerve endings”. Motor points are not exact anatomical points, but follow a reasonable fixed pattern of locations. These points can be identified clinically as the site where a twitch may be evoked in response to minimal electrical stimulation without producing contraction elsewhere in the muscle. Motor points are located on the skin over the muscle and correspond approximately to the level at which the nerve enters the muscle belly. This area is known as the neuromuscular junction or zone of innervation.

Komunikasi Antar-Sel dalam Sistem Imun

Menurut pandangan Psikoneuroimmunologi, sistem imun tidak berdiri sendiri tetapi dipengaruhi oleh sistem lain, yaitu sistem saraf dan sistem endokrin. Pengaruh ini terlaksana melalui hantaran signal antar-sel (intercell-signalling) sehingga menghasilkan komunikasi antar-sel (cell-communication). Albert membezakan empat cara komunikasi antar sel:

1. Komunikasi melalui molekul signal
2. Komunikasi melalui molekul terpapar membran
3. Komunikasi melalui hubungan celah (gap junction)
4. Komunikasi melalui molekul signal masih dapat dibahagi lagi bergantung pada letak sel sasaran

Pengaruh Bekam Terhadap Respons Ketahanan Tubuh

Mereka membuktikan apabila melakukan pembekaman pada satu poin, maka di kulit (kutis), jaringan bawah kulit (sub kutis), fascia dan ototnya akan terjadi kerusakan dari sel mast/basofil dan lain-lain. Akibat kerusakan ini akan dilepaskan beberapa zat seperti serotonin, histamine, bradikinin, slow reacting substance (SRS), serta zat-zat lain yang belum diketahui. Zat-zat ini menyebabkan terjadinya dilatasi (pengembangan) kapiler dan arteriol serta flare reaction pada daerah yang di bekam. Dilatasi kapiler juga dapat terjadi di tempat yang jauh dari tempat pembekaman. Ini menyebabkan terjadi perbaikan microcirculation salur darah. Akibatnya timbul kesan relaksasi otot-otot yang kaku serta akibat vasodilatasi umum akan menurun tekanan darah secara stabil. Yang terpenting adalah dilepaskannya corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF), serta releaseing factors lainnya seperti adenohipofise. CRF selanjutnya akan menyebabkan terbentuknya ACTH, corticotrophin, dan corticosteroid. Corticosteroid ini mempunyai kesan penyembuhan peradangan serta menstabilkan permeabiliti sel.

Sedangkan golongan histamine yang ditimbulkannya mempunyai manfaat dalam proses reparasi (perbaikan) sel dan jaringan yang rusak, serta memacu pembentukan reticulo endothelial cell (REC), yang akan meninggikan daya resistensi (daya tahan) dan imunisasi (kekebalan tubuh). Sistem imun ini terjadi melalui pembentukan interleukin (IL) dari sel kerana faktor neural, peningkatan jumlah sel T kerana peningkatan enkephalin dan endorphin yang merupakan mediator antara susunan saraf pusat dan sistem imun, subsansi P yang mempunyai fungsi parasimpatis dan sistem imun, serta peranan kelenjar pituitary dan hypothalamus anterior yang memproduksi CRF.

Penelitian lainnya menunjukkan bahawa pembekaman di kulit akan menstimulasi kuat saraf permukaan kulit yang akan dilanjutkan pada cornu posterior medulla spinalis melalui saraf A-delta dan C, serta tractus spino thalamicus ke arah thalamus yang akan menghasilkan endorphin. Sedangkan bahagian rangsangan lainnya akan diteruskan melalui serabut aferen simpatik menuju ke motor neuron dan menimbulkan reflek intubasi nyeri. Efek lainnya adalah dilatasi salur darah kulit dan peningkatan kerja jantung.

Pada sistem endokrin terjadi pengaruh pada sistem sentral melalui hypothalamus dan pituitary sehingga menghasilkan ACTH, TSH, FSH-LH, ADM. Sedangkan melalui sistem periferi langsung berefek pada organ untuk menghasilkan hormon-hormon insulin, thyroxin, adrenalin, corticotrophin, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone. Hormon-hormon inilah yang bekerja di tempat jauh dari titik yang di bekam untuk tujuan penyembuhan segala penyakit.

Ustaz Dr Ali Muhammad Muthowi, beliau adalah Dekan Pertama Fakulti Perubatan Al-Azhar dan Pakar Radiologi dan Tumor mengatakan tentang hijamah/bekam:

“Hijamah merupakan pengubatan yang popular dan banyak digunakan di Mesir hingga akhir-akhir ini. Ia memiliki landasan ilmiah yang cukup dikenal iaitu bahawa organ-organ dalam tubuh berhubungan dengan bagian-bagian tertentu pada kulit manusia di titik masuk saraf yang menyalurkan makanan kepada organ-organ tersebut di saraf tulang belakang. Dengan adanya hubungan ini, maka dengan rangsangan apapun yang di arahkan pada kulit mana pun pada bagian tubuh ini, akan mempengaruhi organ-organ internal yang berhubungan dengan kulit ini. Teori ini sama dengan yang digunakan untuk pengubatan jarum akupuntur China untuk mengubati penyakit-penyakit.”

Caroline Rea menyatakan mengenai terapi acupuncture:

“People often use acupuncture to relieve pain. Western medical researchers who have studied acupuncture believe that it may reduce pain through body chemicals that have calming effects (opioid peptides), or by affecting glands (such as the hypothalamus) that produce substances the body uses.”

Seorang peneliti Jerman pula menyatakan:

“Sungguh, bekam mampu memberikan hasil sepuluh kali lipat dibandingkan pengubatan dengan metod tusuk jarum China (Acupuncture)”

Dr Amir Muhammad Sholih (Pensyarah Undangan di Universiti Chichago, peraih penghargaan di Amerika di bidang pengubatan natural dan anggota Organisasi Alternative Medicine di Amerika) mengatakan:

“Pengubatan dengan bekam telah dipelajari dalam kurikulum-kurikulum perubatan di Amerika. Mereka yang menjalankan pengubatan dengan bekam boleh menggunakan peta titik-titik saraf di tubuh yang biasa digunakan oleh pelaku pengubatan tusuk jarum (acupuncture) untuk mengubati penyakit yang sama. Tetapi dalam acupuncture, yang dihasilkan hanyalah rangsangan terhadap titik saraf, sedangkan dalam bekam, selain dihasilkan rangsangan pada titik saraf, juga terjadi pergerakan aliran darah dan rangsangan terhadap organ kekebalan tubuh.”

(Artikel di Majalah berbahasa arab Al-Ahrom. Eds 218, Mei 2001M)

Menurut Ibnu Qoyyim Al-Jauziyyah dalam Thibbun Nabawi, bahwa pengubatan bekam harus dilakukan secara bersamaan dan terpadu dengan pemakaian bahan-bahan alami seperti madu, habbatussauda, herba yang bersesuaian disertai zikir mahupun doa di setiap waktu dan setiap melakukan aktiviti. Diikuti doa-doa ruqyah syar’iyyah, mengamalkan islam secara nyata sebagai alternative untuk memperbaiki respons emosional positif dan mengefektifkan coping.

Kesimpulan

Orang barat mulai mengadakan pelbagai riset dan penelitian tentang pengubatan alternatif (thibbun nabawi) dengan hasil yang melampaui semua perkiraan, sementara kita masih menyembunyikan kepala di dalam pasir. Dunia sains perubatan moden menjadi ’tercengang’ dengan model pengubatan bekam kerana terbukti memiliki daya penyembuh segala penyakit bahkan yang tergolong dalam penyakit acute seperti penyakit jantung, ginjal, peparu, diabetes, tumor, stroke dan sebagainya. Usaha penulis ini ternyata masih memerlukan orang lain yang akan menyempurnakan kekurangannya dan meluruskan kesalahannya.

Justeru wahai Para Ilmuan yang terhormat! jika kita ingin membicarakan bekam sebagai salah satu cabang thibbun nabawi maka harus ada amanah dan tanggungjawab untuk melakukan perbandingan yang saksama antara perubatan moden dan alternatif sehingga kita memiliki landasan ilmiah yang kukuh. Apabila Quran & Sunnah difahami dan dihayati secara jelas maka iman umat islam dapat meningkat sekali gus mencapai kecemerlangan. Mudah-mudahan umat ini memahami bahawa dengan mengamalkan dan menegakkan keseluruhan syariat Allah SWT di muka bumi adalah kewajipan bertujuan mengaktualisasikan keislaman kita.

"Sesungguhnya pada Rasulullah SAW contoh teladan yang baik untuk kamu jadikan ikutan, bagi sesiapa mengharapkan keredaan Allah dan balasan baik pada hari akhirat, dan dia dalam keadaan baik mengingati Allah." (Surah Al-Ahzaab, ayat 21)

Wallahua’lam

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1. Al-Quran Terjemahan Syamil
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BEKAM: Sunnah Nabi & Mukjizat Medik [Siri1]

Alat Hijamah/Bekam Moden

Sunnah Qauliyyah dan Nasihat Penghuni Langit

Sebelum saya memulai memberikan penjelasan mengenai BEKAM: Sunnah Nabi & Mukjizat Medik di Madrasah Said Hawwa Research Foundation ini, saya akan mengulang pertanyaan yang di lontarkan oleh Syihab Al-Badri Yasin dalam bukunya kepada para pembaca.

“Apakah anda pernah mendengar istilah bekam?”

“Apakah anda pernah di bekam?”

Berbahagialah apabila anda menjawab, “Pernah”. Sebab dari questioner yang ditujukan secara rawak kepada kaum muslimin menunjukkan bahawa yang belum mendengar istilah bekam (atau istilah bekam yang sejenis) adalah sebanyak 80% sedangkan yang belum pernah di bekam adalah 90%.

Saya menghadirkan di hadapan anda sebuah khazanah terpendam dan mutiara tersembunyi, sunnah yang semakin dilupakan banyak umat islam. Penyembuh kepada segala penyakit dengan izin Allah.

Islam Ajaran Yang Syumul

Islam adalah ajaran yang lengkap lagi komprehensif. Konsep kesempurnaan ini dikenali sebagai syumuliyah dalam islam. Hal ini dinyatakan Allah dalam surah al-Maidah ayat 3:

“Pada hari ini aku sempurnakan agamamu dan aku sempurnakan nikmat ku ke atas mu dan aku redhai islam menjadi agamamu”.

Bagi memperincikan lagi konsep ini, dalam Usul 20 Imam Hasan Al-Banna berkata:

“Ajaran islam adalah menyeluruh mencakupi kesemua bidang kehidupan. Islam adalah Negara dan watan atau pemerintah dan umat. Ia juga adalah pengetahuan dan undang-undang ataupun ilmu dan kehakiman. Islam juga menekankan aspek kebendaan dan harta ataupun usaha dan kekayaan. Di samping itu, islam mementingkan jihad dan dakwah ataupun ketenteraan dan fikrah. Islam adalah akidah yang benar dan ibadah yang sah.”

Oleh itu, kesyumulan islam juga merangkumi dalam bidang perubatan. Ternyata, kaum muslimin jarang sekali yang mahu mendalami ilmu perubatan warisan Nabi SAW yang sangat lengkap. Antara sebahagian perubatan warisan Nabi yang dilupakan adalah bekam. Dunia barat pada hari ini telah melakukan pelbagai penelitian dan pembuktian saintifik terus-menerus yang akhirnya mereka terapkan dalam kehidupan seharian. Walaupun mereka tidak menamakannya sebagai bekam tetapi mereka tetap memakai prinsip kerja bekam yang sama. Menyedut darah, mengumpulkannya dan mengeluarkannya. Sudah tentu dengan teknik dan teknologi yang lebih canggih. Hingga muncullah ahli bekam dari Negara barat seperti DR. Michael Reed Gach dari California dengan bukunya Potent Poins, a Guide to Self Care For Common Ailments atau penelitian Kohler D (1990) dengan bukunya The Connective Tissue as The Physical Medium for Conduction of Healing Energy in Cupping Therapeutic Methode.

Ketika kaum muslimin mengetahui hal ini, mereka terhairan-hairan dan mengagungkan bahawa itulah methode perubatan barat yang canggih. Padahal ia adalah ilmu yang mereka tinggalkan dan diserahkan kepada barat. Imam Syafie pernah berkata sebagai menyayangkan pengabaian umat islam terhadap ilmu perubatan:

“Mereka (kaum muslimin) mengabaikan sepertiga ilmu dan menyerahkan kepada orang-orang Yahudi dan Nasrani.”

Saya telah menghimpun sejumlah hadith Nabi Muhammad SAW daripada sebuah buku karangan Syihab Al-Badri Yasin yang bertajuk ”Al-Hijamah Sunnah Nabawiyah wa Mu’jizah Thoyyibah”. (Peneliti amat menggalakkan kepada para pembaca supaya membaca tulisan beliau). Justeru, saya mendapati bahawa Rasulullah SAW telah lama mengajarkan kepada kita mengenai ilmu perubatan yang efektif hampir 1400 tahun yang lalu. Suatu therapy yang mempunyai khasiat penyembuhan yang sungguh luar biasa dan hanya terungkap pada sekitar abad ke 20.

Sunnah Qauliyyah dan Nasihat Penghuni Langit

Hadith Pertama:

Diriwayatkan dalam Shohih Bukhari, Said bin Jubair berkata dari Ibnu Abbas bahawa Rasulullah SAW bersabda:

”Kesembuhan dapat diperoleh dengan tiga cara. Pertama minum madu. Kedua, dengan pembekaman. Ketiga, dengan besi panas, dan aku tidak menganjurkan ummatku melakukan pengubatan dengan besi panas” (Shohih Bukhari)

Hadith Kedua:

Dari Jabir Bin Abdillah ra ia berkata, saya pernah mendengar Nabi SAW bersabda:

”Jika ada yang terbaik pada ubat-ubatan kalian, maka itu terdapat pada sayatan alat bekam, minuman madu, atau sundutan dengan api yang tepat pada penyakit. Tetapi aku tidak suka berubat dengan ’kay’ ” (Shohih Bukhari)

Hadith Ketiga:

Dalam riwayat Tirmidzi dari Ibnu Mas’ud dan riwayat Baihaqi:

”Aku tidak berjalan di hadapan sekelompok malaikat pun pada malam ketika aku diisra’kan, kecuali mereka berkata, ’Wahai Muhammad, perintahkanlah umatmu agar berbekam!’ ” (Shohihul Jami’: 5671)

Hadith Keempat:

Tirmidzi meriwayatkan dalam Sunan-nya, dari Ibnu Mas’ud yang berkata:

”Rasulullah SAW suatu ketika bercerita tentang malam ketika beliau diisra’kan, bahawa beliau tidak berlalu pada satu kelompok malaikat pun kecuali mereka menyuruh beliau dengan mengatakan, ’Perintahkanlah ummatmu agar berbekam’ ”

Ahmad juga meriwayatkan dalam musnadnya, sabda beliau, ”Ini (bekam) adalah sebaik-baik cara pengubatan yang digunakan oleh manusia” (Al-Bashriyyin : 19237, Shohih)

Hadith Kelima:

Rasulullah SAW bersabda, ”Sesungguhnya cara pengubatan paling ideal yang kalian pergunakan adalah hijamah (bekam)” (Shahih Bukhari dan Muslim)

Berdasarkan kepada hadith-hadith di atas jelaslah kepada kita bahawa bekam merupakan perintah daripada Nabi Muhammad SAW. Bekam juga adalah terapi yang sangat dianjurkan oleh penduduk langit. Nasihat ini merupakan penghormatan para malaikat sebagai sambutan atas kunjungan Nabi SAW (orang yang dikunjungi wajib menghormati orang yang mengunjungi). Bekam adalah nasihat emas dari para malaikat yang berbakti kepada ”penghulu manusia” pada malam yang diberkati. Adalah sangat tidak masuk akal sekiranya ummat islam mengabaikan kaedah pengubatan yang langsung turun dari langit ini!

Imam Al-Ghazali berpendapat, yang dinukilkan dalam kitab Taysirul Fiqih lil Muslimil Mu’ashir oleh Dr Yusuf Qardhawi pada hal. 235-236:

”Al-Hijamah/Bekam adalah termasuk fardhu kifayah. Jika di suatu wilayah tidak ada seorang yang mempelajarinya, maka semua penduduknya akan berdosa. Namun jika ada salah seorang yang melaksanakannya serta memadai, maka gugurlah kewajipan dari yang lain”.

Dalil-dalil inilah yang menjadi green light bagi saya untuk terus menyelidik, mempelajari sekaligus mempraktikkan ilmu pengubatan bekam dalam kehidupan. Saya mesti mempelajari syariatullah dan sunnatullah. Pengkajian secara sistematik harus diteruskan kerana hanya selepas Quran & Sunnah difahami dan dihayati sahaja iman umat islam ini dapat meningkat sekali gus mencapai kecemerlangan.

Saya perlu menyatakan bahawa terapi bekam adalah cukup sederhana iaitu pengumpulan darah dari kulit melalui hisapan pertama pada poin-poin istimewa dengan menggunakan alatan bekam. Kemudian penyayatan(tusukan) ringan dilakukan pada bahagian luar kulit, kemudian penghisapan sekali lagi, sehingga darah keluar dan terwujudlah kesembuhan dengan izin Allah.

Subhanallah.

Kaedah Mudah Terapi Bekam

Nantikan artikel selanjutnya, BEKAM: Sunnah Nabi & Mukjizat Medik [Siri2]. Bekam Menurut Perspektif Dunia Perubatan Moden.

Oleh

Ahmad Aizatnur Bin Zakaria.
Pelajar Tahun Dua.
Fakulti Pergigian.
Universiti Sumatera Utara, Indonesia.

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