Properties
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Natural
cleansing agent like soap
(Contains
saponins, tannins, anti-bacterial agents and alkaloids) Note: some people who
are allergic to latex may have similar reactions to the sidr alkaloids so
seek advice first before using)
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Mentioned
in Islaam
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Sidr is
mentioned in the Qur’aan in 4 places:
Surah Saba
ayaahs 15 and 16;
Surah Najm
aayahs 7-18;
Surah
Waaqi’ah ayaahs 27-33.
Sidr is
mentioned in the sunnah in numerous ahaadeeth.
It was used
at the time of the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as a soap and
shampoo in different situations:
1.
Wash hair and body (but not for ghusl: pure water
without soap)
2.
Ghusl for entering the religion of Islaam
3.
Wash the dead before burial. "Wash him with water and Sidr and shroud
him in his two cloths".
4.
Remove effects of magic/envy. (Not a sunnah from the
Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) but some scholars have mentioned using
it as a cure)
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Methods
of using
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Sidr for
hair and body:
Add 1
tablespoon of powdered sidr to approximately 1 cup of warm water. Mix it
vigorously with your fingers to make it frothy and like soap suds. Wash your
hair with it, leave on for a few minutes while washing the rest of your body,
then rinse out completely.
A day after
hair has been washed with sidr it will be shiny and full of volume inshaa
Allaah!
Sidr for
washing the dead:
Add one cup
of sidr powder to a bucket of water. Make it frothy with your fingers before
using.
Sidr for
accepting Islaam:
“It is Mashru` (Islamically
prescribed) for anyone who wants to embrace Islam to first say Shahadah then
perform Ghusl. This is according to many Hadiths. It was narrated by Qays ibn `Asim that when
he wanted to embrace Islam, the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered him to
perform Ghusl using water and Sidr (lote tree/ lotus jujube). (Related by the Five Compilers
of Hadith [Imams Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Al-Tirmidhy, Al-Nasa'y, and Ibn Majah]
except for Ibn Majah)” (Shaykh
Bin Baz vol. 11 p37)
Sidr for
removing envy or magic:
“...It is also recommendable to
add seven leaves of Sidr to the water,
as some Salaf (righteous predecessors) used to do, and recite Ayat-ul-Kursy,
Al-Iklas and Al-Mu`awwidhatayn and some Ayahs (verses from the Qur'an) on
removing the magic effect, from Surah Al-A`raf, Surah Yunus and Surah Ta-Ha,
on the water by yourself or by aid of anyone else and this will be helpful,
in sha'a Allah.” (Shaykh Bin Baz part 28 p346)
“...One method of treating
sorcery after its occurrence - it is also an effective remedy for a man who
cannot have sexual intercourse with his wife because of sorcery - is the
following: Take seven leaves of the green Sidr (lote
tree) and pound them with something like a stone; then put them in a vessel
and pour into it an amount of water enough for washing. After that, recite
the following Surahs and Ayahs over the water: Ayat-ul-Kursy, Surahs
Al-Kafirun, Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq, and Al-Nas, and the Ayahs in Surah Al-A`raf
that speak of sorcery. Then drink three times from that water and wash yourself
with the rest. Thus, the illness will be cured, if Allah so wills. This
method may be employed two times or more until the illness is cured...” (Fataawa
of Shaykh bin Baz vol. 3 pp274-282)
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