No
Quranic references of cress are found. There are many types of cress.
Types:
-
1.
Garden cress (Also known as pepper cress).
2.
Land cress.
3. Water cress
Names
1.
Latin name is Lepidium sativum.
2.
English name is Cress.
3.
Arabic name is Al-Rashad. (Hubbur Rashad).
4.
Hadees name for its seeds is As-Safa & its plant is called
as Hurf.
5.
In Syria it is called as Al-Baqdosnis Al-Haad.
6.
Hindi and Urdu name is Chandrashoor, kachri Methi.
7. Its seeds are called in
Hindi & Urdu as Halim, Chandrashoor etc.
Prophet
ﷺ’s guidance about Cress )الثفاء( : -
Cress,
a cure for all diseases: -
1. Hazrat Abu Hurairah ؓ said to Qais Ibn Rafe’ ؓ that Rasoolullah ﷺ said that “You have Cress present for you; Allah (Ta’ala) has put healing in it for every
disease. [Al-Tibb Al-Nabawi (Al-Jawzi); page no.
640.]
Two
Bitter things: -
2. Hazrat Abdullah
Bin Abbas رضي الله عنهما says that Nabi ﷺ asked
“What kind of healing is in two bitter things Cress & Aloe Vera ”.
[Al-Haawi
Al-Kabeer vol no. 3; page no. 243]
To
fumigate our houses: -
3. Hazrat Abdullah
Bin Jafar & Hazrat Aaban Bin Saleh Bin Anas ؓ says that Nabi ﷺ advice
to fumigate (dhooni with smokes) our house with dried cress leaves Mor &
Thymes .
[Baihaqi:
5679]
4. Hazrat Abdullah
Bin Jafar ؓ says that Nabi ﷺ said
that “Fumigate your houses with dried cress leaves [Baihaqi:
5678]
Al-Sheeh mentioned in
Hadees are (according to many scholars) dried leaves of cress (may also be some
other herbs). Sau’atar mentioned in Hadees is Thymus serphyllum & it is
used in fumigation (dhooni) (Refer Lesson no. 31), Mur mentioned in Hadees is a gum of a tree. (Refer Lesson no. 47)
refer Lesson no. 45 Loban.
Loban mentioned in
Hadees is
called as Olibanum (Styrax benzoin) & Frankin cense in English. It is
obtained from a tree, it is gum of it. (Refer Lesson no. 45 Loban
( also).
Contents:
-
carbohydrates, sugar,
dietary fibers, protein, vitamin A, beta carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, vitamin
B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, vitamin E, vitamin K, Calcium, iron, manganese,
phosphorous, potassium.
Scientific benefits of
cress: -
1. Good for eye diseases.
2. Increases sexual
desire.
3. Reduces allergy, worms,
cough.
4. Helps in dysentery,
scurvy diseases, asthma, chronic cough, removes phlegm.
5. Reduces swelling, pain,
bronchitis, bleeding.
6. Helps in piles,
diabetes, leprosy, skin diseases.
7. It stops diarrhea &
leucorrhoea.
8. Improves lungs
function.
9. Heals dyspepsia,
lumbago, spleenomegaly.
10. It increases urine
output.
11. Reduces fever.
Science
& Hadees regarding Cress : -
In
Hadees, it is mentioned that use cress for curing your disease because it has
healing in all disease: -
According to research
its therapeutic uses are for: - Coughs, headache, colds, bronchial ailments,
tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema, stress, pain, arthritis, stiff back &
joints, diabetes, anemia, constipation, cataracts, failing eyesight, night
blindness, leukemia, cancer, hemorrhages, heart diseases, eczema, scabies, body
deodorizer, edema, bleeding gums, weight loss, indigestion, alcoholism,
intestinal parasites, circulation, sluggish menstruation, lack of energy,
kidney & gall stones, as a brain & nerve strengthener; ailments of the
spleen, thyroid & liver; to normalize cholesterol & blood pressure; to
improve memory, for mental function decline & to retard ageing; for failing
or scant milk supply of nursing mothers; to regulate flow of bile, health of
glands & the functions of body metabolism. It is one of the best sources of
iodine, other than seaweed, Iodine is important for the functioning of the
thyroid gland. The leaves used as a poultice are applied for relief from
enlarged prostate gland.
The chlorophyll-rich leaves are chewed
to absorb breath odours. Dr. Robert Willner in ‘The Cancer Solution’ states
that chlorophyll is an effective anti-cancer substance, with antioxidant
action, helping to neutralize free radicals from chemicals, pesticides,
cigarette smoke, diesel emissions & many other environmental mutagens.
Conclusion
of Hadees: -
Cress has healings for all diseases; fumigate the
houses with its seeds.
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