# The Prophetic Medicine

> A source-faithful reading edition of The Prophetic Medicine by Ibn Qay’em El-Jozeyah, translated by ABD EL-QADER the son of ABD EL-AZEEZ (2003 source edition).

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## Eating Dried (Jerked) Meat

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Eating Dried (Jerked) Meat

It the Sunan it is narrated that Thawban said, "I slaughtered a sheep for the Messenger of Allah b while we were traveling, and he said to me:

"Dry its meat."

I kept feeding the Prophet as from its meat until we reached Al-Medina."

Dried meat is better than old meat and strengthens the body, although it causes skin rashes sometimes, a side effect that could be neutralized with cold, humid spices. In addition, jerked meat is favorable for hot conditions. Old meat is hot and dry, favorable for hot conditions and the best type of this meat is that which is fat and wet. Finally, old meat constipates unless cooked in milk and grease. Fowl meat

Allah said: “ 1 ree Ge OF * . الواقعة‎ (V1) » © Ota Las طيّر‎ 45>

"And with the flesh of fowls that they desire." (56:21)

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Some types of fowl meats are allowed and some are prohibited. The prohibited types include the birds that have claws, such as the falcon, hawk and peregrine, and those that eat carrion, such as the eagle, vulture, stork, magpie, spotted and black crows. In addition, this list includes the birds that we are not allowed to kill, such as the hoopoe and the shrike, and some of the birds that we are allowed to kill, such as kite and crow.

There are many types of fowl that are allowed, such as chicken meat. In the Sahihain it is narrated by

Abu Musa that the Prophet * ate chicken meat. Chicken Meat

"Chicken meat is hot and dry in the first degree and it is easy on the stomach and digests quickly. Chicken meat strengthens the mind and increases the production of semen. It a so makes the voice softer, the mind stronger and produces healthy blood. It was said that eating