Forgotten Blessing: Henna

You always keep dettol, tincture of benzoin, etc. in your house to treat cuts & wounds. You have forgotten & ignored the blessed Henna that works mysteriously to heal the wounds quickly. Powdered Henna sold at the markets has some chemicals; they add them to darken the color. It is preferable that you purchase Henna leaves, sieve them & grind them by yourself. Apply dry henna (without water) over the wound & apply bandage. Diabetic patients suffer with delayed wound healing, but Henna will work as a magic for them, they will observe that their delayed wound healing has disappeared.

Ali Bin Abi Rafe'e reported on behalf of his grandfather Salma (servant of Prophet Muhammad): "If someone complained to Prophet Muhammad (S) for his headache, the Prophet asked him for Hijamah & if some one felt pain in his legs, the Prophet asked him to anoint with Henna". (Abu Dawood)
He also reports "Whenever the Prophet suffered with injury or thorn piercing, it was only treated with Henna". (Tirmidhi)

Muhammad Ahmed Zahbi says that there are three essential factors for healing :

Expulsion of fluids from the wounds
Cessation of production of any more fluids
Formation of healthy flesh (granulation tissue) to fill the gap.
Henna contains all these three factors and possesses very good healing properties.
Our old Islamic Atib'ba said that if Henna leaves are soaked in water throughout the night and this decanted water, if taken in morning for 40 days, is effective in leprosy and even heals the internal wounds.

Reported by Abu Hurairah (R) that Prophet Muhammad (S) said "Jews & Chiristians do not dye their hairs, so oppose them by applying the color (Henna)."

Henna was loved by Khulafa'a Rashideen, Abu Bakr & Umar (R). Reported by Anas (R) "Abu Bakr (R) used to color his hairs by Henna& Katam, & Umar (R) used to dye only with Henna".

Henna is praised by Prophet Muhammad (S) & he has asked us to dye our hair (with Henna), so as to oppose Jews & Christians. Tibb-e-Nabwi is hated by Shayateen & Jinnat. We have realized that when Henna is anointed on the head & beard, whisperings (Wasawis) of Sheytaan will reduce, the fragrance of Henna will also repel whisperings of our greatest enemy. Isn't that cool?

Henna was loved by our Shai'khain, Abu Bakr & Umar, those who are buried to rest with Prophet Muhammad (S). It is a powerful healer, its reference is combined with Hijamah in a Hadith.

So we ask you to use Henna :
As a Khazaab on head & beard, you can add vinegar for a darker color, avoid adding coffee & tea as practiced by few women, apply dried Henna powder on wounds & skin irritations if needed (may Allah Save you from injuries, and Henna can also be applied on burnt skin.

Taken from: post by Hasan Shami.

Henna is a great blessing from the Sunnah of our beloved Rasul (S). Take advantage of it and use it for your own herbal benefit as it is a natural healer (and I'm not just being partial to it because it's my name hehe).

Ma'Assalama
Hena