Spread and Cure of Malaria Disease in the Era of Prophet Mohammad ﷺ A Study From Tibb-e-Nabwai ﷺ

Abstract

Abstract

Like many diseases, malaria disease is also a contagious and infectious disease which is spread through the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. In the era of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), the malaria disease was an endemic disease. At that time, it had adversely affected a large number of people including man, children and women in Mecca and Madinah. Later on, it spreads everywhere. At that time, there was not the vaccine or medicine of the malaria disease. The malaria disease had various reasons for its causes and symptoms. People at that time find very much difficulty in coping with the severity of the malaria disease, due to its devastating effects. The purpose of the study is to find the origination of malaria disease and its effects on the people in the lifetime of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). As well as the cause from which malaria disease spreads in Mecca and Madinah. The study also discover that how an individual infected with malaria disease were treated at the time of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). As Allah Almighty has not made any disease of which its cure is not present. As the Prophetic Medicine has a cure of every diseases. The research methodology for conducting a research is qualitative including the primary and secondary sources. The reader will come to know about the historical background of the origination of malaria disease. What are the reasons for its cause and symptoms behind the malaria disease? And then how the infected person is cured from the disease in the life time of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). Lastly, every individual will come to know that initially every disease when it appears for the first time it is severe until it reaches to its peak. And later on, with the passage of time, the fear of people lessen when its vaccine or medicine is developed. However, every disease in the global history when appeared has caused devastating affects to the human individuals. For human individuals of every age becomes difficult of coping with any of the diseases whether it would be a malaria disease or any other which inflicted to them for the first time.