THE BLESSED SALIVA OF RASOOLULLAH

The Blessed Saliva of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) was a remedy for the injured, a cure for the sick, and an antidote against poison. Regarding the saliva of ordinary people like you and I, it is mentioned that if one spits anywhere or on anything, then it is unhygienic and carries germs and bacteria. It is for this reason that one may even see a sign which says Do not spit hear. It is unhealthy. However the Luaab-e-Dahan (Blessed Saliva) of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is not unclean nor does it cause illness, but is in fact the cure to illnesses. Through it, severe illnesses are completely cured just as it has been mentioned in the Ahadith. Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'ad (Radiallahu Taala Anh) states that on the day of Khaibar the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, Tomorrow I shall give the flag in the hand of such a person in whose hand Almighty Allah will give success and victory, and he loves Almighty Allah and His Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). The following morning all the Sahaabah (Alaihimur Ridwan) presented themselves in the court of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and each one wished that the flag would be given to him but Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, Where is Ali ibn Abi Talib (Radiallahu Taala Anh)? The Sahaabah-e-Kiraam said, His eyes are hurting (he had an eye infection). Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) then sent someone to call him. When he arrived, Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) put his blessed saliva into his eyes and Hazrat Ali (Radiallahu Taala Anh) became well and he felt as if there never was any pain in his eyes. [Mishkaat Shareef; Mawaahibul Laduniya] Sahaabi-e-Rasool Hazrat Aqeeli bin Habeeb (Radiallahu Taala Anh) says that his fathers both eyes became completely white and he could not see at all. He says, Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) placed his blessed saliva into both his eyes and he began to see and I have seen that even at the age of eighty he used to thread a needle (without any effort). [Shifa Shareef; Mawaahibul Laduniya; Madaarijun Nubuwwah] It has been quoted by Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlwi (Radiallahu Taala Anh) that once Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) gargled into a well, due to which the entire well became fragrant like kasturi and musk. [Mawaahibul Laduniya; Madaarijun Nubuwwah] The water from the well at the house of the distinguished Sahaabi Hazrat Anas (Radiallahu Taala Anh) was very bitter. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) put his blessed saliva into this well and the water became so sweet that there was no water in the entire Madinah Shareef that was sweeter than that. [Madaarijun Nubuwwah; Zarqaani; Anwaarul Muhammadiya] That is why Ala Hazrat Imam Ahle Sunnat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (Radiallahu Taala Anh) states in his famous Salaam:

Jis se Khari Kuwe Sheera-e Jaan Bane, Us Zulaale Halaawat Pe Laakho Salaam
Hundreds of thousands of Salaams upon the sweetness of that blessed saliva, which caused saline wells to become sweet like syrup Hazrat Bishr bin Aqraba (Radiallahu Taala Anh) says, My father was made Shaheed during Ghazwa-e-Uhud and I went to the court of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) crying. Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, Why are you crying? Do you not like that I may

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become your father and Hazrat Fatima Zahra (Radiallahu Taala Anha) becomes your mother? Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) then ran his blessed hands over my head. The area on which his hand passed over always remained black and the rest turned white. He further says, I used to stammer when I spoke. He (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) placed his blessed saliva (in my mouth) and the stammering stopped. [Khasaais-ul-Kubra] In another Hadith, it is mentioned that in the Cave of Thoor Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Radiallahu Taala Anh) entered first and then tore his clothes and covered all the holes in the cave. One hole was still open, so he covered it with his toe. He then requested Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) to enter. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) entered and rested on his lap. There was a snake in the cave which desired to see Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). It rubbed its head against the feet of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Radiallahu Taala Anh), but he did not move his foot, thinking that it would disturb the rest of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Eventually the snake bit him on his toe. But the deep love that he possessed for Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) did not allow Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Radiallahu Taala Anh) to disturb the rest of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). When the pain became unbearable, then only, did tears drop from his eyes, causing a few drops to fall upon the Mubarak face of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) then awoke and Siddiq-e-Akbar (Radiallahu Taala Anh) explained to him what had happened. Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) applied his blessed saliva on the wound and this provided comfort to Hazrat Abu Bakr (Radiallahu Taala Anh) and removed the pain and the venom. [Zarqaani; Tafseer Roohul Bayaan; Bahaar-e-Shariat] Hazrat Rifaa bin Raafi (Radiallahu Taala Anh) was injured by an arrow during the Battle of Badr, whereby his eye was seriously injured causing it to fall out of the eye socket. Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) applied his blessed saliva on the eye and then replaced it into the socket, restoring his eye as well as his eyesight. [Khazaain-ul-Irfaan] It is narrated by Hazrat Abu Ubaid Nakhwi (Radiallahu Taala Anh) that Hazrat Aamir bin Kareez (Radiallahu Taala Anh) took his five year old son Abdullah and went in the court of Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) took his blessed saliva and put it in the mouth of the child and because of this he received such a miracle that whichever stone he would blow on water would come out from it. [Baihaqi] Imam Baihaqi (Radiallahu Taala Anh) narrates that on the day of Ashura (10th Muharram) Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) would gather all children who were at the age of being breast-fed and place his saliva in their mouths, ordering their mothers not to feed them milk until the night. This saliva used to be sufficient for the children, who experienced no thirst or hunger during the entire day. [Zarqaani; Khasaais-ul-Kubra] Once, a foulmouthed woman came to Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) whilst he was eating and said, Are you going to give me something? Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) took some food from his plate and offered her but she said, I dont want this, I want it from inside your mouth. Consequently Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) gave her from his mouth. She put it in her mouth and swallowed it. After that no one heard this woman speak impolitely ever again. [Tibraani; Khasaais-ul-Kubra] May Allah Taala through the Sadqa of the Luaab-e-Dahan of His Beloved Rasool (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), grant us sweetness in our character as well, Ameen.

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