Besides their spiritual benefits, the contact prayers, Zakat, Ramadan fasting, and Hajj bring many physical, economic, and health benefits.1, 2
Fasting in Ramadan restores the stomach's size, lowers blood pressure, removes toxins, rests the kidneys, and reduces harmful fat.1
The ablutions before prayer encourage more frequent toilet use, which protects against colon cancer.1
The Dawn prayer helps prevent arthritis and combats depression, and the prostrations and bending in prayer prevent headaches and are healthful exercise.1, 2
The moral breakdown of sexual permissiveness produces unwanted children, irresponsible fathers, criminals, social misfits, and many sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS.1
Pig meat is prohibited because it is contaminated, with dangerous parasites found in the meat and not the fat, and the prohibition also appears in previous scriptures.1, 2
Self control is the only way to perfect happiness, and disobeying God's sexual laws brings terrible consequences such as abortions and sexually transmitted diseases.1, 2
Preparing for Ramadan is important, and starting to eat moderately beforehand may help the body handle fasting so one can make the best of the month.1
Focused meditation is the most beneficial kind, while clearing the mind of all thought gives only a temporary or false sense of peace.1, 2
God never commands anything counterproductive, and the commandments of the Quran are all linked to a physically and spiritually healthy society.1, 2
Fasting also has scientifically proven benefits for physical health and mental well-being, including resting the digestive system.1, 2
Though we expect nothing in return, God in His mercy gives worldly benefits for kindness, and psychology research shows kindness is good for health.1, 2
God repeatedly tells us in the Quran to be grateful, and thanking God pleases Him, shows us how lucky we are, and benefits our health.1
Modern science has confirmed many miracles from scripture and now shows the power of prayer for health and medicine.1
Scientific studies show that individual prayer and strong faith benefit health and longevity, while studies of intercessory prayer for patients have had very mixed results.1, 2
The strongest evidence for the benefits of prayer concerns mental health, especially depression of many kinds.1, 2
Besides nourishing the soul, fasting has scientifically proven benefits for physical and mental health, including resting the digestive system.1, 2
Abraham was never an idol worshiper, and when he was sick he acknowledged that God healed him; God provides healing for our bodies and souls.1, 2
God designed our hair as a gift that protects the body, and with His help we should care for it by keeping it clean.1, 2
God designed humans perfectly, including an immune system that protects us from disease, which He also restores and heals.1, 2
Reading the Quran for oneself, rather than accepting a parent's faith blindly, answered the author's questions, healed him, and changed his life within days.1, 2
The Quran is a guide and healing for believers, while disbelievers are deaf and blind to it.1
Being appreciative is truly for a person's own good physically and mentally, not only for reasons of faith, as research links gratitude to better health, sleep, and relationships.1, 2
Our spiritual illness can be healed only by God, and the Quran is a major medicine for that healing.1, 2, 3, 4
Drugs and alcohol only mask pain, so one must find and remove what is hurting, since mental health is real and every moment brings a chance for growth.1, 2
When pregnancy threatens the mother's life and only one of two lives can be saved, God left it to our common sense, and doctors must save the life that can be saved.1
Healthy adult Muslims need not fear becoming weak by fasting, since it should improve their health and stamina, though patients should fast under medical supervision.1
Patients with severe diseases such as diabetes, coronary artery disease, or kidney stones are exempt from fasting and should not try to fast.1
Ramadan fasting differs from total fasting and crash diets because it causes no malnutrition and everything permissible is eaten in moderate quantities.1, 2
Ramadan fasting lowers blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure and would be ideal treatment for mild to moderate stable non-insulin diabetes, obesity, and essential hypertension.1
Drugs destroy the body, mind, and soul.1
Illness or permanent disability, even until death, does not indicate disbelief, since the state of our soul shows in our happiness, and happiness is submission to God.1
God is the One who creates, guides, feeds, heals the sick, causes death, and brings back to life, as Abraham declared.1, 2, 3, 4
Besides benefiting the soul, Salat benefits the body, since moving regularly is healthy and waking at dawn supports better mental health.1
Knowing that God alone feeds, protects, and heals us should reassure us and promote love and kindness for all His creatures while rejecting aggression.1, 2, 3
One should still eat good nutritious food and keep a good weight, but not idolize the outer body, giving priority to the soul through the Quran and righteous works.1, 2
Since memorization may help prevent and reduce Alzheimer's dementia, Submitters can use this by memorizing verses of the Quran.1
The Quran never bores its reader, builds knowledge with each reading, encourages morality without compulsion, and is a healing for both body and soul.1, 2
Perception and belief control the body's biology and the reading of genes, so a person is not a victim of his genes and can even create a disease by believing in it.1, 2, 3
Positive belief can be enough to heal, as one third of medical healings come from the placebo effect, while negative thinking can make a person sick and even kill him.1, 2
Liars and dishonest people who knowingly hurt others or make others pay for their choices cannot heal or succeed.1, 2
Obvious big decisions like buying a house or marrying are actually small choices, while tiny righteous choices that seem insignificant are the most powerful for health, healing, and the soul.1
When the ego rules, a person is at war with himself, and the resulting constant stress damages the body, mind, and eventually the soul, a kind of oppression.1
Medically, diseases such as trichinosis come from eating pig's meat, not pig's fat.1, 2
Continuous hunger leads to health problems and can bring despondency, less practice of submission, and for some even reduced remembrance of God.1, 2
A fast instituted by God cannot be harmful but only beneficial, and fasting brings benefits to both body and soul.1, 2
Whenever we are confused we should go back to God and the Quran, which contains the answers and healing we need, and pray for guidance if we do not see them.1, 2, 3