Imagine a nation where every hospital is free of cost irrespective to your status, caste, gender, religion, nationality. A multi-speciality hospital providing you a clothes, well furnished wards, delicious food, specialized doctors, that too free of cost. Not just this even giving the patient money and food as a compensation for being out of work during his hospital stay. Isn't it mind-blowing?? This is what hospitals were in the Islamic Civilization. In early medieval where Europe belief that illness is supernatural, uncontrollable, incurable. Muslims took completely different approach because of the saying of prophet Muhammadﷺ, “God has sent down the disease and he has appointed cure for every disease, so treat yourself medically”(¹) Mobile Dispensaries The first known Islamic care center was set up in a tent by Rufaydah al-Aslamiyah r.a during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammadﷺ. Famously, during the Ghazwah Khandaq, she treated the wounded in a separ...
Islamic masculinity stems from the prophetic times and the acts of the companions of the prophet himself, which indirectly means we get it from the ahadith or the Holy Quran. Although now only a few handfuls of those acts of worship or teachings are being followed by men in accordance with masculinity, before we dive into this topic, let's first try to understand Islamic masculinity. Ghairat: shame, modesty, honor, and self-respect. Islamic masculinity is basically the masculine acts of the prophet, and the Sahabas (companions of the prophet) such as earning for the family, concepts of gheerah and ghairat, protecting their family, religion, and the pride of the religion, moral conduct, family leadership, along with self-discipline and positive contribution to society, these are most of the responsibilities that the men are majorly responsible for. The roots of all these instances are observed in the Holy Quran and the books of ahadith. Such acts helped mend and keep the domestic...