Benefits of Dates

All the prophet’s (Peace be upon him) kindness on his nation is shown in Dates and in recommending­ them as he explained the useful things even in such matters.

The benefits and utilities of dates are shown as some doctors mentioned the benefits of Iftar on Dates and said: (starting Iftar with dates has a lot of healthy and nutritional benefits, some of these benefits are:

Dates are easy to digest so they don’t exhaust the fasting person stomach.

Dates decrease the great hunger feeling of the fasting person and so he doesn’t rush into excessive food eating which causes digestion disorders.

Dates prepare the stomach to receive the food after being inactive through out the day with activating the release of digestive secretions and juices.

Dates are very rich with sugary energy and so the body is supplied with the most important nutrients which is sugar that is irreplaceabl­e as a nutrient for the brain cells and nerves.

Dates protect the fasting person from having constipation­ as a result of changing meals times or as a result of having low fiber amounts in meals.

The alkaline salts in dates adjust the acidity of blood which result from excessivenes­s eating of meat and carbohydrate­s which causes a lot of hereditary diseases as diabetes, gout, renal stones, gall bladder inflammation­s, high blood pressure and hemorrhoids)­.

The research of date’s benefits, prepared by nutrition department of hospitals administrati­on in the health ministry in Kuwait

Fasting in the Month of Shawwal

Abu Ayyoub reported that the Messenger of Allah, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said

“Whoever fasts the month of Ramadhan and then follows it by fasting six days during the month of Shawwal will be rewarded as if he had fasted the entire year.”

[Muslim, at-Tirmithi, Ibn Majah, Abu Dawood and Ahmad by way of Jabir].