Regarding dates for the postpartum woman: Is it a recommended practice or a natural medical matter?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, digestion has four stages. It is hot in the first stage, meaning the initial digestion, then in the second, then the third, and then the fourth. This means that what a person first tastes may be hot, but when it reaches the stomach and reaches the second stage, it becomes cold, and so on. It may also be the opposite.
The questioner : Regarding eating dates for the postpartum woman, do we say it is a recommended practice or a natural medical matter?
The Shaykh : No, it is a natural medical matter. And anything that has benefit is, in the general sense of the Shari'ah, something one is commanded to do.
The questioner : A command
The Shaykh : Meaning she has nothing else; she may have nothing other than this. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, digestion has four stages. It is hot in the first stage, meaning the initial digestion, then in the second, then the third, and then the fourth. This means that what a person first tastes may be hot, but when it reaches the stomach and reaches the second stage, it becomes cold, and so on. It may also be the opposite.
The questioner : Regarding eating dates for the postpartum woman, do we say it is a recommended practice or a natural medical matter?
The Shaykh : No, it is a natural medical matter. And anything that has benefit is, in the general sense of the Shari'ah, something one is commanded to do.
The questioner : A command
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وهزي إليكThe Shaykh : Meaning she has nothing else; she may have nothing other than this. Yes.