al-Muqaddimah/Prelude
`Ajwah-Dates as seen below are the Diamond-Standard of Date-Harvesting…but how/why?!!! This is what I intend to explore via This-Risālah/Article. For Years, since I’ve been a Muslim: People rave about the Acquisition of `Ajwah-Dates, as well as its Rarity being only grown in the Arabian-Peninsula (via al-Madīnah).
Allah states:
“Verily, for the Intelligent, there’s Signs via the Heavens&Earth as well as the Separation of Nite&Day.”
“Whatever the Messenger gives you, then accept it. And whatever they forbid you, then avoid it.”
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.3, V.190; Chpt.59, V.7)
Muhammad (Peace be upon them) described `Ajwah-Dates as being:
a. Amongst the Fruits-Of-Paradise.
b. Protect from Poison/Illness.
c. Protection from Sorcery/Magic.
Muhammad additionally specified consuming 7 `Ajwah-Dates daily.
(al-Bukhārī&Muslim)
For This-Reason, I’ve decided to investigate which Kinds/Types of Poison/Illness Muhammad had meant. I mean, realistically, just like the Human-Persona has 3-Dimensions…so does Disease.
Now, by that I mean this
Allah created an-Nafs (the Human-Persona) as 3-Components:
an-Nafs-ul-Mutama’innah (Spiritual-Persona)
an-Naf-ul-Lawwāmah (Psycho-Emotional Persona)
an-Nafs-ul-Ammārah (Primal-Persona)
So, because of this, since there’s 3-Dimensions of the Human-Self there’s equally 3-Dimensional Ailments affecting each Human-Dimension. There’s Spiritual-Disease, as well as Psycho-Emotional Disease, as well as Primal-Disease. Likewise, Muhammad stated that there’s no Disease Allah has ever created without its Cure.
(al-Bukhārī&ibn-Mājah)
Now…swinging-back to the Ahādīth/Narrations about `Ajwah-Dates
I find it particularly interesting, that Muhammad referred to “Poison/Illness” ambiguously. I mean, they could’ve easily had specified what Kinds/which Types of Poisons/Illnesses…but they didn’t. I’m very interested in learning/knowing whether Muhammad meant: Spiritual-Illness, Psycho-Emotional Illness, Primal-Illness, or All-3 Kinds/Types of Illness. There’s however an Ironic Context-Clue: Muhammad pairing Illness with Sorcery. As per Prima-Facia/Face-Value, it’s really easy to presume/assume that it’s exclusively Spiritual-Illness that Muhammad had referred to. But, since no Disease-Dimension was ever exclusively detailed: none can actually conclude as such via al-Yaqīn/Certainty.
As per 7 `Ajwah-Dates per Day
`Ajwah-Dates are Mad-Expensive, relative to Other-Types/Kinds of Dates:
1. Because of the Tanzīl/Revelation detailing the Sifāt/Characteristics of `Ajwah-Dates.
2. The Simple-Reality of Supply&Demand, being that the Arabian-Peninsula (via al-Madīnah) is the Only-Place via Earth where `Ajwah-Dates are found.
3. However, I’ve 0-Problem Cashin-Out on `Ajwah-Dates. At the Same-Time, sometimes, I just don’t feel like spending `Ajwah-Date Monies…lol
4. So, what I’ve done previously in the Spirit of the `Ajwah-Ahādīth: I’ve simply been eating 7-Dates of any Kinds/Types of Dates (hoping to still retrieve the Same-Reward of eating `Ajwah-Dates).
5. As of Recent-Years, I’ve began to personally only purchase `Ajwah-Dates. `Ajwah-Dates are honestly the Only-Kind/Type of Dates I’ve ever regularly bought…lol
Gareth Bryant’s Personal-Experiment
I’ve personally chosen to embark upon an Ajwah-Date Diet…to only eat Ajwah-Dates…to specifically eat 7 Ajwah-Dates per Day. I want to self-experiment, to investigate whether the Diseases prophetically guaranteed that `Ajwah-Dates protect People from are: Spiritual-Diseases only, Psycho-Emotional Diseases only, Primal-Diseases only, or a Combo of All-3 Types/Kinds of Diseases. I’m interested in discovering: to what Extent this could/would enhance my already (relatively) Good Primal-Health, to what Extent this could/would improve my already (relatively) Solid Mental-Health, to what Extent this could/would correct/perfect my Spirituality.
What I anticipate to accomplish
I’m hope that I’ll discover/receive the Prophetic-Blessings foretold, which Muhammad detailed that `Ajwah-Dates possess. I’m unsure how long this could possibly take to accomplish. However, nevertheless, I deem it worth it to attempt this. I’m hopeful that Allah will grant me what I seek.
Gareth Bryant
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