by Dr. Sayed Abdul Wadud

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Chapter 1: Cleanliness

• General Cleanliness of body, clothings and surroundings.
• Circumcission as a hygienic measure

Chapter 2: Food

• Prohibited articles of food
• What is lawful as food?
• Hygienic value of the Quranic Do's and Don'ts as regards food

Chapter 3: Narcotics

• Prohibition of wine by the Quran
• Unique example of the graduated prohibition of wine
• Effects of Alcohol on man from the medical point of view
• Opium
• Cannabis

History of development of narcotics in USA

• Opium and its derivatives
• Cocaine
• Marijuana
• LSD
• amphetamines
• Crack-Cocaine

Chapter 4: Cigarette Smoking

• Hot smoke and harmful compounds
• Men, women and teenagers
• How to quit smoking?
• facts for room smokers
• What is lung cancer and what are its causes

Chapter 5: Fasting

• Psychology of fasting as contemplated by the western thinkers.
• Fasting and its motives as prescribed by the Quran
• The summary of the motives of the Quranic Fasting
• Laws of Allah finalised
• Fasting, discipline