The Spiritual and Physical Benefits of Dates

Dates, a fruit cherished by Muslims, are not only widely known for their deliciously sweet taste but
have significant spiritual and physical purposes, particularly in the context of various cultures and religious traditions.

Let’s explore their various virtues:

1) Healing Benefits

• Diarrhea: Consuming 3 dates can help alleviate symptoms.
• Constipation: Soaking 7 dates in 1 liter of water for 24 hours and then consuming the water can aid in relieving constipation.
• Hypertension: Putting 19 dates in a 5-liter container, leaving it for 3 days, and drinking the infused water in the morning and evening may assist in managing high blood pressure.
• Sore eyes: Preparing a mixture of 9 dates in 1 liter of water and using it to wash your face can provide relief.
• General fatigue: Eating 5 dates can help combat tiredness.
• Heart or lung pain: Consuming 3 dates may have a soothing effect on such pains.
• Earaches: Crushing 3 dates, mixing the powder with water, and applying it to the ear can help alleviate discomfort.
• Insomnia: Soaking 18 dates in water for 7 days and consuming the water before bed may aid in improving sleep quality.
• Ascites: Eating 2 dates in the morning and evening can be beneficial.
• Vision health: Eating 3 dates every morning is believed to prevent blindness.
• Bad breath: Consuming 2 dates in the morning and evening can help combat unpleasant breath.
• Cancer prevention: Eating a date in the morning, noon, and evening is considered beneficial for preventing cancer.
• Sperm deficiency: Eating dates twice in the morning and evening can help address this issue.
• Sexual weakness and soft erections: Mixing date paste with honey and consuming it before sleep may assist in these matters.
• Stomach ulcers: Soaking 100 date stones in 10 liters of water for 24 hours and drinking the water can aid in healing stomach ulcers.
• Dates are widely utilized for their healing properties.

2) Protection against Poisoning, Witchcraft, and Spells

• According to a saying of Sayyidoul Kawnaïni Saw, eating 7 dates before breakfast is believed to provide protection against various negative influences.
• Writing the word “Djabar” on a piece of paper and placing it inside a date, then consuming it, is said to offer protection against bewitchment and witchcraft.
• To counteract bewitchment and ensure total protection, carbonizing 9 date stones and mixing the powder with water and the juice of 9 lemons is recommended. Use this mixture for washing.

3) Attracting Wealth and Fulfilling Needs

To attract fortune and financial prosperity, one can follow these steps:

• Collect 70 dates, remove the pits, and crush the flesh with Sana Gnadji.
• Allow the mixture to dry in the sun for a day.
• Use the dried mixture as incense to perfume both hands in the morning, symbolizing an invocation for happiness and success.
• If the desired outcome is not achieved, the individual can seek reimbursement from the provider and receive dedication of 1000 sallat Houb.

Dates possess numerous virtues, ranging from physical healing properties to spiritual protection and the attraction of abundance. These beliefs and practices are deeply rooted in certain cultural and religious traditions.

4) An invitation to experience the power of 7 dates:

Take each date and recite Basmala (the phrase “Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Raheem”) 7 times before consuming it. From morning till evening, you will not experience hunger.

For children with a big appetite, recite Basmala on 2 dates: one to be eaten before lunch and the other after.

5) For competitions and exams

As per the practice in previous years,

Write “Wa qafalaha Zakaria” once on a piece of paper, place it in a date, and consume it while in the exam room.

6) To be Loved by Everyone, to be Listened to and Appreciated

° Carbonize 7 or 9 date seeds along with a foloko falaka leaf. Mix the resulting black powder with shea butter, adding 7 different flavors, then apply it.
° Recite “Simon ya mahoud” 1000 times on a date, and consume it.
As long as you refrain from engaging in immoral acts, you will be loved by all.

7) To Facilitate Childbirth

Offer dates to pregnant women as childbirth approaches.

8) For Knowledge, Quick Memorization and Retention of Information

~ As Bachirou Saw said: Chew a date and feed it to a newborn as their first food. Bachirou Saw proclaimed that this child will possess profound knowledge.

~ To enhance eloquence, knowledge acquisition, and quick memorization:
Write “Saniqourou Kafala tansar” once on a Wednesday at 6 am, place it in a date, and consume it.

9) Carbonized Date Seeds as Protection Against Bullets:

Write the last 2 verses of Surah Tawba seven times on a piece of paper. Place the date powder on yourself, as this is believed to serve as protection against bullets.
Note: It is advised to test this before wearing.

10) Religious Significance: Dates hold religious importance in Islam, particularly during the month of Ramadan. Muslims break their daily fast with dates, following the example set by the Prophet Muhammad.

Dates are considered a blessed and nutritious food, and their consumption is believed to provide spiritual sustenance and blessings during the holy month.