Recent scientists are advising us to perform the prayers on its time and not to delay it, prophet Mohamed peace be upon him said so …
Scientists say that evidence exists for the healing power of prayer and according to Dr. Barbara Joseph in her book (My Healing From Breast Cancer) she says “If we allow ourselves the belief in the power of prayer and pray for our highest good in the way that comes most naturally to us and with the utmost compassion for ourselves, we can support our healing.”
Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that people who pray are less likely to get sick, better able to cope mentally and emotionally with their illness and more likely to recover from surgery and illness.Also, evidence exists for the power of prayer to maintain and improve the function of the immune system. Chemical connections have been identified between molecules produced by the central nervous system and cells of the immune system. Astrocytes, a type of cell in the brain, can produce interleukin-1 (IL-1), a cytokine that affects immune reactions. Furthermore, lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, contain receptors for many chemicals synthesized by the central nervous system.
The researchers say patients are becoming very interested in therapies that coincide with mainstream medicine, such as prayer
The studies also confirm that prayer may have a positive placebo effect in nourishing the function of the immune system and some clinical trials of the effects of chemotherapeutic drugs on cancers and determination of side effects show that placebo effects occur in the control groups of patients (i.e, those receiving no active drug).
On the other hand a new study released in the American Heart Journal says prayer helps the heart when combined with mainstream medical procedures. In that study, DukeUniversityResearchers studied 150 heart disease patients who were scheduled to undergo an invasive cardiac procedure in which a device known as a “stent” is placed into a clogged artery to hold it open. The patients were divided into categories. Some received therapies such as guided imagery, stress relaxation and healing touch, while others had unknown people pray for them without the patient knowing.Twenty-five to thirty percent of those who received these therapies any of the additional therapies in combination with the cardiac procedure were found to be at a lower risk of developing adverse effects, such as heart failure and even death. And participants who received prayers fared better.
Dr. Mitch Krucoff, lead author of the study and a cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center, says it’s hard to explain how exactly prayer helps the heart.
Another study was held by William Harris, Director of Lipid and Metabolic Research with the Mid America Heart Institute of Saint Luke’s-Shawnee Mission Health System in Kansas City, in 1999, with similar results. He says “The simplest answer is there’s a God in the world and he listens to prayers”
Islam and the prayer
Allah Almighty urges Muslims to perform the prayers on time as He Almighty says: (perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat). Verily, the prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours.) {Sûrat An-Nisâ- The Women- verse 103} ,Also He Almighty ask Muslims to perform supplicationsat anytime and anywhere as He Almighty says: (And your Lord said: “Invoke Me, and ask Me for anything I will respond to your (invocation). Verily! Those who scorn My worship [i.e. do not invoke Me, and do not believe in My Oneness, (Islamic Monotheism)] they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!”){ SûratGhâfir – The Forgiving -verse60}
One of the companions of prophet Mohamed peace be upon him askedhim about the best deeds that man can do then he answered “performing the prayers on time”{hadith Sahih by abiDawood}
Glory to Allah, in these days we can find non-Muslim scientists who believe that there is a God who listen to people but some other people (Atheists and disbelievers) claim that the creator of this universe is the nature!!!!!!
Thanks Allah for the blessing of Islam
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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel
References:
http://www.healthsearches.org/Categories_of_Q&A/Integrative_&_Alternative_Medicine/1335_2.php
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117143
