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I have always been fascinated by dreams and their meanings. In January of 2023, I was sharing with a friend a dream I had trying to understand its message. She referred me to a Shaykh who is a dream interpreter. I started watching his videos on his YouTube Channel, in Arabic albeit, and found...

NURASUNNA means the light of Prophetic guidance. It is a guide to nutrition and medicine according to the traditional wisdom of the Prophetic medicine, Islamic medicine and Herbalism.

I've never shared this before, but Nurasunna Rediscover Wellness wasn't the name I started with when I first...

Phlegmatic is considered to be the coldest, most passive, energy-conserving constitution. Phlegmatics thrive on easy-to-digest, light meals. 

The dominating system is the lymphatic system. Mucus-forming foods (cold/damp foods), when eaten in excess, will aggravate the Phlegmatic body type....

Sanguine is considered to be the most balanced constitution by nature. It can become imbalanced due to overindulgence in diet and lifestyle. Sanguine Body Types have balanced digestion, however, the Standard American Diet is notorious for creating an imbalance in this Body Type. A macrobiotic...

Choleric is considered to be the most catabolic, hottest, and most active of all temperaments. Choleric is already off balance by its nature, and thus, diet and lifestyle are instrumental in creating balance. Choleric Body Types have strong digestion and may gravitate to heavy meals and lots of...

The Melancholic Body Type is considered to be the opposite of our natural balance (warm and moist), but with proper care, it can be healthy, too, Insha’Allah. Digestion varies according to the mental, nervous, or emotional state. With a poor appetite and a slow, erratic metabolism, this...

I'm not writing this for sympathy or pity points. The objective of this post is to illustrate how quickly mental health can deteriorate with the onset of any physical illness or condition and what needs to be done to protect it. I’m writing from a place of pain and complete and utter...

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was brought milk, and he drank (it). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: When one of you eats food, he should say: O Allah, bless us in it, and give us food (or nourishment) better than it. When he is given milk to drink he should...

“And verily! In cattle, there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, from between excretions and blood, pure milk; palatable to the drinkers” (Surah An-Nahl, 66).

Tariq ibn Shihab reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Allah Almighty...