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Haneefah

Herbal Hair Care  F. A . Q.                          

by  Janice Kumar

 I have received a number of emails with requests for more hair care information and have compiled a frequently asked questions list. I have tried to provide some answers which maybe useful for your hair condition. Please do go through this information before contacting me. Due to the volume of mails I receive, it becomes very difficult to answer queries on a personal basis. The internet is also not a good medium when it is important to have more in depth information before a solution can be suggested. In these cases, it may be important to find a herbal care professional in your local area. 

What is a good tonic for hair ?

A combination of olive oil,  almond oil, and coconut oil blended equally is an excellent source of nourishment for your scalp and hair. Blend the three oils equally in one small container and apply weekly and leave over night. Wash off in the morning to find soft silky, healthy hair. This is an excellent hair care tonic for long term usage.      

Is there a quick hair care solution for dry and unhealthy hair?

A quick solution can be found in lemon juice. Lemon juice helps provide and maintain the correct pH balance in the hair which can go awry during extreme weather conditions. Squeeze one lemon into a mug of water and rinse your hair after a normal hair wash with this lime water. This will help provide bounce to the hair and also help in getting rid of minor infections if any. Do this once or twice a week, for two to three weeks and then stop.

Can lemon juice really help in curing dandruff?

There are many causes of dandruff. When the pH balance of the scalp/hair is affected and excessive oil is secreted by the scalp, it is important to get the pH balance normal again. In this case, mixing the juice of one lemon in a little coconut oil and applying directly on the a hair and scalp can help regain that pH balance quickly. It is important to rinse off this mixture after half and hour or so and apply it at least twice a week for two to three weeks to find a gradual improvement in the dandruff condition. Lemon juice can also help kill off minor scalp infections which can help in dandruff control.

Incase, the dandruff is caused by some other reason, this may not really work.

Can you suggests a special pack for thinning hair?

First of all, I suggest you start with the hair tonic given above. This will help in the long run.

Now to create a quick fix for thinning hair, try this special hair pack. Mix one egg, two teaspoons (10ml) castor oil, one teaspoon vinegar, one teaspoon glycerin and one teaspoon fenugreek powder to smooth paste. Massage this paste into the hair and scalp. Now cover your head with a warm towel  (a towel, soaked in hot water with the water squeezed out). Wait for twenty minutes and then wash the hair with warm water to find bouncy, thicker looking, smooth and beautiful hair. You may try this, once a week and it will help the hair. Fenugreek seeds will help in preventing hair fall while the glycerin will give the hair bounce. The vinegar helps in restoring pH balance.     

Is there a herbal cure for falling hair?

There can be multiple health, diet and lifestyle related factors contributing to hair fall. Stress and poor diet can play havoc with hair. You need to understand the cause before you can treat hair fall.

To start with  get the pH balance right with the lemon and coconut oil massage described above. Then prepare a hair fall herbal oil as follows. Crush 20 grams curry leaves and 20 grams fenugreek seeds and a garlic clove to prepare a paste. Boil this paste in coconut oil and allow the mixture to cool. Bottle this oil and use twice a week in the night and wash off in the morning. This should help in controlling hair fall in many cases.   

How do I treat brittle hair and split ends, the herbal way?

Brittle hair leads to split ends. Split ends have to be treated/trimmed by a hair dresser. Brittle hair can be fixed with a powerful protein boost. Provide the hair with a protein hair mask by mixing an egg with 20ml curd and juice of one lemon. Massage this mixture into the hair. Leave it on for 30 minutes and then shampoo it off. Do it twice a week for the first two weeks and then once a week for two to three months and find your hair becoming soft and manageable. 

Seeking knowledge at an old age Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen

Reference: The Book of Knowledge - Page 162

Category: Knowledge

We ask Allaah to aid those He has honoured with an interest for seeking knowledge. However, knowledge within itself is a difficult undertaking that requires great effort. We know that the older a person grows, the larger he becomes physically, and the weaker he becomes intellectually.

So this person who is starting to seek knowledge at an old age should choose a trustworthy scholar to learn from, because gaining knowledge by way of the scholars saves time, is better and easier.

It saves time because the scholar is like an encyclopedia, especially if he is well-versed in Arabic grammar, Tafseer, Hadeeth, Fiqh and other sciences. So instead of having to read twenty books for instance, he can easily acquire the knowledge within them from a scholar, this is why it saves time.

It is also safer. For one may rely on a book whose author`s method is different from the method of the righteous predecessors, whether in deriving evidence or issuing rulings.

Therefore we advice this person who wants to seek knowledge at old age to stick to and study under a reliable scholar, for this will save him time. He should not despair and say: `I am too old now`, because by doing so he would deny himself knowledge.

It was narrated that a man once entered a Masjid after Dhuhr and sat down, so someone commanded him to get up and perform two Rak`ahs, so he got up and prayed. On another occasion, he entered the Masjid after `Asr and started to perform two Rak`ahs, the man told him: `Do not pray now, this is a time when prayers are prohibited.`

He then said to himself: `I must seek knowledge.` He then started seeking knowledge until he became an Imaam. It was ignorance that drove him to seek knowledge. If Allaah knows you have good intentions and blesses you with success, you may acquire a great deal of knowledge.

Translator: Nadir Ahmad, Abu Abdul-Waahid