To Richard Lion heart

Submitted by B. Mustapha (Nigeria), Mar 10, 2006 at 03:45

My friend, please don't prolong the issue, nobody said house flies don't carry diseases, but what we are saying:

1) prophet did not say Simulium black fly, Tsetse flies, please ask those that understand Arabic.
2) Prophet said one wing of house flies contains disease & the other wing contains the cure to that disease, & they usually fall on your drink with the one that has the disease. It is now left for you to go to your Lab. but as for me, long ago some Doctors in Egypt have experimented it & found out to be True.
3) Please don't conclude by saying prophet Muhammad said house fly is a cure to dysentery, typhoid etc. What he said; in its one wing there is a cure to a particular disease which name is not known to anybody.
4) Apart from that Prophet Muhammad told many things about personal hygiene, such as:

a) covering one's utensils b/4 going to bed,
b) any container that Dog's saliva touches must be washed 7 times,
c) wash your hands b/4 eating,
d) never breathe into your drink
e) cover your nose while sneezing
f) don't enter a town inflicted with epidemic & don't run away from it,
g) don't intoxicate/smoke, etc

All of these & many others were 1st taught by Muhammad b/4 UNESCO/WHO etc, & we did not dispute him. Then why do you argue with something that your knowledge has not reached?

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