A strange astounding letter From A French patient

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Reveals the human rights in The old Moslem civilization

Dr : Nazmy Khalil Abo-Alata Mousa

           When our Moslem  ancestors  came to know that learning

cosmic sciences is a way of worshipping God and that applying them in
their life is a religious legitimate  duty ,

they made use of  and developed everything in the universe

depending on God's laws of creation .in the field of medicine 
,for example , they used medicine rejecting what was followed
at that time : so they rejected superstitions , incantations ,
Amulets  and spells and they built schools, hospitals and
observatories .
            Here is a ten-century old letter (1) , as a proof , found
by one of the French man who works as a researcher  and a
historian  .This letter was sent by a French patient from an
Islamic hospital in Cordoba , where he was treated to his father
describing his health conditions .
Dear father ;
                  "You have mentioned in your previous letter that
you would send me some money to make use of it in my
medicines costs , I say , I don't need it at all as treatment in this
Islamic hospital is for free , also there is something else
concerning this hospital  . This hospital gives a new suit and  5
dinars  to every patient who has already got well lest he should
find himself obliged to work in the period of rest and 
recuperation

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Dear father :
              If you 'd like to visit me , you will find me in the surgery
department and joints treatment . When you enter the main
gate , got to the south hall where you will find the department of
first aid and the department of disease diagnosis then you will
find the department of arthritis (joints diseases ) , next to my
room , you will find  a library and a hall where doctors meet
together to listen to the  lectures  given by professors  , also this
hall is used for reading . Gynecology dept. lies on the other side
of the hospital court ,. Men are not allowed to enter it . On the
right of the hospital court lies a large hall for those who
recovered , in this place they spend the period of rest and
convalescence for some days , this hall contains a special
library and some musical instruments
Dear father:
        "Any place in this hospital is extremely clean , beds and
pillows are covered with fine Damascus white cloth  , as to
bedcovers , they are made of gentle soft  plush , all the rooms
in this hospital are supplied with clean water .This water is
carried to the rooms through pipes  that are connected to a
wide water fountain , not only that , but also ever room is
equipped with a heating stove .As to food , chicken and
vegetables are always served to the extent that some patient
don't want to leave the hospital because of their love and 
desire of this tasty food
My dear brethrens in Islam :
            This is a real picture of this health state one thousand
years ago testified by one of  the westerners .
And here is a another real picture of the health state in France
only 250 years ago

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"    Doctor Macth Thrad , who worked as a doctor in one of the

hospitals in France , Paris (1730 Ad) , described the hospital
where he worked saying " the hospital floor was covered with
macadam and dry  grass where the patient slept beside each
other in an inverted way without any (morals) rules
        Children slept between the elderly people , women also
slept between men  in close contact to each other ; even
touching each other  because of the large number of patients
and the narrowness of the halls , in addition to that , they were
shouting out of pain and hunger as there was not enough food
for them and this made some beneficent people denote food for
those patients for the cause of God
       This French hospital was dirty and filled with flies and
insects and bad smell emitting  from the corridors and this
made it difficult for the hospital doctor to go into  the patients
wards because of the stinking smell , so he had to carry a piece
of sponge moistened with vinegar , which he put it on his nostril
from time to time , the corpses were left in it its place among the
patients  for twenty for hours till it became rotten(2)

     This was the case of their hospitals only 300 hundred years
ago and this was the case of the Moslem hospitals one 
thousand years ago , These  Moslem hospitals  matched  the 
present splendid hospitals while the French hospital was the
same as a  tomb .

         In one of the meetings  held in Bahrain , I had to tell this

story in defense of the Islamic history, which  was accused
repeatedly of backwardness , murder , barbarianism and
oppression . So I had to cite by the Islamic schools , the Islamic

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charity organization (  endowments )saying

  What about the Islamic school ?!!!!
What about the Islamic endowments   ? !!!
      There was an endowment to distribute sugar among the
poor and the orphans on feast days and happy occasions and
there was an endowment to help the patients ( an association
made by the rich to help the poor ) . Doctor Ahamed Essa 
wrote a book in which he described the perfection and
greatness of the Islamic hospitals , which the Moslem rulers
and the ruled people cared about . These are the university of
Al-Azhar , the university of Al-Zaytona , the university of
Al-Kharwien  and the Umayyad  Mosque , Granada and Spain
which are witnesses to the greatness and strength of the
Islamic civilization
Why is there a scientific  backwardness and retrogressing ,
why is there negligence  everywhere ?
If we put the French man letter before our eyes and spread it
everywhere , we will say this is the way we were and this the
way they were and this is way we are now and this the they are
now .
It is  important and serious matter and we all have to think
about how to get out from this impasse of  dangerous
backwardness

Translated By  Mr : Magdy Abd Al-Shafy Abd Al-Gawad

Magdy_ fighter@ hotmail .Com
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References 
(1)The Islamic scientific Supremacy (1990) /page(52)

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By Ameer Gafar Al-Arshdy

Beirut
Al-Resala Establishment
                                (2) The Islamic Civilization In Europe
(Persian )
Translated into Arabic by Mourtady Rhbany

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