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Forward To Health We aim to revive, practice, and teach the holistic vitalistic tradition of Hikma Medicine.

03/04/2026

Many people ask:
What is the prophetic prescription?
Is it certain foods like dates and cucumbers?
Is it a specific duʿa, verse, or surah to cure headaches, anxiety, or insomnia?
But the deeper teaching of Prophetic Medicine (Tibb al-Nabawi) is much greater.
The real prescription of the Prophet ﷺ is Islam itself.
True healing comes from the four dimensions of the deen:
• Islam – the five pillars that structure our lives
• Iman – the six pillars that ground our belief
• Ihsan – worshipping Allah as if you see Him
• Alāmat al-Sāʿah – awareness of the signs of the times
Together they form a complete map for the human being.
When these dimensions come alive in a person’s life, they bring clarity, awareness, and alignment with the purpose of existence.
This is the deeper meaning of shifā’ (healing) in the Prophetic tradition.
Prophetic medicine is not simply about remedies.
It is about living Islam fully — body, mind, and soul.






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Re-member your heart. Can you see your child in the eyes of a child with a different skin color or a different eye color...
03/03/2026

Re-member your heart.

Can you see your child in the eyes of a child with a different skin color or a different eye color? Can you see yourself as a child?

If not...time for a heart check.
Re-member your heart.

We're in this together. Re-member your heart.
03/03/2026

We're in this together.
Re-member your heart.

03/02/2026

Hijama is a powerful sunnah. But without hikmah, even something beneficial can become harmful.
The Prophet ﷺ was advised about hijama during Isra and Mi’raj — but prophetic medicine is never practiced without wisdom, context, and understanding the individual.

In this video we explore:
• Why hijama is not a “one-size-fits-all” solution
• The danger of overdoing cupping therapy
• Anemia and blood imbalance risks
• How lack of hikmah turns sunnah into malpractice
• The connection between physical detox and mental health
• Why Islamic healing requires knowledge, not trend-following
Many people today treat hijama as a quick spiritual fix. But prophetic medicine requires balance. Excess draining without rebuilding blood can cause harm — especially for those already weak.
Healing in Islam is about wisdom, not extremism.
If you care about: Islamic medicine
Homeopathy and holistic healing
Mental health in the Muslim community
Prophetic traditions
Spiritual psychology
Hikmah-based healing
This video is for you.

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02/28/2026

Imam ʿAli (RA) was in battle.
A fierce fight.
Two warriors.
A contested struggle.
He throws the opponent to the ground and prepares for the final strike.
Then the man spits in his face.
Imam ʿAli sheathes his sword and walks away.
Why?
Because the moment anger entered his heart,
the action was no longer purely for Allah.
He said:
“We do not kill for personal reasons.”
This is sincerity (ikhlāṣ).
This is control over the nafs.
This is love of Allah above ego.
This story teaches us:
The difference between anger and justice
The battle against the ego (nafs)
What true intention (niyyah) means
How to act without personal revenge
The meaning of fighting for Allah vs fighting for self
In a world driven by reaction and ego,
this is a lesson in restraint, character, and spiritual maturity.
Real strength is not overpowering others.
Real strength is mastering yourself.






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Bismillah. As salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu wa Jumu’a Mubaraka. We pray y’all are well and in the best ...
02/27/2026

Bismillah. As salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu wa Jumu’a Mubaraka. We pray y’all are well and in the best of spiritual states.

It’s hard to believe a week of Ramadan has already come and gone. While this is a month with tremendous benefits, we understand there are many whose experience of Ramadan is one of depression and loneliness. We’re hopeful this anecdote from Hakim al-Ghazali will be a salve for the hearts…and help us all to re-member.

Enrollment is open for the Somatics Studio with Iman...but hurry, it closes again on Sunday, March 1st. Haraka baraka!

We are lovingly at your service!
The FTH Team

02/26/2026

Imam al-Ghazali shares a profound story about a man struck with melancholy — what we would today call depression.
The man seeks answers.
A physicist tells him it’s cold air.
A physician says it’s excess black bile and imbalance in the body.
An astronomer says it’s the movement of the heavens.
Imam al-Ghazali says:
They have all spoken truth.
But they missed something greater.
Behind the air, the bile, the stars —
is Allah.
This is the Islamic worldview of healing.
Yes, there are physical causes.
Yes, there are constitutional imbalances.
Yes, there are environmental factors.
But nothing operates independently.
Allah governs everything.
True Islamic psychology does not deny biology.
True Islamic medicine does not deny natural causes.
But it refuses to stop at them.
Depression, trauma, and emotional states can have:
Physiological components
Environmental influences
Constitutional imbalances
And spiritual dimensions
Healing in Islam integrates all of them.
This lecture explores:
Imam al-Ghazali’s perspective on melancholy
Traditional medicine and black bile theory
The difference between cause and ultimate cause
Divine decree (Qadr) and mental health
How to seek support without losing tawheed
Because seeking help and trusting Allah are not opposites.
They are part of the same path.






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It’s that time of year again! 🤧Check out a comprehensive summary of Dr. Mazen’s Hikma recommendations for cold and flu s...
02/24/2026

It’s that time of year again! 🤧

Check out a comprehensive summary of Dr. Mazen’s Hikma recommendations for cold and flu season.

For bone broth, we highly recommend for natural beef bone broth powder made from only grass-fed and finished zabihah halal beef bones, onions, and pink sea salt.

And of course, if you are looking for individualized, tailored support for you and your family’s acute situations— we have a multi-member team available to help you and your loved ones maintain immunity and strength all season long, and beyond 💪

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We are lovingly at your service!
The FTH Team

Bismillah. As salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, everyone. Ramadan Mubarak wa Jumu'a Mubaraka! We pray y'al...
02/20/2026

Bismillah. As salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu, everyone. Ramadan Mubarak wa Jumu'a Mubaraka! We pray y'all are well and in the best of states.

Please set aside a few minutes to read the Forward to Health Newsletter. Today, Dr. Mazen writes on Ramadan: the Greatest Opportunity to Truly Study Your Nafs. We also continue with advices from Imam al-Haddad's Book of Assistance. Today's advice is on the importance of sticking to the Qur'an and the sunna.

And just in time for Ramadan, a generous donor has come forward to offer need-based partial scholarships for 2-3 participants in the FTH Umrah & Hijrah Walk. Are you able to cover half of the expenses of the Walk but need help covering the other half? If so, please apply. Ramadan Mubarak! We pray you have an absolutely beauty-full weekend and that you experience beautiful, true openings this Ramadan.

May this month be the month in which the tides turn. We break our addiction. We cool our anger. We face our fear. We hum...
02/18/2026

May this month be the month in which the tides turn.

We break our addiction.
We cool our anger.
We face our fear.
We humble our pride.
We put to rest our shame.
We heal all of our wounds.

And we re-member who we really are, together ☝️

Dr. Mazen & the FTH Team wish you all a blessed Ramadan!

One of the implications of unhealed trauma is that one becomes rigid; and rigidness is the opposite of wholeness and the...
02/10/2026

One of the implications of unhealed trauma is that one becomes rigid; and rigidness is the opposite of wholeness and the antithesis of feeling.

I can feel the pendulum starting to slow down and starting swinging back on ‘trauma’.

As all things that rise do, there is a movement fomenting momentum around being anti-trauma, anti-psychology, and perhaps even anti-healing (probably not anti-medicine, but that’s a conversation for a different time).

People are getting hung up on the word and not realizing its ubiquitous reality and the need for us to understand it holistically, beyond the jargon and sociological politics, and apply the healing dimensions of the Sunnah to mitigate its effects, safeguard the hearts, and root iman in a time of unyielding barrages against all things Sacred and Fitri.

Sincerely,
Dr. Mazen

Are you ready to receive loving, nurturing, and Prophetic support in healing your unresolved trauma? We are lovingly at your service. guidance@forwardtohealth.com | 312-448-8788

In today's newsletter, Dr. Mazen remembers something a patient once told him regarding her experiences on her healing jo...
02/07/2026

In today's newsletter, Dr. Mazen remembers something a patient once told him regarding her experiences on her healing journey in his post 'On the Smallest Shifts'.

This week (all links in Flodesk):
1) Ramadan Ready Workshop w/ Dr. Mazen TODAY Saturday, February 7th at 10am CST
2) 1:1 Somatic Trauma Coaching with Iman
3) Only 2 Spots Remaining for the FTH Umrah & Hijrah Walk (deadline quickly approaching)

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What is Forward to Health?

Forward to Health is an educational initiative committed to reintroducing the world to its long lost tradition of the healing arts. Connecting traditional Islamic medicine with homeopathy, modern Western naturopathy, and somatic-based trauma therapy, Dr. Mazen Atassi seeks to help the world heal through principle-based education, inner/outer integration, and wholistic transformation.

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