Talbinah ?

[Abu Hind]

 

Bhai Usama,

 

Please go back to Ibn Al Qayyam's words :

 

التَّلْبين: هو الحِسَاءُ الرقيقُ الذى هو فى قِوَام اللَّبن، ومنه اشتُق اسمُه، قال الهَرَوىُّ: سميت تَلبينةً لشبهها باللَّبن لبياضِها ورقتِها، وهذا الغِذَاءُ هو النافع للعليل، وهو الرقيقُ النضيج لا الغليظ النِّىءُ، وإذا شئتَ أن تعرِفَ فضل التَّلْبينَةِ، فاعرفْ فضل ماء الشعير، بل هى ماءُ الشعير لهم، فإنها حِساء متَّخذ من دقيق الشعير بنُخالته، والفرق بينها وبين ماء الشعير أنه يُطبخ صِحاحاً، والتَّلبينَة تُطبخ منه مطحوناً، وهى أنفع منه لخروج خاصيَّةِ الشعير بالطحن،

 

TALBINAH means the kind of soup that is similar to milk in consistency. This is a beneficial food suitable for the sick, especially when well cooked until acquiring a soft consistency. The milk like soups, are as beneficial as barley soup, even better. Barley soup is made of whole barley grains, while the milk like soup is made of ground barley flour with its bran.

 

In this case, Talbinah can be barley's soup with out milk OR with milk, & Ibn Al Qayyam wrote that the milk soup is even better, when barley is added as ground barley flour with its bran.

 

I am definitely sure that Talbinah with milk is superior. The plain barley soup has its own qualities, I like it cooked hot with beetroot.

 

And even Saweeq with water can be taken cold as SATTU drink.

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----- Original Message -----

From: Osama Sheikh

To: Hasan Bin Abul Mubashir

Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:02 PM

Subject: Contents Of Talbinah

Assalam u Alaikum

Hasan Bhai, Can you please provide me a source for the contents that are in talbinah.

I had the idea that talbinah consisted of saweeq+milk+honey, whereas Ibn ul Qayyim has mentioned in Zaad ul-Ma'ad that it is saweeq+water.

Will be grateful.

Osama

[Abu Hind]

 

It is better to ask Mufti Hazraat; if mixing honey in milk is available in Uswah-e-Hasanah.You can try making Talbinah with barley & water only, & you will realize that qualities of TALBINAH (strengthens the heart & removes grief) are better covered with milk+Barley+honey.

 

Urdu translation (attached) of Ibn Al Qayyam's words will reflect a better concept.

Ibn Al Qayyam wrote : التَّلْبين: هو الحِسَاءُ الرقيقُ الذى هو فى قِوَام اللَّبن

I checked the translation of Qiwam, it means Basis, consistency, constitution, support. So Qiwam al Laban explains that Talbinah is made with milk, & Allah knows the best.

----- Original Message -----

From: Osama Sheikh

To: sh...@tibbenabwi.com

Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 7:10 PM

Subject: Re: {Tibb-e-Nabawi} Talbinah ?

Jazak Allah u khairan

I myself enjoy talbinay with milk, but what i understood from ibn al Qayyim's statement is that the talbinah reffered to in the ahadith consists of ground barley, which when mixed in water gives a milk like appearance, hence the name talbinah. I was curious to find this out because someone wanted to know if drinking milk with honey was mentioned in any hadith. The ahadith do mention honey with water, but i haven't come across any narration proving that milk was taken with honey by the Holy Prophet salla Allah u alaihi wa sallam. I thought if talbinah had milk as an ingredient it might prove this.