Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bleeding, prolonged cough, unexplained weight loss, and a change in bowel movements.

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Addiction . Cancer . Betel nut

Is consuming betel nut allowed given its links to addiction, reproductive issues, and oral cancer?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 1 month ago

The Ulama did not find in consuming betel nut any damaging harm to the health, that is why we don't see a verdict against it. Some materials which are mixed with betel nut can be very harmful like tobacco. Consuming any item which damagingly harmful must be avoided.

Wassalam.

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Martyrdom . Cancer

Is it true that if someone died from cancer they are considered to have died as a martyr?

We don’t have such claim regarding cancer in our authentic books of Hadeeth.

We have in Sunni and Shia books that every lover of Ahlul Bayt ( AS) dies as Shaheed ( martyr). من مات على حب آل محمد مات شهيدا

Tafseer Al-Kashshaf, Tafseer Al-Razi and other Sunni books.

Wassalam.