Over 1,400 years ago, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) shared a piece of guidance about the common housefly that left many people puzzled for centuries. The hadith instructs that if a fly lands in your drink, you should dip it fully before removing it, because one wing carries the ailment while the other carries the cure. For generations, skeptics dismissed this teaching, yet modern science is now confirming what believers accepted on faith all along. In a bold move, the host of The Deen Show personally delivered this prophetic teaching to Bill Gates and NAS Daily, inviting two of the world’s most prominent voices on global health and media to examine a miracle hidden in the words of the final Messenger of Islam.
What the Hadith of the Fly Actually Says
The hadith, authenticated and found in the most reliable collections of prophetic traditions, states that if a fly falls into your vessel, you should submerge it completely before discarding it, because one of its wings carries disease and the other carries the cure. For people living in impoverished regions who cannot simply throw away a meal or drink, this guidance carries profound practical significance. It is a teaching rooted in mercy, delivered by a man Muslims believe spoke only through divine revelation from the Creator of the heavens and the earth.
Modern Science Confirms the Prophetic Miracle
“We’ve repeatedly demonstrated that taking water, milk, or saline solution — if the fly just lands in it and we compare that to a solution where the fly is fully dunked — the dunked solution consistently grows less bacteria. There is in fact an antibacterial effect.” — Dr. Hussaim Al-Harash, Medical Doctor and Science Researcher
- Over ten peer-reviewed papers published in the last two years alone from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and the Philippines confirm the antibacterial properties observed when a fly is fully submerged in a liquid.
- Experiments show that the more times a fly is dunked into a solution, the fewer bacterial colonies grow — demonstrating a measurable, repeatable antibacterial effect.
- One study tested a solution already contaminated with E. coli and found that dunking the fly reduced bacterial growth, even when the fly had never stepped in the original solution.
- Proposed scientific mechanisms include bacteria-fighting bacteria on the fly’s body, a fungus similar to penicillin that combats harmful microbes, the physical structure of insect wings that shreds bacteria on contact (documented in Nature), and bacteriophages — viruses that destroy bacteria.
- Researchers believe this line of inquiry could lead to new antibiotics at a time when antibiotic resistance is a growing global crisis, making the Prophet’s words not only spiritually profound but potentially life-saving for all of humanity.
A Challenge to Bill Gates and the World
“If there wasn’t a hadith, they would never even look at this. Because of this hadith, we’re dunking flies in solutions and it’s killing the bacteria. There might be a benefit to society — find it, identify it, isolate it, put it in a factory, make gallons of it, and cure disease.” — Dr. Hussaim Al-Harash
Faith Came First — Science Is Only Catching Up
As Muslims, we do not base our belief on scientific discoveries that shift with every generation. The Quran spoke of the expanding universe, the stages of embryonic development, the barriers between two seas, and mountains as stabilizers long before modern instruments confirmed any of it. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not speak from his own desires. Every teaching, every word, traces back to divine revelation. Those who accepted the hadith of the fly on faith over a thousand years ago were right all along. Today, science simply provides another subhanAllah moment — glory be to God — adding proof upon proof that this message of Islam is indeed from the Creator. If Bill Gates, NAS Daily, or anyone else is sincere in seeking truth and healing for humanity, the door is wide open: study the evidence, read the Quran, and discover the purpose of life at thedeenshow.com.
