{"id":294152,"date":"2025-01-27T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=294152"},"modified":"2025-01-27T16:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:17:01","slug":"no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Harvard University did not claim Islamic act of prostration or &#8216;Sujood&#8217; posture is remedy for back pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a claim was being widely circulated on social media that Harvard University has named the &#8216;Sujood&#8217; posture, which is essentially the act of prostration in Islamic prayers, as the best remedy for backaches.<\/p>\n<p>Several Facebook accounts<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=harvard%20declares%20sujood&amp;filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0shared<\/a> this claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-294152 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_5-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_5.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_5-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_4-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_4-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_3-15\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_3.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_3-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_2-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_2-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_1-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_1.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_1-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Instagram account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taazakhabaroffical0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@taazakhabarofficial0,<\/a> which describes itself as a &#8216;news and media website&#8217; also posted this claim on its page. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/pvM5L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DE7chf1OzO9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DE7chf1OzO9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Taaza Khabar (@taazakhabaroffical0)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While checking for when this information was first shared, we found that the claim was not new and had gone viral in 2023 as well.<\/p>\n<p>On August 16, 2023, X user <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AllahGreatQuran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AllahGreatQuran <\/a>had shared something very similar. The post garnered over 600,000 views and was reshared close to 5,000 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/WrIP9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archived link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harvard University Declares Sujood Posture as the Best Medicine for Back Pain. Subhan\u2019Allah <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLAcLI5n5e\">pic.twitter.com\/cLAcLI5n5e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allah Islam Quran (@AllahGreatQuran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllahGreatQuran\/status\/1691843259692458133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another verified X user <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Al__Quraan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Al__Quraan<\/a> also posted this around the same time. It has gathering over 850,000 views and reshared 5,700 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/jDuXo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archived Link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harvard University Declares Sujood Posture as the Best Medicine for Back Pain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y83Wnk9Ek4\">pic.twitter.com\/y83Wnk9Ek4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2022 (@Al__Quraan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Al__Quraan\/status\/1692504722320883969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We were able to find several other X posts from 2023, which propagated the same claim. (Archives <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/o7LB7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/L4jRn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/TvqJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-294152 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_10-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_10-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_10-1.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_10-1-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_9-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_9.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_9-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-harvard-university-did-not-claim-islamic-act-of-prostration-or-sujood-posture-is-remedy-for-back-pain\/screenshot_8-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_8-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_8-1.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_8-1-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>To find the primary source related to the claim, Alt News ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=from%3Aharvardhealth%20back%20pain%20surgery&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyword search<\/a> on X. This led us to an X post from Harvard Health&#8217;s verified X account (<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HarvardHealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HarvardHealth<\/a>)<\/span> from 2021. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/1Xpp7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You might be considering surgery or other intervention to treat your back pain. But less may actually be more for this common problem, and in many instances the best medicine is good old-fashioned movement and exercise: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kS15FLlj5F\">https:\/\/t.co\/kS15FLlj5F<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HarvardHealth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HarvardHealth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TJv0YNtavv\">pic.twitter.com\/TJv0YNtavv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harvard Health (@HarvardHealth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarvardHealth\/status\/1410312268529680389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The post had a link to a 2020 article published by Harvard Health<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">, which is affiliated to Harvard Medical School. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/pain\/babying-your-back-may-delay-healing\">article<\/a>\u00a0talks about the importance of regular exercise to keep spinal problems at bay, nowhere does it mention the &#8216;Sujood&#8217; posture. However, we noticed that the image accompanying the article is similar to the I<\/span>slamic practice of prostration during daily prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Thus it is likely that a section of social media users may have misattributed the representative generic image in Harvard Health&#8217;s X post as Harvard Health promoting the &#8216;Sujood&#8217; posture as a remedy for back pain and later shared the claim with an image of an Muslim person. The fact is that Harvard Health&#8217;s article, which talks about strategies to combat back pain, has no reference to the Islamic act of prostration, known as the &#8216;Sujood&#8217;, &#8216;Sijda&#8217; or &#8216;Sejdah&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d0332ca4-770c-4136-bfde-7d51a66eded7\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a claim was being widely circulated on social media that Harvard University has named the &#8216;Sujood&#8217; posture, which is essentially the act of prostration in Islamic prayers, as the best remedy for backaches. Several Facebook accounts\u00a0shared this claim. Instagram account @taazakhabarofficial0, which describes itself as a &#8216;news and media website&#8217; also posted this claim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":294349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[728],"class_list":["post-294152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, Harvard University did not claim Islamic act of prostration or &#039;Sujood&#039; posture is remedy for back pain - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, Harvard University did not claim Islamic act of prostration or &#039;Sujood&#039; posture is remedy for back pain - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently, a claim was being widely circulated on social media that Harvard University has named the &#8216;Sujood&#8217; posture, which is essentially the act of prostration in Islamic prayers, as the best remedy for backaches. 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