Ale to the selling of beer labeled "strong beer" that had actually been diluted with small beer. In medieval times, ale may have been safer to drink than most water (the germ theory of disease was unheard of, and the sterilizing properties of boiling unknown); however, there is no period evidence that people were aware of this nor that they chose to drink ale for this reason. The alcohol, hops, and some ingredients in gruit used to preserve some ales may have contributed to their lower load of pathogens, when compared to water. However, ale was largely safer due to the
Ziyarat Ale Yasin Ziyarat Ale Yasin Ziyarat Ale Yasin (Arabic: زیارة آل یاسین) is regarded as a well-known Ziyarat (piece of salutation) which is associated with Mahdi who is an eschatological redeemer of Islam that will reappear and he will rid the world of all wicked and bad things (evil). Mahdi is also considered as the last (The Twelfth) Imam of Shia Islam. According to sources, Ale Yasin is referred to Ahl al-Bayt. This Ziyarat is begun with the following phrase: “Greetings be to the offspring of Yasin”. Abu Jafar Muhammad b. ‘Abdullah al Himyary al Qommi as the narrator of this Ziyarat