The Prophet (ﷺ) rode a donkey having a saddle with a Fadakiyya velvet covering. He mounted me behind
him and went to visit Sa`d bin 'Ubada, and that had been before the battle of Badr. The Prophet (ﷺ)
proceeded till he passed by a gathering in which `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul was present, and that
had been before `Abdullah embraced Islam. The gathering comprised of Muslims, polytheists, i.e.,
isolators and Jews. `Abdullah bin Rawaha was also present in that gathering. When dust raised by the
donkey covered the gathering, `Abdullah bin Ubai covered his nose with his upper garment and said,
"Do not trouble us with dust." The Prophet (ﷺ) greeted them, stopped and dismounted. Then he invited
them to Allah (i.e., to embrace Islam) and recited to them some verses of the Holy Qur'an. On that,
`Abdullah bin Ubai said, "O man ! There is nothing better than what you say if it is true. Do not
trouble us with it in our gathering, but return to your house, and if somebody comes to you, teach him
there." On that `Abdullah bin Rawaha said, Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Bring your teachings to our
gathering, for we love that." So the Muslims, the pagans and the Jews started abusing each other till
they were about to fight. The Prophet (ﷺ) kept on quietening them till they became calm. Thereupon the
Prophet mounted his animal and proceeded till he entered upon Sa`d bin Ubada. He said to him "O
Sa`d! Have you not heard what Abu Hubab (i.e., `Abdullah bin Ubai) said?" Sa`d said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! Excuse and forgive him, for Allah has given you what He has given you. The people of this
town (Medina decided unanimously to crown him and make him their chief by placing a turban on his
head, but when that was prevented by the Truth which Allah had given you he (`Abdullah bin Ubai)
was grieved out of jealously, and that was the reason which caused him to behave in the way you have
seen."
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Hadith 5664
Chapter 15: To visit a patient riding, walking or sitting with another person on a donkey - كتاب المرضى
Narrated Jabir:
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ـ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ جَاءَنِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ وَلاَ بِرْذَوْنٍ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to visit me (while I was sick) and he was riding neither a mule, nor a horse.
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Hadith 5665
Chapter 16: To say "I am sick," or "Oh, my head!" or "My ailment has been aggravated" - كتاب المرضى
Narrated Ka`b bin 'Ujara:
حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، وَأَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه. مَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا أُوقِدُ تَحْتَ الْقِدْرِ فَقَالَ
" أَيُؤْذِيكَ هَوَامُّ رَأْسِكَ ". قُلْتُ نَعَمْ. فَدَعَا الْحَلاَّقَ فَحَلَقَهُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي بِالْفِدَاءِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me while I was kindling a fire under a (cooking) pot. He said, "Do the lice of
your head trouble you?" I said, "Yes." So he called a barber to shave my head and ordered me to make
expiation for that."
`Aisha, (complaining of headache) said, "Oh, my head"! Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I wish that had
happened while I was still living, for then I would ask Allah's Forgiveness for you and invoke Allah
for you." Aisha said, "Wa thuklayah! By Allah, I think you want me to die; and If this should happen,
you would spend the last part of the day sleeping with one of your wives!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Nay, I
should say, 'Oh my head!' I felt like sending for Abu Bakr and his son, and appoint him as my
successor lest some people claimed something or some others wished something, but then I said (to
myself), 'Allah would not allow it to be otherwise, and the Muslims would prevent it to be otherwise".
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Hadith 5667
Chapter 16: To say "I am sick," or "Oh, my head!" or "My ailment has been aggravated" - كتاب المرضى
Narrated Ibn Mas`ud:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ يُوعَكُ فَمَسِسْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكَ لَتُوعَكُ وَعْكًا شَدِيدًا. قَالَ " أَجَلْ كَمَا يُوعَكُ رَجُلاَنِ مِنْكُمْ ". قَالَ لَكَ أَجْرَانِ قَالَ " نَعَمْ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصِيبُهُ أَذًى مَرَضٌ فَمَا سِوَاهُ إِلاَّ حَطَّ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِ كَمَا تَحُطُّ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا ".
I visited the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was having a high fever. I touched him an said, "You have a very high
fever" He said, "Yes, as much fever as two me of you may have." I said. "you will have a double
reward?" He said, "Yes No Muslim is afflicted with hurt caused by disease or some other
inconvenience, but that Allah will remove his sins as a tree sheds its leaves."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to visit me during my ailment which had been aggravated during Hajjat-al-
Wada`. I said to him, "You see how sick I am. I have much property but have no heir except my only
daughter May I give two thirds of my property in charity?"! He said, "No." I said, "Half of it?" He
said, "No." I said "One third?" He said, "One third is too much, for to leave your heirs rich is better
than to leave them poor, begging of others. Nothing you spend seeking Allah's pleasure but you shall
get a reward for it, even for what you put in the mouth of your wife."
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Hadith 5669
Chapter 17: The saying of the patient: "Get up from me!" - كتاب المرضى
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَمَّا حُضِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ فِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " هَلُمَّ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَابًا لاَ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ ". فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَجَعُ وَعِنْدَكُمُ الْقُرْآنُ، حَسْبُنَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ فَاخْتَصَمُوا، مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ قَرِّبُوا يَكْتُبْ لَكُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كِتَابًا لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ مَا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا اللَّغْوَ وَالاِخْتِلاَفَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " قُومُوا ". قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ فَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الرَّزِيَّةَ كُلَّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنِ اخْتِلاَفِهِمْ وَلَغَطِهِمْ.
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was on his death-bed and in the house there were some people among whom
was `Umar bin Al-Khattab, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Come, let me write for you a statement after which you
will not go astray." `Umar said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) is seriously ill and you have the Qur'an; so the Book of
Allah is enough for us." The people present in the house differed and quarrelled. Some said "Go near
so that the Prophet (ﷺ) may write for you a statement after which you will not go astray," while the others
said as `Umar said. When they caused a hue and cry before the Prophet, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Go
away!" Narrated 'Ubaidullah: Ibn `Abbas used to say, "It was very unfortunate that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise."
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Hadith 5670
Chapter 18: Whoever took the sick boy (to someone) to invoke Allah for him - كتاب المرضى
Narrated As-Sa'ib:
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ـ عَنِ الْجُعَيْدِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ، يَقُولُ ذَهَبَتْ بِي خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِي وَجِعٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ وَقُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى خَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ مِثْلَ زِرِّ الْحَجَلَةِ.
My aunt took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My nephew is- ill." The Prophet (ﷺ)
touched my head with his hand and invoked Allah to bless me. He then performed ablution and I
drank of the remaining water of his ablution and then stood behind his back and saw "Khatam An-
Nubuwwa" (The Seal of Prophethood) between his shoulders like a button of a tent.
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Hadith 5671
Chapter 19: The patient's wish for death - كتاب المرضى
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ ضُرٍّ أَصَابَهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ فَاعِلاً فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you should wish for death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he
has to wish for death, he should say: "O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let
me die if death is better for me.' "
We went to pay a visit to Khabbab (who was sick) and he had been branded (cauterized) at seven
places in his body. He said, "Our companions who died (during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this
world) without having their rewards reduced through enjoying the pleasures of this life, but we have
got (so much) wealth that we find no way to spend It except on the construction of buildings Had the
Prophet not forbidden us to wish for death, I would have wished for it.' We visited him for the second
time while he was building a wall. He said, A Muslim is rewarded (in the Hereafter) for whatever he
spends except for something that he spends on building."
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The good deeds of any person will not make him enter Paradise."
(i.e., None can enter Paradise through his good deeds.) They (the Prophet's companions) said, 'Not
even you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?' He said, "Not even myself, unless Allah bestows His favor and mercy
on me." So be moderate in your religious deeds and do the deeds that are within your ability: and none
of you should wish for death, for if he is a good doer, he may increase his good deeds, and if he is an
evil doer, he may repent to Allah."
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Hadith 5674
Chapter 19: The patient's wish for death - كتاب المرضى
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ مُسْتَنِدٌ إِلَىَّ يَقُولُ
" اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى ".
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) , who was resting against me, saying, "O Allah! Excuse me and bestow Your
Mercy on me and let me join with the highest companions (in Paradise)." See Qur'an (4.69)
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Hadith 5675
Chapter 20: The invocation for the patient - كتاب المرضى
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى مَرِيضًا ـ أَوْ أُتِيَ بِهِ ـ قَالَ
" أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا ". قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبِي الضُّحَى إِذَا أُتِيَ بِالْمَرِيضِ، وَقَالَ جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى وَحْدَهُ، وَقَالَ إِذَا أَتَى مَرِيضًا.
Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) paid a visit to a patient, or a patient was brought to him, he used to invoke
Allah, saying, "Take away the disease, O the Lord of the people! Cure him as You are the One Who
cures. There is no cure but Yours, a cure that leaves no disease."
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Hadith 5676
Chapter 21: Ablution by a person who pays a visit to a patient - كتاب المرضى
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا مَرِيضٌ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَصَبَّ عَلَىَّ أَوْ قَالَ صُبُّوا عَلَيْهِ فَعَقَلْتُ فَقُلْتُ لاَ يَرِثُنِي إِلاَّ كَلاَلَةٌ، فَكَيْفَ الْمِيرَاثُ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْفَرَائِضِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to me while I was ill. He performed ablution and threw the remaining water on me
(or said, "Pour it on him) " When I came to my senses I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have no son or
father to be my heir, so how will be my inheritance?" Then the Verse of inheritance was revealed.
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal had a fever. I entered upon them and
said, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?" Whenever Abu Bakr got the fever he used
to say, "Everybody is staying alive with his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces."
And when fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic verses): "Would that I could stay
overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling
grass). Would that one day I could drink of the water of Majinna, and would that Shama and Tafil
(two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me!" I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and informed him about
that. He said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca, and make it
healthy, and bless its Sa and its Mudd, and take away its fever and put it in Al-Juhfa." (See Hadith No
558) .
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Hadith 5679
Chapter 2: May a man treat a woman or a woman treat a man? - كتاب الطب
Narrated Rubai bint Mu`adh bin Afra:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنْ رُبَيِّعَ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذٍ ابْنِ عَفْرَاءَ، قَالَتْ كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَسْقِي الْقَوْمَ، وَنَخْدُمُهُمْ، وَنَرُدُّ الْقَتْلَى وَالْجَرْحَى إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.
We used to go for Military expeditions along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and provide the people with water,
serve them and bring the dead and the wounded back to Medina.
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Hadith 5680
Chapter 3: There is cure in three things - كتاب الطب
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ الأَفْطَسُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ
" الشِّفَاءُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ شَرْبَةِ عَسَلٍ، وَشَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ، وَكَيَّةِ نَارٍ، وَأَنْهَى أُمَّتِي عَنِ الْكَىِّ ". رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ وَرَوَاهُ الْقُمِّيُّ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْعَسَلِ وَالْحَجْمِ.
(The Prophet (ﷺ) said), "Healing is in three things: A gulp of honey, cupping, and branding with fire
(cauterizing)." But I forbid my followers to use (cauterization) branding with fire."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Healing is in three things: cupping, a gulp of honey or cauterization, (branding
with fire) but I forbid my followers to use cauterization (branding with fire).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 71, Hadith 585
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Chapter 4: Treatment with honey - كتاب الطب
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُعْجِبُهُ الْحَلْوَاءُ وَالْعَسَلُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to like sweet edible things and honey.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 71, Hadith 586
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Chapter 4: Treatment with honey - كتاب الطب
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ أَدْوِيَتِكُمْ ـ أَوْ يَكُونُ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ أَدْوِيَتِكُمْ ـ خَيْرٌ فَفِي شَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ، أَوْ شَرْبَةِ عَسَلٍ، أَوْ لَذْعَةٍ بِنَارٍ تُوَافِقُ الدَّاءَ، وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكْتَوِيَ ".
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "If there is any healing in your medicines, then it is in cupping, a gulp of
honey or branding with fire (cauterization) that suits the ailment, but I don't like to be (cauterized)
branded with fire."
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "My brother has some Abdominal trouble." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to
him "Let him drink honey." The man came for the second time and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, 'Let him
drink honey." He came for the third time and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Let him drink honey." He returned
again and said, "I have done that ' The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "Allah has said the truth, but your brother's
`Abdomen has told a lie. Let him drink honey." So he made him drink honey and he was cured.
Some people were sick and they said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Give us shelter and food. So when they
became healthy they said, "The weather of Medina is not suitable for us." So he sent them to Al-Harra
with some she-camels of his and said, "Drink of their milk." But when they became healthy, they
killed the shepherd of the Prophet (ﷺ) and drove away his camels. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent some people in their
pursuit. Then he got their hands and feet cut and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron. I
saw one of them licking the earth with his tongue till he died.
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Chapter 6: To treat with the urine of camels - كتاب الطب
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ نَاسًا، اجْتَوَوْا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَأَمَرَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَلْحَقُوا بِرَاعِيهِ ـ يَعْنِي الإِبِلَ ـ فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا، فَلَحِقُوا بِرَاعِيهِ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا، حَتَّى صَلَحَتْ أَبْدَانُهُمْ فَقَتَلُوا الرَّاعِيَ وَسَاقُوا الإِبِلَ، فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَبَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِهِمْ، فَجِيءَ بِهِمْ فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ، وَسَمَرَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ. قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ الْحُدُودُ.
The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered them to follow his shepherd,
i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So they followed the shepherd that is
the camels and drank their milk and urine till their bodies became healthy. Then they killed the
shepherd and drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet (ﷺ) he sent some people in their
pursuit. When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their eyes were branded with heated
pieces of iron.
We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way and when we arrived
at Medina he was still sick. Ibn Abi 'Atiq came to visit him and said to us, "Treat him with black
cumin. Take five or seven seeds and crush them (mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting
mixture into both nostrils, for `Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'This black
cumin is healing for all diseases except As-Sam.' Aisha said, 'What is As-Sam?' He said, 'Death."