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Hadith 5689
Chapter 8: At-Talbina prepared for the patient - كتاب الطب
Narrated 'Urwa:
حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَأْمُرُ بِالتَّلْبِينِ لِلْمَرِيضِ وَلِلْمَحْزُونِ عَلَى الْهَالِكِ، وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" إِنَّ التَّلْبِينَةَ تُجِمُّ فُؤَادَ الْمَرِيضِ، وَتَذْهَبُ بِبَعْضِ الْحُزْنِ ".
Aisha used to recommend at-Talbina for the sick and for such a person as grieved over a dead person.
She used to say, "I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'at-Talbina gives rest to the heart of the patient and
makes it active and relieves some of his sorrow and grief.'"
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Chapter 9: Sa'ut - كتاب الطب
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) was cupped and he paid the wages to the one who had cupped him and then took Su'ut
(Medicine sniffed by nose).
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Chapter 10: To sniff the Indian and sea Qust (kind of incense) - كتاب الطب
Narrated Um Qais bint Mihsan:
حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ. يُسْتَعَطُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ، وَيُلَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ ". وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِابْنٍ لِي لَمْ يَأْكُلِ الطَّعَامَ فَبَالَ عَلَيْهِ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَرَشَّ عَلَيْهِ.
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Treat with the Indian incense, for it has healing for seven diseases; it is to
be sniffed by one having throat trouble, and to be put into one side of the mouth of one suffering from
pleurisy." Once I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with a son of mine who would not eat any food, and the boy
passed urine on him whereupon he asked for some water and sprinkled it over the place of urine.
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Chapter 13: To be cupped (as a treatment) for a disease. - كتاب الطب
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ أَجْرِ الْحَجَّامِ، فَقَالَ احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَجَمَهُ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ، وَأَعْطَاهُ صَاعَيْنِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ، وَكَلَّمَ مَوَالِيَهُ فَخَفَّفُوا عَنْهُ، وَقَالَ " إِنَّ أَمْثَلَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحِجَامَةُ وَالْقُسْطُ الْبَحْرِيُّ ". وَقَالَ " لاَ تُعَذِّبُوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ بِالْغَمْزِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُسْطِ ".
that he was asked about the wages of the one who cups others. He said, 'Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was cupped
by `Abd Taiba, to whom he gave two Sa of food and interceded for him with his masters who
consequently reduced what they used to charge him daily. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) s said, "The best
medicines you may treat yourselves with are cupping and sea incense.' He added, "You should not
torture your children by treating tonsillitis by pressing the tonsils or the palate with the finger, but use
incense."
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Chapter 13: To be cupped (as a treatment) for a disease. - كتاب الطب
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ تَلِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، وَغَيْرُهُ، أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَاصِمَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَادَ الْمُقَنَّعَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لاَ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّى تَحْتَجِمَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" إِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً ".
that he paid Al-Muqanna a visit during his illness and said, "I will not leave till he gets cupped, for I
heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "There is healing in cupping."
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Chapter 14: Cupping on the head - كتاب الطب
Narrated `Abdullah bin Buhaina:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ابْنَ بُحَيْنَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم احْتَجَمَ بِلَحْىِ جَمَلٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ، وَهْوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فِي وَسَطِ رَأْسِهِ. وَقَالَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم احْتَجَمَ فِي رَأْسِهِ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was cupped on the middle of his head at Lahl Jamal on his way to Mecca while he
was in a state of Ihram. Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was cupped on his head.
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Chapter 15: Cupping to treat unilateral or bilateral headache - كتاب الطب
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، احْتَجَمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي رَأْسِهِ وَهْوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ وَجَعٍ كَانَ بِهِ بِمَاءٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ لَحْىُ جَمَلٍ. وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم احْتَجَمَ وَهْوَ مُحْرِمٌ فِي رَأْسِهِ مِنْ شَقِيقَةٍ كَانَتْ بِهِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) was cupped on his head for an ailment he was suffering from while he was in a state of
Ihram. at a water place called Lahl Jamal. Ibn `Abbas further said: Allah s Apostle was cupped on his
head for unilateral headache while he was in a state of Ihram .
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "If there is any good in your medicines, then it is in a gulp of honey, a
cupping operation, or branding (cauterization), but I do not like to be (cauterized) branded.
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to me during the period of Al-Hudaibiya, while I was lighting fire underneath a
cooking pot and lice were falling down my head. He said, "Do your lice hurt your?" I said, "Yes." He
said, "Shave your head and fast for three days or feed six poor persons or slaughter a sheep as a
sacrifice:"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If there is any healing in your medicines then it is a cupping operation, or branding
(cauterization), but I do not like to be (cauterized) branded."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Nations were displayed before me; one or two prophets would pass by along
with a few followers. A prophet would pass by accompanied by nobody. Then a big crowd of people
passed in front of me and I asked, Who are they Are they my followers?" It was said, 'No. It is Moses
and his followers It was said to me, 'Look at the horizon.'' Behold! There was a multitude of people
filling the horizon. Then it was said to me, 'Look there and there about the stretching sky! Behold!
There was a multitude filling the horizon,' It was said to me, 'This is your nation out of whom seventy
thousand shall enter Paradise without reckoning.' "Then the Prophet (ﷺ) entered his house without telling
his companions who they (the 70,000) were. So the people started talking about the issue and said, "It
is we who have believed in Allah and followed His Apostle; therefore those people are either
ourselves or our children who are born m the Islamic era, for we were born in the Pre-lslamic Period
of Ignorance.'' When the Prophet (ﷺ) heard of that, he came out and said. "Those people are those who do
not treat themselves with Ruqya, nor do they believe in bad or good omen (from birds etc.) nor do
they get themselves branded (Cauterized). but they put their trust (only) in their Lord " On that
'Ukasha bin Muhsin said. "Am I one of them, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?' The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes." Then
another person got up and said, "Am I one of them?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Ukasha has anticipated you."
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Chapter 18: To treat opthalmia with antimony or kohl - كتاب الطب
Narrated Um Salama:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً تُوُفِّيَ زَوْجُهَا فَاشْتَكَتْ عَيْنَهَا، فَذَكَرُوهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَذَكَرُوا لَهُ الْكُحْلَ، وَأَنَّهُ يُخَافُ عَلَى عَيْنِهَا، فَقَالَ
" لَقَدْ كَانَتْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَمْكُثُ فِي بَيْتِهَا فِي شَرِّ أَحْلاَسِهَا ـ أَوْ فِي أَحْلاَسِهَا فِي شَرِّ بَيْتِهَا ـ فَإِذَا مَرَّ كَلْبٌ رَمَتْ بَعْرَةً، فَلاَ، أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ".
The husband of a lady died and her eyes became sore and the people mentioned her story to the
Prophet They asked him whether it was permissible for her to use kohl as her eyes were exposed to
danger. He said, "Previously, when one of you was bereaved by a husband she would stay in her dirty
clothes in a bad unhealthy house (for one year), and when a dog passed by, she would throw a globe
of dung. No, (she should observe the prescribed period Idda) for four months and ten days.'
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Chapter 19: Leprosy - كتاب الطب
Narrated Abu Huraira:
وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَلاَ هَامَةَ وَلاَ صَفَرَ، وَفِرَّ مِنَ الْمَجْذُومِ كَمَا تَفِرُّ مِنَ الأَسَدِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah's permission). nor is there any bad omen (from birds), nor is there any Hamah, nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should run away from the leper as one runs away from a lion."
Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or hidden means but that Allah is ultimately in control and any fearful superstition around these is false.
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Chapter 76: Medicine - كتاب الطب
Narrated Ibn `Abbas and `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَبَّلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ مَيِّتٌ. قَالَ وَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَدَدْنَاهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يُشِيرُ إِلَيْنَا، أَنْ لاَ تَلُدُّونِي. فَقُلْنَا كَرَاهِيَةُ الْمَرِيضِ لِلدَّوَاءِ. فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ " أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمْ أَنْ تَلُدُّونِي ". قُلْنَا كَرَاهِيَةَ الْمَرِيضِ لِلدَّوَاءِ. فَقَالَ " لاَ يَبْقَى فِي الْبَيْتِ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ لُدَّ ـ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ ـ إِلاَّ الْعَبَّاسَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَشْهَدْكُمْ ".
Abu Bakr kissed (the forehead of) the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was dead. `Aisha added: We put medicine in
one side of his mouth but he started waving us not to insert the medicine into his mouth. We said, "He
dislikes the medicine as a patient usually does." But when he came to his senses he said, "Did I not
forbid you to put medicine (by force) in the side of my mouth?" We said, "We thought it was just
because a patient usually dislikes medicine." He said, "None of those who are in the house but will be
forced to take medicine in the side of his mouth while I am watching, except Al-`Abbas, for he had
not witnessed your deed."
I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with a a son of mine whose palate and tonsils I had pressed with my
finger as a treatment for a (throat and tonsil) disease. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Why do you pain your
children by pressing their throats! Use Ud Al-Hindi (certain Indian incense) for it cures seven
diseases, one of which is pleurisy. It is used as a snuff for treating throat and tonsil disease and it is
inserted into one side of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy."
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Chapter 22: Chapter - كتاب الطب
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، وَيُونُسُ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ لَمَّا ثَقُلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ، اسْتَأْذَنَ أَزْوَاجَهُ فِي أَنْ يُمَرَّضَ فِي بَيْتِي، فَأَذِنَّ، فَخَرَجَ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ، تَخُطُّ رِجْلاَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ بَيْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَآخَرَ. فَأَخْبَرْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنِ الرَّجُلُ الآخَرُ الَّذِي لَمْ تُسَمِّ عَائِشَةُ قُلْتُ لاَ. قَالَ هُوَ عَلِيٌّ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ مَا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهَا وَاشْتَدَّ بِهِ وَجَعُهُ
" هَرِيقُوا عَلَىَّ مِنْ سَبْعِ قِرَبٍ لَمْ تُحْلَلْ أَوْكِيَتُهُنَّ، لَعَلِّي أَعْهَدُ إِلَى النَّاسِ ". قَالَتْ فَأَجْلَسْنَاهُ فِي مِخْضَبٍ لِحَفْصَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ طَفِقْنَا نَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقِرَبِ، حَتَّى جَعَلَ يُشِيرُ إِلَيْنَا أَنْ قَدْ فَعَلْتُنَّ. قَالَتْ وَخَرَجَ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَصَلَّى لَهُمْ وَخَطَبَهُمْ.
(the wife of the Prophet)
When the health of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) deteriorated and his condition became serious, he asked the
permission of all his wives to allow him to be treated In my house, and they allowed him. He came
out, supported by two men and his legs were dragging on the ground between `Abbas and another
man. (The sub-narrator told Ibn `Abbas who said: Do you know who was the other man whom `Aisha
did not mention? The sub-narrator said: No. Ibn `Abbas said: It was `Ali.) `Aisha added: When the
Prophet entered my house and his disease became aggravated, he said, "Pour on me seven water skins
full of water (the tying ribbons of which had not been untied) so that I may give some advice to the
people." So we made him sit in a tub belonging to Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) and started pouring
water on him from those water skins till he waved us to stop. Then he went out to the people and led
them in prayer and delivered a speech before them.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 71, Hadith 612
Hadith 5715
Chapter 23: Al-Udhra (throat or tonsil diseases) - كتاب الطب
Narrated Um Qais:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ أُمَّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتَ مِحْصَنٍ الأَسَدِيَّةَ ـ أَسَدَ خُزَيْمَةَ، وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الأُوَلِ اللاَّتِي بَايَعْنَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْىَ أُخْتُ عُكَّاشَةَ ـ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِابْنٍ لَهَا، قَدْ أَعْلَقَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" عَلَى مَا تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلاَدَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلاَقِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ ". يُرِيدُ الْكُسْتَ، وَهْوَ الْعُودُ الْهِنْدِيُّ. وَقَالَ يُونُسُ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَلَّقَتْ عَلَيْهِ.
that she took to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she had pressed because he
had throat trouble. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Why do you pain your children by getting the palate pressed
like that? Use the Ud Al-Hindi (certain Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases one of which is
pleurisy."
A man came to the prophet and said, 'My brother has got loose motions. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, Let him
drink honey." The man again (came) and said, 'I made him drink (honey) but that made him worse.'
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Allah has said the Truth, and the `Abdomen of your brother has told a lie." (See
Hadith No. 88)
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'There is no 'Adwa (no disease is conveyed from the sick to the healthy without
Allah's permission), nor Safar, nor Hama." A bedouin stood up and said, "Then what about my
camels? They are like deer on the sand, but when a mangy camel comes and mixes with them, they all
get infected with mangy." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first
one?"
that she took to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she had pressed to treat a
throat trouble. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Be afraid of Allah! Why do you pain your children by having their
tonsils pressed like that? Use the Ud Al-Hindi (a certain Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases,
one of which is pleurisy."