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ahmad:10047Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Hilāl b. Yazīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "From the Prophet ﷺ : Indeed, this black seed is a cure for every disease except death." Shu'bah said, I asked Qatadah, "What is death?" He said, "It is the end of life."  

أحمد:١٠٠٤٧حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةَ السَّوْدَاءَ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ مَا السَّامُ؟ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ  


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ahmad:9543Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

“I heard Salim bin ‘Abdullah narrating from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘You should eat this black seed, for in it there is healing from every disease, except the Sam (death).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3448)   

أحمد:٩٥٤٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فَإِنَّ فِيهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا السَّامُ؟ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ  

ahmad:10046Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Hilāl al-Muzanī or al-Māzinī Yuḥaddithuʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , he said: "This black seed is a remedy." Shu'bah said: Or he said, "a cure for every disease except death." Qatadah said: And poison is death.  

أحمد:١٠٠٤٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ هِلَالًا الْمُزَنِيَّ أَوِ الْمَازِنِيَّ يُحَدِّثُعَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةُ السَّوْدَاءُ دَوَاءٌ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَوْ قَالَ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَالسَّامُ الْمَوْتُ  

ahmad:10049Ḥusayn > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Hilāl b. Yazīd from Banī Māzin b. Shaybān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ: "Indeed, this black seed is a cure for every illness except death." And Qatadah said: "Death is the poison."  

أحمد:١٠٠٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنِي قَتَادَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ هِلَالَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ مِنْ بَنِي مَازِنِ بْنِ شَيْبَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةَ السَّوْدَاءَ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَيْسَ السَّامَ وقَالَ قَتَادَةُ السَّامُ الْمَوْتُ  

ahmad:7557Yazīd And Yaʿlá > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about this black seed, "It is a remedy for every disease except death." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is death?" He said, "It is the end."  

أحمد:٧٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَيَعْلَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا السَّامُ؟ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ  

ahmad:10947Hāshim > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Hilāl b. Yazīd a man from Banī Māzin b. Shaybān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Verily, this black seed, meaning black cumin, is a remedy for every illness except death." Qatadah said, "And death is the poison."  

أحمد:١٠٩٤٧حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ أَنْبَأَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ هِلَالَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي مَازِنِ بْنِ شَيْبَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةَ السَّوْدَاءَ يَعْنِي الشُّونِيزَ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَيْسَ السَّامَ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَالسَّامُ الْمَوْتُ  

ahmad:10550Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about this black seed: "It is a remedy for every disease except death." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is death?" He said: "It is the end of life."  

أحمد:١٠٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِالسَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا السَّامُ؟ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ  

ahmad:25133Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Abū Fudayk al-Dīlī > Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ḥabībah al-Ashhalī > Dawuād b. al-Ḥuṣayn > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The Siwak (toothstick) is cleansing for the mouth and pleasing to the Lord. And in the black seed is healing from every disease except death." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is death?" He said, "Death is the ultimate defeat."  

أحمد:٢٥١٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ الدِّيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ الْأَشْهَلِيُّ عَنْ دَوُادَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ السِّوَاكُ مَطْيَبَةٌ لِلْفَمِ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ وَفِي الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا السَّامُ؟ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ