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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  


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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: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  

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  

nasai-kubra:7534Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"Use this black seed. For indeed it contains a cure for every disease except As-Sam" And As-Sam is death. (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2041)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الْحِبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فَإِنَّ فِيهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ وَالسَّامُ الْمَوْتُ»