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ahmad:25133 – Muḥammad 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:٢٥١٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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

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ahmad:7557 – Yazīd 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:٧٥٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:10550 – Yazīd > 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:١٠٥٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:10047 – Ḥajjāj > 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:١٠٠٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:9473 – Ghassān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, "Black seed is a cure for every disease except for death and death is poison."

أحمد:٩٤٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْحَبَّةُ السَّوْدَاءُ شِفَاءٌ من كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ وَالسَّامُ الْمَوْتُ

ahmad:9543 – Yaḥyá 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:٩٥٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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