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ahmad:27618 – Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of Banī Hāshim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Mawālī > Fāʾid a freed slave of Ibn Abū Rāfiʿ > ʿAlī b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Rāfiʿ > ʿAmmatih Salmá

[Machine] "Whenever someone complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a headache, he would say, 'Perform hijama (cupping therapy).' And whenever someone complained to him about pain in their legs, he would say, 'Anoint your feet.'"  

أحمد:٢٧٦١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِي حَدَّثَنَا فَائِدٌ مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ سَلْمَى قَالَتْ

مَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا فِي رَأْسِهِ إِلَّا قَالَ احْتَجِمْ وَلَا اشْتَكَى إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ وَجَعًافِي رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَّا قَالَ اخْضِبْ رِجْلَيْكَ  

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abudawud:3858 – Muḥammad b. al-Wazīr al-Dimashqī > Yaḥyá / Ibn Ḥassān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Mawālī > Fāʾid a freed slave of ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAlī b. Abū Rāfiʿ > Mawlāh ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAlī b. Abū Rāfiʿ

the maid-servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: No one complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a headache but he told him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them with henna.  

أبو داود:٣٨٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَزِيرِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَسَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِي حَدَّثَنَا فَائِدٌ مَوْلَى عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ مَوْلاَهُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ سَلْمَى خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَشْتَكِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا فِي رَأْسِهِ إِلاَّ قَالَ احْتَجِمْ وَلاَ وَجَعًا فِي رِجْلَيْهِ إِلاَّ قَالَ اخْضِبْهُمَا  

ahmad:27617 – Abū ʿĀmir > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Abū al-Mawālī > Ayyūb b. Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Abū Rāfiʿ

the maid-servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: No one complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a headache but he told him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them with henna. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3858)   

أحمد:٢٧٦١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْمَوَالِي عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ حَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ سَلْمَى خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ مَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا قَطُّ يَشْكُو إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا فِي رَأْسِهِ إِلَّا قَالَ احْتَجِمْ وَلَا وَجَعًا فِي رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَّا قَالَ اخْضِبْهُمَا بِالْحِنَّاءِ  

hakim:8246 – al-Shaykh Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Ghassān b. Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Mawāl > Ayyūb b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Abū Rāfiʿ > Jaddatih

the maid-servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: No one complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a headache but he told him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them with henna. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3858)  

الحاكم:٨٢٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أَنْبَأَ غَسَّانُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِ حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ سَلْمَى خَادِمَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَشْتَكِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا فِي رَأْسِهِ إِلَّا قَالَ «احْتَجِمْ» وَلَا وَجَعًا فِي رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَّا قَالَ «اخْضِبْهُمَا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ
bayhaqi:19527 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. al-Wazīr al-Dimashqī > Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Mawālī > Fāʾid a freed slave of ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAlī b. Abū Rāfiʿ > Mawlāh ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAlī b. Abū Rāfiʿ > Jaddatih

the maid-servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: No one complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a headache but he told him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them with henna. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3858)   

البيهقي:١٩٥٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَزِيرِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِي ثنا فَائِدٌ مَوْلَى عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ مَوْلَاهُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ

سَلْمَى ؓ خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَشْتَكِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا فِي رَأْسِهِ إِلَّا قَالَ احْتَجِمْ وَلَا وَجَعًا فِي رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَّا قَالَ اخْضِبْهُمَا