76. Medicine

٧٦۔ كتاب الطب

76.4 Treatment with honey

٧٦۔٤ بَابُ الدَّوَاءِ بِالْعَسَلِ

[Machine] "And the saying of Allah Almighty: 'There is healing in it for the people.'"

وَقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ}.

bukhari:5682ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Usāmah > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to like sweet edible things and honey.  

البخاري:٥٦٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ الْحَلْوَاءُ وَالْعَسَلُ  

bukhari:5683Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ghasīl > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "If there is any healing in your medicines, then it is in cupping, a gulp of honey or branding with fire (cauterization) that suits the ailment, but I don't like to be (cauterized) branded with fire."  

البخاري:٥٦٨٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ أَدْوِيَتِكُمْ أَوْ يَكُونُ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ أَدْوِيَتِكُمْ خَيْرٌ فَفِي شَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ أَوْ شَرْبَةِ عَسَلٍ أَوْ لَذْعَةٍ بِنَارٍ تُوَافِقُ الدَّاءَ وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكْتَوِيَ  

bukhari:5684ʿAyyāsh b. al-Walīd > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My brother has some Abdominal trouble." The Prophet ﷺ said to him "Let him drink honey." The man came for the second time and the Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'Let him drink honey." He came for the third time and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Let him drink honey." He returned again and said, "I have done that ' The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Allah has said the truth, but your brother's ʿAbdomen has told a lie. Let him drink honey." So he made him drink honey and he was cured.  

البخاري:٥٦٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَخِي يَشْتَكِي بَطْنَهُ فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً ثُمَّ أَتَى الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ فَعَلْتُ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ