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bukhari:3320Khālid b. Makhlad > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿUtbah b. Muslim > ʿUbayd b. Ḥunayn > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said "If a house fly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink) and take it out, for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease."  

البخاري:٣٣٢٠حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي شَرَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي إِحْدَى جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَالأُخْرَى شِفَاءً  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5782Qutaybah > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿUtbah b. Muslim a freed slave of Banī Taym > ʿUbayd b. Ḥunayn a freed slave of Banī Zurayq > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i e. the treatment for that disease."  

البخاري:٥٧٨٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي تَيْمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لْيَطْرَحْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ شِفَاءً وَفِي الآخَرِ دَاءً  

ibnmajah:3505Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Muslim b. Khālid > ʿUtbah b. Muslim > ʿUbayd b. Ḥunayn > Abū Hurayrah

“If a fly falls into your drink, dip it into it then throw it away, for on one of its wings is a disease and on the other is a cure.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٥٠٥حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي شَرَابِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ لْيَطْرَحْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الآخَرِ شِفَاءً  

ahmad:9168Sulaymān > Ismāʿīl > ʿUtbah b. Muslim a freed slave of Banī Taym > ʿUbayd b. Ḥunayn a freed slave of Banī Zurayq > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i e. the treatment for that disease." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5782)  

أحمد:٩١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي تَيْمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي شَرَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لِيَطْرَحْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِشِفَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ دَاءً  

ahmad:9721Wakīʿ > Ibrāhīm b. al-Faḍl > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīdʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If a fly falls into the food or drink of one of you, he should dip it (the fly) and then take it out, for one of its wings carries disease and the other carries the cure. Then he should take what he needs from it."  

أحمد:٩٧٢١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي طَعَامِ أَحَدِكُمْ أَوْ شَرَابِهِ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ إِذَا أَخْرَجَهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهُ يُقَدِّمُ الدَّاءَ  

ahmad:7572Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Thumāmah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Anas > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: If a fly falls into one of your utensils, then dip it entirely, for one of its wings carries a disease and the other carries a cure.  

أحمد:٧٥٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ دَوَاءً  

darimi:2081ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿUtbah b. Muslim > ʿUbayd b. Ḥunayn > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If a fly falls in the drink of one of you, he should dip it all in and then remove it, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is a cure."  

الدارمي:٢٠٨١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ حُنَيْنٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا سَقَطَ الذُّبَابٌ فِي شَرَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً»  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَعْمَلُ الْمَرْءُ عِنْدَ وُقُوعِ مَا لَا نَفْسَ لَهُ تَسِيلُ فِي مَائِهِ أَوْ مَرَقَتِهِ

ibnhibban:1246Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Ziyād b. Yaḥyá al-Ḥassānī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3844)  

ابن حبّان:١٢٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحَسَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِجَنَاحِهِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِغَمْسِ الذُّبَابِ فِي الْمَرَقَةِ إِذَا وَقَعَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ الْإِخْرَاجِ وَالِانْتِفَاعِ بِتِلْكَ الْمَرَقَةِ

ibnhibban:5250Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf > Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3844)  

ابن حبّان:٥٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءٌ وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءٌ وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِجَنَاحِهِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ ثُمَّ لِيَنْزِعْهُ»  

suyuti:2774a

The Prophet ﷺ said "If a house fly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink) and take it out, for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3320)   

السيوطي:٢٧٧٤a

"إِذَا وقَعَ الذُّبابُ في شراب أحدِكُمْ فليَغمسْه، ثُمَّ لينزِعْه، فإنَّه في إِحْدى جناحِيه داءً، وفي الآخر شفاءً".  

[خ] البخاري [هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عباس
suyuti:2776a

when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3844)   

السيوطي:٢٧٧٦a

"إِذَا وقَعَ الذُّبابُ في إناء أحدكُمْ فليغْمِسْهُ فإِنَّ في أحد جناحَيه داءً وفي الآخرِ شفاءً، وإنَّه يَتَّقى بجناحِه الَّذِي فيه الدَّاءُ، فَليغْمِسْه كلَّه، ثم ليَنْزِعْهُ" .  

[حم] أحمد ، [د] أبو داود [حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي هريرة