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Indian aloeswood and sprinkling water on an infant’s urine

bukhari:5692 – Ṣadaqah b. al-Faḍl > Ibn ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh > Umm Qays bt. Miḥṣan

[AI] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying: "You should use this Indian aloeswood, for in it are seven cures. It is inhaled through the nose for al-udhrah, and administered through the side of the mouth for pleurisy."

I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ with a son of mine who had not yet eaten food, and he urinated on him. He then called for water and sprinkled it over it.

البخاري:٥٦٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ، يُسْتَعَطُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ، وَيُلَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ».

وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِابْنٍ لِي لَمْ يَأْكُلِ الطَّعَامَ، فَبَالَ عَلَيْهِ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَرَشَّ عَلَيْهِ.

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muslim:287d – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah Waʿamrw al-Nāqid Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb And Ibn Abū ʿUmar Wa-al-Lafẓ Lizuhayr > Yaḥyá > al-Ākharūn > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Um Qays b. Miḥṣan Ukht ʿUkkāshah b. Miḥṣan

I visited Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with my son who had not, by that time, been weaned and he urinated over his (clothes). He ordered water to be brought and sprinkled (it) over them. She (further) said: I visited him (Allah's Apostle) along with my son and I had squeezed the swelling in the uvula, whereupon he said: Why do you afflict your children by compressing like this? Use this Indian aloeswood, for it contains seven types of remedies, one among them being a remedy for pleurisy. It is applied through the nose for a swelling of the uvula and poured into the side of the mouth for pleurisy.

مسلم:٢٨٧d – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِزُهَيْرٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ أُخْتِ عُكَّاشَةَ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ قَالَتْ

دَخَلْتُ بِابْنٍ لِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَأْكُلِ الطَّعَامَ فَبَالَ عَلَيْهِ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَرَشَّهُ قَالَتْ وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِابْنٍ لِي قَدْ أَعْلَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ فَقَالَ عَلاَمَهْ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلاَدَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلاَقِ عَلَيْكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ يُسْعَطُ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ وَيُلَدُّ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ

ahmad:26997 – Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh > Um Qays b. Miḥṣan Ukht ʿUkkāshah b. Miḥṣan

I brought my son to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I had compressed his uvula for its swelling. He said : Why do you afflict your children by squeezing for a swelling in the Uvula ? Apply this Indian aloes wood, for it contain seven types of remedies, among them being a remedy for pleurisy. It is applied through the nose for a swelling of the uvula poured into the side of the mouth for pleurisy. Abu Dawud said : By aloes wood he meant costus. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3877)

أحمد:٢٦٩٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ أُخْتِ عُكَّاشَةَ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ قَالَتْ

دَخَلْتُ بِابْنٍ لِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَأْكُلِ الطَّعَامَ فَبَالَ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَرَشَّهُ وَدَخَلْتُ بِابْنٍ لِي قَدْ أَعْلَقْتُ عَنْهُ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ فَقَالَ عَلَامَ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلَادَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلَاقِ؟ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْقُسْطِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً سُفْيَانُ الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ فَإِنَّ فِيِهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ يُسْعَطُ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ وَيُلَدُّ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ

suyuti:15669a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٥٦٦٩a –

"عَلَيكُمْ بهذا العودِ الهِندى، فإِنَّ فيه سبعةَ أشْفِية: يُستَعَطُّ به من العُذْرَة، وَيُلَدُّ به من ذاتِ الْجَنْبِ".

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