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bukhari:5723Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar said, "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Fever is from the heat of Hell, so put it out (cool it) with water.' " Nafiʿ added: ʿAbdullah used to say, "O Allah! Relieve us from the punishment," (when he suffered from fever).  

البخاري:٥٧٢٣حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ قَالَ نَافِعٌ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ  


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muslim:2209c[Chain 1] Hārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī > Ibn Wahb > Mālik [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Ibn Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk / Ibn ʿUthmān > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Fever is from the vehement raging of the fire of Hell, so extinguish it with water.  

مسلم:٢٢٠٩cوَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ أَخْبَرَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُثْمَانَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ  

muslim:2209d[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥakam > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad b. Zayd from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

Fever is from the vehement Paging of the Hell-fire, so cool it with water.  

مسلم:٢٢٠٩dحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ  

malik:50-17Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Malik related to me from Nafi from Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever is from the vehemence of the heat of Jahannam, so put it out with water."  

مالك:٥٠-١٧وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:6067ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > al-Shāfiʿī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so extinguish it with water."  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّافِعِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَوْرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ»  

tabarani:13342ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so extinguish it with water or cool it with water."  

الطبراني:١٣٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ أَوْ قَالَ بَرِّدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ