“I saw the Bedouins asking the Prophet ﷺ: ‘Is there any harm in such and such, is there any harm in such and such?’ He said to them: ‘O slaves of Allah! Allah has only made harm in that which transgresses the honor of one’s brother. That is what is sinful.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Is there any sin if we do not seek treatment?’ He said: ‘Seek treatment, O slaves of Allah! For Allah does not create any disease but He also creates with it the cure, except for old age.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what is the best thing that a person may be given?’ He said: ‘Good manners.’”  

شَهِدْتُ الأَعْرَابَ يَسْأَلُونَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعَلَيْنَا حَرَجٌ فِي كَذَا أَعَلَيْنَا حَرَجٌ فِي كَذَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ وَضَعَ اللَّهُ الْحَرَجَ إِلاَّ مَنِ اقْتَرَضَ مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيهِ شَيْئًا فَذَاكَ الَّذِي حَرَجٌ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ عَلَيْنَا جُنَاحٌ أَنْ نَتَدَاوَى قَالَ تَدَاوَوْا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ لَمْ يَضَعْ دَاءً إِلاَّ وَضَعَ مَعَهُ شِفَاءً إِلاَّ الْهَرَمَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا خَيْرُ مَا أُعْطِيَ الْعَبْدُ قَالَ خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: ‘Do you think that the medicines with which we treat ourselves, the Ruqyah by which we seek healing, and the means of protection that we seek, change the decree of Allah at all?’ He said: ‘They are part of the decree of Allah.’”  

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرَأَيْتَ أَدْوِيَةً نَتَدَاوَى بِهَا وَرُقًى نَسْتَرْقِي بِهَا وَتُقًى نَتَّقِيهَا هَلْ تَرُدُّ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ هِيَ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ  

“Allah does not send down any disease, but He also sends down the cure for it.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ دَاءً إِلاَّ أَنْزَلَ لَهُ دَوَاءً  

“Allah does not send down any disease, but He also sends down the cure.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ دَاءً إِلاَّ أَنْزَلَ لَهُ شِفَاءً  

“What do you desire?” He said: “I want wheat bread.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever has wheat bread, let him send it to his brother.” Then the Prophet ﷺ said: “When a sick person among you desires something, give it to him.”  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَادَ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا تَشْتَهِي فَقَالَ أَشْتَهِي خُبْزَ بُرٍّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ خُبْزُ بُرٍّ فَلْيَبْعَثْ إِلَى أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا اشْتَهَى مَرِيضُ أَحَدِكُمْ شَيْئًا فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ  

“The Prophet ﷺ went to visit a sick person, and said: ‘Do you want anything? Do you want cake?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ So they looked for some for him.”  

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ أَتَشْتَهِي شَيْئًا أَتَشْتَهِي كَعْكًا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَطَلَبُوا لَهُ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us, and with him was ‘Ali bin Abu Talib, who had recently recovered from an illness. We had bunches of unripe dates hanging up, and the Prophet ﷺ was eating from them. ‘Ali reached out to eat some, and the Prophet ﷺ said to ‘Ali: ‘Stop, O ‘Ali! You have just recovered from an illness.’ I made some greens and barley for the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ said to ‘Ali: ‘O ‘Ali, eat some of this, for it is better for you.’”  

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَعَلِيٌّ نَاقِهٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَلَنَا دَوَالِي مُعَلَّقَةٌ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا فَتَنَاوَلَ عَلِيٌّ لِيَأْكُلَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَهْ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّكَ نَاقِهٌ قَالَتْ فَصَنَعْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ سِلْقًا وَشَعِيرًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ مِنْ هَذَا فَأَصِبْ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْفَعُ لَكَ  

“I came to the Prophet ﷺ and in front of him there were some bread and dates. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Come and eat.’ So I started to eat some of the dates. Then the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Are you eating dates when you have an inflammation in your eye?’ I said: ‘I am chewing from the other side.’ And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled.”  

قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ خُبْزٌ وَتَمْرٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ادْنُ فَكُلْ فَأَخَذْتُ آكُلُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَأْكُلُ تَمْرًا وَبِكَ رَمَدٌ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي أَمْضُغُ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

“Do not force your sick ones to eat or drink. Allah will feed them and give them to drink.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُكْرِهُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُطْعِمُهُمْ وَيَسْقِيهِمْ  

“If any of his family members became ill, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would order that some broth be made. And he would say: ‘It consoles the grieving heart and cleanses the ailing heart, as anyone of you cleanses her face of dirt with water.’”  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَخَذَ أَهْلَهُ الْوَعْكُ أَمَرَ بِالْحَسَاءِ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لَيَرْتُو فُؤَادَ الْحَزِينِ وَيَسْرُو عَنْ فُؤَادِ السَّقِيمِ كَمَا تَسْرُو إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْوَسَخَ عَنْ وَجْهِهَا بِالْمَاءِ  

“You should eat the beneficial thing that is unpleasant to eat: Talbinah,” meaning broth. If any member of the family of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sick, the cooking pot would remain on the fire until one of two things happened, either the person recovered or died.  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْبَغِيضِ النَّافِعِ التَّلْبِينَةِ يَعْنِي الْحَسَاءَ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ لَمْ تَزَلِ الْبُرْمَةُ عَلَى النَّارِ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ أَحَدُ طَرَفَيْهِ يَعْنِي يَبْرَأُ أَوْ يَمُوتُ  

“In black seed there is healing for every disease, except the Sam.” "Sam means death. And black seed is Shuwniz."  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِي الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلاَّ السَّامَ وَالسَّامُ الْمَوْتُ وَالْحَبَّةُ السَّوْدَاءُ الشُّونِيزُ  

“I heard Salim bin ‘Abdullah narrating from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘You should eat this black seed, for in it there is healing from every disease, except the Sam (death).’”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فَإِنَّ فِيهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلاَّ السَّامَ  

“We went out and with us was Ghalib bin Abjar. He fell sick along the way, and when we came to Al-Madinah he was sick. Ibn Abu ‘Atiq came to visit him and said to us: ‘You should use this black seed. Take five or seven (seeds) and grind them to a powder, then drop them into his nose with drops of olive oil, on this side and on this side. For ‘Aishah narrated to them that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “This black seed is a healing for every disease, except the Sam.” I said: “What is the Sam?” He said: “Death.”  

وَقَالَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فَخُذُوا مِنْهَا خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا فَاسْحَقُوهَا ثُمَّ اقْطُرُوهَا فِي أَنْفِهِ بِقَطَرَاتِ زَيْتٍ فِي هَذَا الْجَانِبِ وَفِي هَذَا الْجَانِبِ فَإِنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهُمْ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةَ السَّوْدَاءَ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ السَّامُ قُلْتُ وَمَا السَّامُ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ  

“Whoever eats honey three mornings each month, will not suffer any serious calamity.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَعِقَ الْعَسَلَ ثَلاَثَ غَدَوَاتٍ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ لَمْ يُصِبْهُ عَظِيمٌ مِنَ الْبَلاَءِ  

“Some honey was given as a gift to the Prophet ﷺ, and he shared among us spoonful by spoonful. I took my spoonful then I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, can I have another?’ He said: ‘Yes.’”  

أُهْدِيَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَسَلٌ فَقَسَمَ بَيْنَنَا لُعْقَةً لُعْقَةً فَأَخَذْتُ لُعْقَتِي ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَزْدَادُ أُخْرَى قَالَ نَعَمْ  

“You should take the two that bring healing: Honey and the Qur’an.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالشِّفَاءَيْنِ الْعَسَلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ  

“Truffles are a type of manna, and their water is a healing for eye (diseases). And the ʿAjwah* are from Paradise, and they are healing for possession.”** Another chain from Abu Saʿeed from the Prophet ﷺ with similar wording.  

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِي شِفَاءٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقِّيَّانِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ  

“I heard Sa’eed bin Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail narrating from the Prophet ﷺ that: ‘Truffles are a type of manna that Allah sent down to the Children of Israel, and their water is a healing for eye (diseases).’”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ  

“We used to narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mention truffles, and they said: ‘(It is) the smallpox of the earth.’ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was told of what they were saying: he said: ‘Truffles are a type of manna, and the Ajwah are from Paradise, and they are a healing from poison.’”  

كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا الْكَمْأَةَ فَقَالُوا هِيَ جُدَرِيُّ الأَرْضِ فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السَّمِّ  

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Ajwah and the rock* are from Paradise.’”  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْعَجْوَةُ وَالصَّخْرَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَفِظْتُ الصَّخْرَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ  

“I heard Abu Ubayy bin Umm Haram, who had prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ facing both the Qiblah, saying: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “You should use senna and the Sannut, for in them there is healing for every disease, except the Sam.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is the Sam?” He said: “Death.” (One of the narrators) ‘Amr said: “Ibn Abu ‘Ablah said: the ‘Sannut is dill.” Others said: “Rather, it is honey that is kept in a skin (i.e., receptacle) used for ghee.”*  

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُبَىٍّ ابْنَ أُمِّ حَرَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّنَى وَالسَّنُّوتِ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلاَّ السَّامَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا السَّامُ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَبْلَةَ السَّنُّوتُ الشِّبِتُّ وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ بَلْ هُوَ الْعَسَلُ الَّذِي يَكُونُ فِي زِقَاقِ السَّمْنِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّاعِرِ هُمُ السَّمْنُ بِالسَّنُّوتِ لاَ أَلْسَ فِيهِمُ وَهُمْ يَمْنَعُونَ جَارَهُمْ أَنْ يُقَرَّدَا  

“The Prophet ﷺ set out in the early morning and I did likewise. I prayed, then I sat. The Prophet ﷺ turned to me and said: ‘Do you have a stomach problem?’* I said: ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Get up and pray, for in prayer there is healing.’” Another chain with similar wording. Abu ʿAbdullah said: A man narrated it to his people, then they were stirred up against him.  

هَجَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَهَجَّرْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اشِكَمَتْ دَرْدْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُمْ فَصَلِّ فَإِنَّ فِي الصَّلاَةِ شِفَاءً قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ذُؤَادُ بْنُ عُلْبَةَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ فِيهِ اشِكَمَتْ دَرْدْ يَعْنِي تَشْتَكِي بَطْنَكَ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ لأَهْلِهِ فَاسْتَعْدَوْا عَلَيْهِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade treating illness with foul things (Khabith), meaning poison.”*  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الدَّوَاءِ الْخَبِيثِ يَعْنِي السُّمَّ  

“Whoever drinks poison and kills himself, will be sipping it in the fire of Hell forever and ever.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ شَرِبَ سُمًّا فَقَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ فَهُوَ يَتَحَسَّاهُ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدًا مُخَلَّدًا فِيهَا أَبَدًا  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: ‘What do you use as a laxative?’ I said: ‘The Shubrum (spurge – Euphorb).’ He said: (It is) hot and powerful.’ Then I used senna as a laxative and he said: ‘If anything were to cure death, it would be senna. Senna is a cure for death.’”  

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَاذَا كُنْتِ تَسْتَمْشِينَ قُلْتُ بِالشُّبْرُمِ قَالَ حَارٌّ جَارٌّ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْشَيْتُ بِالسَّنَى فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ شَىْءٌ يَشْفِي مِنَ الْمَوْتِ كَانَ السَّنَى وَالسَّنَى شِفَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ  

“I brought a son of mine to the Prophet ﷺ, and I had pressed on an area of his throat due to tonsillitis. He said: ‘Why do you poke your children with this pressing?’ You should use this aloeswood, for in it there are seven cures. It should be inhaled for pustules in the throat, and given in the side of the mouth for pleurisy.” (Another chain) from Umm Qais bint Mihsan, from the Prophet ﷺ with similar wording.  

دَخَلْتُ بِابْنٍ لِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَعْلَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ فَقَالَ عَلاَمَ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلاَدَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلاَقِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ يُسْعَطُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ وَيُلَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِنَحْوِهِ قَالَ يُونُسُ أَعْلَقْتُ يَعْنِي غَمَزْتُ  

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: ‘The cure for sciatica is the fat from the tail of a Bedouin sheep (or wild sheep), which should be melted and divided into three parts, one part to be taken each day on an empty stomach.’”  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ شِفَاءُ عِرْقِ النَّسَا أَلْيَةُ شَاةٍ أَعْرَابِيَّةٍ تُذَابُ ثُمَّ تُجَزَّأُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ ثُمَّ يُشْرَبُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ جُزْءٌ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wounded on the Day of Uhud. His molar was broken and his helmet was crushed on his head. Fatimah was washing the blood from him and ‘Ali was pouring water on him from a shield. When Fatimah realized that the water was only making the bleeding worse, she took a piece of a mat and burnt it, and when it had turned to ashes, she applied it to the wound to stop the bleeding.  

جُرِحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَكُسِرَتْ رَبَاعِيَتُهُ وَهُشِمَتِ الْبَيْضَةُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَكَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَغْسِلُ الدَّمَ عَنْهُ وَعَلِيٌّ يَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ بِالْمِجَنِّ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ فَاطِمَةُ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ لاَ يَزِيدُ الدَّمَ إِلاَّ كَثْرَةً أَخَذَتْ قِطْعَةَ حَصِيرٍ فَأَحْرَقَتْهَا حَتَّى إِذَا صَارَ رَمَادًا أَلْزَمَتْهُ الْجُرْحَ فَاسْتَمْسَكَ الدَّمُ  

“On the Day of Uhud, I recognized the one who wounded the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the one who was washing the blood from the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and treating him, and the one who was bringing the water in a shield, and with what the wound was treated until the bleeding stopped. The one who was carrying the water in the shield was ‘Ali. The one who was treating the wound was Fatimah. When the bleeding would not stop, she burned a piece of a worn out mat and applied the ashes to it (the wound), then the bleeding stopped.  

إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ مَنْ جَرَحَ وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُرْقِئُ الْكَلْمَ مِنْ وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَيُدَاوِيهِ وَمَنْ يَحْمِلُ الْمَاءَ فِي الْمِجَنِّ وَبِمَا دُووِيَ بِهِ الْكَلْمُ حَتَّى رَقَأَ قَالَ أَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ يَحْمِلُ الْمَاءَ فِي الْمِجَنِّ فَعَلِيٌّ وَأَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ يُدَاوِي الْكَلْمَ فَفَاطِمَةُ أَحْرَقَتْ لَهُ حِينَ لَمْ يَرْقَأْ قِطْعَةَ حَصِيرٍ خَلَقٍ فَوَضَعَتْ رَمَادَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَقَأَ الْكَلْمُ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever gives medical treatment, with no prior knowledge of medicine, is responsible (for any harm done).’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَطَبَّبَ وَلَمْ يُعْلَمْ مِنْهُ طِبٌّ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed Wars (memecyclon tinctorium), Indian aloeswood and olive oil for pleurisy, to be administered through the side of the mouth.”  

نَعَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ وَرْسًا وَقُسْطًا وَزَيْتًا يُلَدُّ بِهِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘You should use Indian aloeswood for it contains seven cures, including (a cure for) pleurisy.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ يَعْنِي بِهِ الْكُسْتَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ قَالَ ابْنُ سَمْعَانَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَدْوَاءٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ  

“Mention of fever was made in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and a man cursed it. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Do not curse it, for it erases sin as fire removes filth from iron.’”  

ذُكِرَتِ الْحُمَّى عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَبَّهَا رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَسُبَّهَا فَإِنَّهَا تَنْفِي الذُّنُوبَ كَمَا تَنْفِي النَّارُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ  

“Be of good cheer, for Allah says: ‘It is My fire which I have causes to overwhelm My believing slave in this world, to be his share of the Fire in the Hereafter.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ عَادَ مَرِيضًا وَمَعَهُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ مِنْ وَعْكٍ كَانَ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْشِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ هِيَ نَارِي أُسَلِّطُهَا عَلَى عَبْدِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا لِتَكُونَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ النَّارِ فِي الآخِرَةِ  

“Fever is from the heat of the Hell-fire, so cool it down with water.”  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَابْرُدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ  

“Intense fever is from the heat of Hell-fire, so cool it down with water.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَابْرُدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ  

“I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ‘Fever is from the heat of the Hell-fire, so cool it down with water.’ He entered upon a son of ‘Ammar and said: ‘Take away the harm, O Lord of mankind, O God of mankind.’”  

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَابْرُدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى ابْنٍ لِعَمَّارٍ فَقَالَ اكْشِفِ الْبَاسْ رَبَّ النَّاسْ إِلَهَ النَّاسْ  

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Cool it down with water,” and he said: “It is from the heat of Hell-fire.”  

أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُؤْتَى بِالْمَرْأَةِ الْمَوْعُوكَةِ فَتَدْعُو بِالْمَاءِ فَتَصُبُّهُ فِي جَيْبِهَا وَتَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ابْرُدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ وَقَالَ إِنَّهَا مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ  

“Fever is one of the bellows of Hell, so avert it from yourselves with cold water.”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْحُمَّى كِيرٌ مِنْ كِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَنَحُّوهَا عَنْكُمْ بِالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ  

“If there is any good in any of the remedies you use, it is in cupping.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَىْءٍ مِمَّا تَدَاوَوْنَ بِهِ خَيْرٌ فَالْحِجَامَةُ  

“On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did not pass by any group of angels but all of them said to me: ‘O Muhammad, you should use cupping.’”  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي بِمَلإٍ مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِلاَّ كُلُّهُمْ يَقُولُ لِي عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ بِالْحِجَامَةِ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘What a good slave is the cupper. He takes away the blood, reduces pressure on the spine, and improves the eyesight.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ الْحَجَّامُ يَذْهَبُ بِالدَّمِ وَيُخِفُّ الصُّلْبَ وَيَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did not pass by any group (of angels) but they said to me: “O Muhammad, tell your nation to use cupping.”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي بِمَلإٍ إِلاَّ قَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ مُرْ أُمَّتَكَ بِالْحِجَامَةِ  

It was narrated from Jabir that Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to be cupped, and the Prophet ﷺ told Abu Taibah to cup her.  

أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحِجَامَةِ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبَا طَيْبَةَ أَنْ يَحْجُمَهَا وَقَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَخَاهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ أَوْ غُلاَمًا لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ  

“I heard ‘Abdullah bin Buhainah say: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped in Lahyi Jamal,* in the middle of his head, while he was a Muhrim.”  

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ابْنَ بُحَيْنَةَ يَقُولُ احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلَحْىِ جَمَلٍ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ وَسْطَ رَأْسِهِ  

“Jibra’il came down to the Prophet ﷺ with (the recommendation of) cupping in the two veins at the side of the neck and the base of the neck.”  

نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِحِجَامَةِ الأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ  

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ was cupped in the two veins at theside of the neck and the base of the neck.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ فِي الأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَعَلَى الْكَاهِلِ  

“Whoever lets blood from these places, it does not matter if he does not seek treatment for anything else.”  

أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَحْتَجِمُ عَلَى هَامَتِهِ وَبَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ مَنْ أَهْرَاقَ مِنْهُ هَذِهِ الدِّمَاءَ فَلاَ يَضُرُّهُ أَنْ لاَ يَتَدَاوَى بِشَىْءٍ لِشَىْءٍ  

“Meaning that the Prophet ﷺ was cupped because of that for bruising.”  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَقَطَ مِنْ فَرَسِهِ عَلَى جِذْعٍ فَانْفَكَّتْ قَدَمُهُ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ يَعْنِي أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ وَثْءٍ