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Senna plant as a remedy to save a life

ibnmajah:3461 – Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Zurʿah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān > Mawlá li-Maʿmar al-Taymī > Maʿmar al-Taymī > Asmāʾ bt. ʿUmays

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "What were you using to induce purging (as a laxative)?" I said: “Shubrum.” He said:"Hot and harsh." Then I used senna to induce purging, and he said:"If anything could cure death, it would be senna; and senna is a cure for death."

ابن ماجة:٣٤٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِمَعْمَرٍ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ قَالَتْ

قَالَ 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».

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tirmidhi:2081 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Bakr > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > ʿUtbah b. ʿAbdullāh > Asmāʾ b. ʿUmays

"Shubrum" He said: "It is hot and too strong." She said:"Then I used Senna as a laxative." So the Prophet ﷺ said: "If there was anything that would have a cure for death in it, then it would have been Senna."

الترمذي:٢٠٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قال حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَأَلَهَا بِمَ تَسْتَمْشِينَ قَالَتْ بِالشُّبْرُمِ قَالَ حَارٌّ جَارٌّ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْشَيْتُ بِالسَّنَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَوْ أَنَّ شَيْئًا كَانَ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ لَكَانَ فِي السَّنَا

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ يَعْنِي دَوَاءَ الْمَشْىِّ

ahmad:27080 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad And Samiʿtuh > from ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Zurʿah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > a freed slave of Limaʿmar al-Taymī > Asmāʾ b. ʿUmays

“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.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3461)

أحمد:٢٧٠٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِمَعْمَرٍ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ قَالَتْ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَاذَا كُنْتِ تَسْتمَشْينَ؟ قَالَتْ بِالشُّبْرُمِ قَالَ حَارٌّ جَارٌّ ثُمَّ اسْتَشْفَيْتُ بِالسَّنَا قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ يَشْفِي مِنَ الْمَوْتِ كَانَ السَّنَا أَوِ السَّنَا شِفَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ

hakim:7441 – Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Isfirāyīnī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Rajāʾ al-Sindī > al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī

"Shubrum" He said: "It is hot and too strong." She said:"Then I used Senna as a laxative." So the Prophet ﷺ said: "If there was anything that would have a cure for death in it, then it would have been Senna." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2081)

الحاكم:٧٤٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْإِسْفِرَايِينِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ السِّنْدِيُّ ثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَأَلَهَا «بِمَاذَا تَسْتَمْشِينَ؟» قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَسْتَمْشِي بِالشُّبْرُمِ قَالَ «حَارٌّ حَارٌّ» قَالَتْ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْشَيْتُ بِالسَّنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ أَنَّ شَيْئًا كَانَ فِيهِ الشِّفَاءُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ لَكَانَ السَّنَا»

hakim:8233 – Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh> Yaḥyá b. Ḥafṣ b. al-Zibriqān

"Shubrum" He said: "It is hot and too strong." She said:"Then I used Senna as a laxative." So the Prophet ﷺ said: "If there was anything that would have a cure for death in it, then it would have been Senna." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2081)

الحاكم:٨٢٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ الزِّبْرِقَانِ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ قَالَتْ

سَأَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بِمَاذَا تَسْتَمْشِينَ؟» قُلْتُ بِالشُّبْرُمِ قَالَ «حَارٌّ حَارٌّ» قَالَتْ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْشَيْتُ بِالسَّنَاءِ قَالَ «لَوْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ لَكَانَ فِي السَّنَاءِ»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ صحيح

tabarani:20863 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Zurʿah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman a freed slave of Limaʿmar al-Taymī > Asmāʾ b. ʿUmays

[AI] To the messenger of Allah ﷺ, I said: "With what were you walking?" He said: "I was walking with shubrum." I said: "That is hot, very hot." Then I walked with senna (a type of plant). He said: "If there was anything that could cure death, it would be senna."

الطبراني:٢٠٨٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلًى لِمَعْمَرٍ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ قَالَتْ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «بِمَاذَا كُنْتِ تَسْتَمْشِينَ؟» قُلْتُ بِالشُّبْرُمِ قَالَ «ذَاكَ حَارٌّ حَارٌّ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْشَيْتُ بِالسَّنَى قَالَ «لَوْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ يَشْفِي مِنَ الْمَوْتِ كَانَ السَّنَى»

عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ التَّيْمِيُّ مَوْلَى مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ

tabarani:20864 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná

[AI] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ asked her, "How do you walk?" She replied, "I used to walk with a shubitum (a type of walking stick)." He said, "It is like a fire, it is like a fire." She replied, "Then I walked with a cane." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If there was a cure for death, it would be senna."

الطبراني:٢٠٨٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلَهَا «بِمَاذَا تَسْتَمْشِينَ؟» فَقَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَسْتَمْشِي بِالشُّبْرُمِ فَقَالَ «حَارٌّ حَارٌّ» فَقَالَتْ ثُمَّ اسْتَمْشَيْتُ بِالسَّنَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ لَكَانَ السَّنَى»