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muslim:2217aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Give him honey. So he gave him that and then came and said: I gave him honey but it has only made his bowels more loose. He said this three times; and then he came the fourth time, and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Give him honey. He said: I did give him, but it has only made his bowels more loose, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah has spoken the truth and your brother's bowels are in the wrong. So he made him drink (honey) and he was recovered.  

مسلم:٢٢١٧aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَخِي اسْتَطْلَقَ بَطْنُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً فَسَقَاهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقَيْتُهُ عَسَلاً فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ اسْتِطْلاَقًا فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً فَقَالَ لَقَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ اسْتِطْلاَقًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Bayhaqī
bukhari:5716Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd

A man came to the prophet and said, 'My brother has got loose motions. The Prophet ﷺ said, Let him drink honey." The man again (came) and said, 'I made him drink (honey) but that made him worse.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Allah has said the Truth, and the ʿAbdomen of your brother has told a lie." (See Hadith No. 88)  

البخاري:٥٧١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَخِي اسْتَطْلَقَ بَطْنُهُ فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً فَسَقَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ اسْتِطْلاَقًا فَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ  

تَابَعَهُ النَّضْرُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ
tirmidhi:2082Muḥammad b. Bashhārqāl > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd

"A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'My brother is suffering from loose bowels.' He said: 'Let him drink Honey.' So he drank it. Then he came and said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! He has drunk honey, but it has only made him more worse.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ' Let him drink honey.'" He said: "So he drank it. Then he came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I gave him some more to drink, but it has only made him more worse.'" He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah has told the truth,and your brother's stomach has lied. Give him honey to drink'. So he gave him some more honey to drink and he was cured.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٠٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍقال حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قال حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَخِي اسْتُطْلِقَ بَطْنُهُ فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً فَسَقَاهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ عَسَلاً فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ اسْتِطْلاَقًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً فَسَقَاهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ عَسَلاً فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ اسْتِطْلاَقًا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً فَسَقَاهُ عَسَلاً فَبَرَأَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:11871Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil

Give him honey. So he gave him that and then came and said: I gave him honey but it has only made his bowels more loose. He said this three times; and then he came the fourth time, and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Give him honey. He said: I did give him, but it has only made his bowels more loose, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah has spoken the truth and your brother's bowels are in the wrong. So he made him drink (honey) and he was recovered. (Using translation from Muslim 2217a)  

أحمد:١١٨٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَخِي انْطَلَقَ بَطْنُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا فَسَقَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلَّا اسْتِطْلَاقًا فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍثُمَّ جَاءَهُ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا فَقَالَ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلَّا اسْتِطْلَاقًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرِئَ  

ahmad:11146Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil al-Nājī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'My brother is suffering from loose bowels.' He said: 'Let him drink Honey.' So he drank it. Then he came and said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! He has drunk honey, but it has only made him more worse.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ' Let him drink honey.'" He said: "So he drank it. Then he came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I gave him some more to drink, but it has only made him more worse.'" He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah has told the truth,and your brother's stomach has lied. Give him honey to drink'. So he gave him some more honey to drink and he was cured.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2082)   

أحمد:١١١٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺفَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَخِي اسْتُطْلِقَ بَطْنُهُ قَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلَّا اسْتِطْلَاقًا قَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلَّا اسْتِطْلَاقًا قَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا قَالَ فَذَهَبَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلَّا اسْتِطْلَاقًا فَقَالَ لَهُ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا قَالَ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ  

hakim:8221Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my brother complains of a stomach ache." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Give him honey to drink." The man said, "I have already given him to drink, but it only made him pass stool." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has spoken the truth and the stomach of your brother has lied." So, the man went and gave him honey to drink and he was cured.  

الحاكم:٨٢٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَخِي يَشْتَكِي بَطْنَهُ فَقَالَ «اسْقِهِ الْعَسَلَ» فَقَالَ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلَّا اسْتِطْلَاقًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرَّابِعَةِ «صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ» فَذَهَبَ فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ» على شرط مسلم
bayhaqi:19564Abū ʿAmr al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > ʿImrān b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Indeed, my brother's stomach is bloated." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give him honey to drink." So, he gave him honey to drink, but it did not relieve him, it only made his condition worse. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Give him honey to drink in the third or fourth time." So, he gave him honey to drink again and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has spoken the truth and your brother's stomach has lied." Then he gave him honey to drink again and he was cured.  

البيهقي:١٩٥٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ بَطْنَ أَخِي قَدِ اسْتَطْلَقَ فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ الْعَسَلَ فَسَقَاهُ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلَّا اسْتِطْلَاقًا فَقَالَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا فِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرَّابِعَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ