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nasai-kubra:6636ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ghanm > Abū Hurayrah

"Truffles are the earth's smallpox." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye. Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise, and it contains a cure for poison." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2068)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٦٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَ الْكَمْأَةَ وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ جُدَرِيُّ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
tirmidhi:2068Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

"Truffles are the earth's smallpox." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye. Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise, and it contains a cure for poison."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan.
الترمذي:٢٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قال حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قال حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالُوا الْكَمْأَةُ جُدَرِيُّ الأَرْضِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
tirmidhi:2066Abū ʿUbaydah Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Hamdānī / Ibn Abū al-Safar Wamaḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "al-ajwah ˹date˺ is from Paradise and it contains a cure for poison. Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye."  

الترمذي:٢٠٦٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ وَمَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَفِيهَا شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ وَالْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَجَابِرٍ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو
ibnmajah:3455Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Abū ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Maṭar al-Warrāq > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

“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.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرٌ الْوَرَّاقُ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

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  

ahmad:9465Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qatādah And Jaʿfar b. Abū Waḥshiyyah Waʿabbād b. Manṣūr > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to his companions while they were arguing about a tree that had been uprooted from the ground and had no stability. Some of them said it was a "kama'ah" plant. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The 'kama'ah' is from the manna and its water is a cure for the eyes. On the other hand, the 'ajwa' is from Paradise and it is a cure for poison."  

أحمد:٩٤٦٥حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَجَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي وَحْشِيَّةَ وَعَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَهُمْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِي الشَّجَرَةِ الَّتِي اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَحْسَبُهَا الْكَمْأَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ لِلسُّمِّ  

ahmad:11453Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad > al-Aʿmash > Jaʿfar b. Iyās > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh And ʾAbī Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise and it contains a cure for poison. Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2066)  

أحمد:١١٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ  

ahmad:8002Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

"Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise and it contains a cure for poison. Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2066)   

أحمد:٨٠٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ  

ahmad:8051Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Jaʿfar b. Abū And Ḥshiyyah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to his companions while they were disputing over this tree that was uprooted from above the ground and had no stability [Surah Ibrahim 26]. They said, "We think it is a kama'ah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The kama'ah is from mann and its water is a remedy for the eyes, and the 'ajwah is from Jannah and it is a remedy for poison."  

أحمد:٨٠٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي وَحْشِيَّةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَهُمْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِي هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ الَّتِي {اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ} [إبراهيم 26] فَقَالُوا نَحْسَبُهَا الْكَمْأَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِوَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ  

ahmad:8668ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

"Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise and it contains a cure for poison. Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2066)  

أحمد:٨٦٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ وَالْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ  

ahmad:8681Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abān / Ibn Yazīd al-ʿAṭṭār > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

"Truffles are the earth's smallpox." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye. Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise, and it contains a cure for poison." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2068)   

أحمد:٨٦٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يَزِيدَ الْعَطَّارَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَذَاكَرُوا الْكَمَأَةَ فَقَالُوا هِيَ جُدَرِيُّ الْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَرَى أَكْلَهَا يَصْلُحُ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ الْكَمَأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ  

ahmad:8307Rawḥ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ghanm > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came out to them while they were mentioning the 'kam'ah' and some of them were saying, "The 'judari' of the earth." The Prophet ﷺ said, "The 'kam'ah' is from manna and its water is a cure for the eyes, and the 'ajwa' is from paradise and it is a cure for poison."  

أحمد:٨٣٠٧حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَ الْكَمْأَةَ وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ جُدَرِيُّ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ  

ahmad:10335Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

"Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise and it contains a cure for poison. Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2066)   

أحمد:١٠٣٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ  

ahmad:10354ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Sahmī > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

"Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise and it contains a cure for poison. Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2066)  

أحمد:١٠٣٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ وَالْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ  

ahmad:10639Abū Dāwud > Hishām > Qatādah > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Abū Hurayrah

"Truffles are the earth's smallpox." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Truffles are a form of manna, and its liquid is a cure for the eye. Al-'Ajwah is from Paradise, and it contains a cure for poison." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2068)   

أحمد:١٠٦٣٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَ الْكَمْأَةَ قَالُوا تُرَاهَا جُدَرِيَّ الْأَرْضِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السُّمِّ