34. Medicine
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7424Abu Dawud silent
«مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ دَاءٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَ مَعَهُ شِفَاءً عَلِمَهُ مَنْ عَلِمَهُ وَجَهِلَهُ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has not sent down any disease except that He has also sent down its cure. It is known to those who know it and unknown to those who do not know it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7425Abu Dawud silent
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يُنْزِلْ دَاءً إِلَّا أَنْزَلَ لَهُ شِفَاءً إِلَّا الْهَرَمَ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِأَلْبَانِ الْبَقَرِ فَإِنَّهَا تَرُمُّ مِنْ كُلِّ شَجَرٍ»
✧ Narrated by Abdullah, he said: "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Verily, Allah has not sent down any disease except that He has also sent down its cure, except for one ailment, which is old age. So, make use of the milk of the cow, for indeed it contains cure for every ailment.'" Al-Dhahabi remained silent regarding this in his summary.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7426Sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالشِّعْرَ وَالْعَرَبِيَّةَ عَنِ الْعَرَبِ فَعَنْ مَنْ أَخَذْتِ الطِّبَّ؟ قَالَتْ «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ رَجُلًا مِسْقَامًا وَكَانَ أَطِبَّاءُ الْعَرَبِ يَأْتُونَهُ فَأَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْهُمْ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and poetry and Arabic from the Arabs, so from whom did you take medicine? She said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was a frequently ill man, and the physicians of the Arabs would come to him, and I would learn from them."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7427Sahih
قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَتَدَاوَى؟ قَالَ «تَعَلَمَنَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يُنْزِلْ دَاءً إِلَّا أَنْزَلَ لَهُ دَوَاءً غَيْرَ دَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ» قَالُوا وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «الْهَرَمُ»
✧ They said: O Messenger of Allah, should we seek medical treatment? He said: "Know that Allah, the Exalted, did not send down any disease except that He sent down for it a cure, except for one disease." They said: And what is it? He said: "Old age."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7428No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ إِذَا قَامَ فِي رَمَضَانَ رَأَى شَجَرَةً نَابِتَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ مَا اسْمُكِ؟ فَتَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَيَقُولُ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتِ؟ فَتَقُولُ لِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لِدَوَاءٍ كُتِبَ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لِغَرْسٍ غُرِسَتْ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذَا شَجَرَةٌ نَابِتَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا اسْمُكِ؟ قَالَتِ الْخَرْنُوبُ قَالَ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتِ؟ قَالَتْ لِخَرَابِ أَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ اللَّهُمَّ غُمَّ عَلَى الْجِنِّ مَوْتِي حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ الْإِنْسُ أَنَّ الْجِنَّ لَا تَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ قَالَ فَنَحَتَهَا عَصًا فَتَوَكَّأَ عَلَيْهَا حَوْلًا مَيِّتًا وَالْجِنُّ تَعْمَلُ فَأَكَلَتْهَا الْأَرَضَةُ فَسَقَطَ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْإِنْسُ أَنَّ الْجِنَّ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ قَالَ «فَشَكَرَتِ الْجِنُّ الْأَرَضَةَ فَكَانَتْ تَأْتِيهَا بِالْمَاءِ» وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقْرَؤُهَا هَكَذَا
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: When Sulayman son of Dawud (peace and blessings be upon him) stood in Ramadan, he would see a tree growing before him. He said: What is your name? It would say: Such-and-such. Then he would say: For what thing are you? It would say: For such-and-such. So if it was for a medicine, it was written down, and if it was for planting, it was planted. While he was praying one day, behold, a tree grew before him, and he said to it: What is your name? It said: Al-Kharrub (carob). He said: For what thing are you? It said: For the ruin of the people of this house. So Sulayman (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Allah, conceal my death from the jinn until humans know that the jinn do not know the unseen. He said: So he carved it into a staff and leaned on it for a year while dead, and the jinn worked. Then termites ate it, and he fell. When he fell, it became clear to humans that the jinn do not know the unseen. He said: "So the jinn thanked the termites and would bring them water." And Ibn Abbas used to recite it thus.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7429No grade recorded
كَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ إِذَا صَلَّى الصَّلَاةَ طَلَعَتْ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَقُولُ لَهَا مَا أَنْتِ وَلِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ طَلَعْتِ؟ فَتَقُولُ أَنَا شَجَرَةُ كَذَا وَكَذَا طَلَعْتُ لِدَاءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلَمَّا صَلَّى ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ الْغَدَاةَ طَلَعَتْ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ شَجَرَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا أَنْتِ وَلِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ طَلَعْتِ؟ قَالَتْ أَنَا الْخَرْنُوبُ طَلَعْتُ لِخَرَابِ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ فَعَلِمَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَنَّ أَجَلَهُ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ وَأَنَّ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ لَا يُخَرَّبُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُغْمِيَ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مَوْتَهُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِنُّ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ فَمَاتَ عَلَى عَصَاهُ فَأَكَلَتْهَا الْأَرَضَةُ فَسَقَطَ فَحَقَّ عَلَى الشَّيَاطِينِ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ الْأَرَضَةَ بِالْمَاءِ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ تُثْنِي عَلَيْهَا شُكْرًا بِمَا صَنَعَتْ بِعَصَا سُلَيْمَانَ
✧ When Sulayman son of Dawud (peace and blessings be upon them) prayed a prayer, a tree would appear between his eyes. He would say to it: What are you, and for what thing have you appeared? It would say: I am the tree of such-and-such; I appeared for the disease of such-and-such. So when he prayed the morning prayer one day, a tree appeared between his eyes, and he said to it: What are you, and for what thing have you appeared? It said: I am al-Kharrub; I appeared for the ruin of this mosque. So Sulayman (peace and blessings be upon him) knew that his term had drawn near and that the Bayt al-Maqdis would not be ruined while he was alive. He called upon Allah, the Exalted, to cause the devil to faint regarding his death. The jinn used to claim that the devils knew the unseen. So he died upon his staff, and termites ate it, and he fell. Thus it became due upon the devils to bring water to the termites wherever they were, praising them in gratitude for what they did to Sulayman's staff.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7430Sahih
ثَنَا أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدَانُ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ أَنْبَأَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عِلَاقَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ أَخُو خَطَّابٍ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ ثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا الْمُطَّلِبُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عِلَاقَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْآدَمِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ قَالُوا وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمْ ثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ عِلَاقَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ شَرِيكٍ الْعَامِرِيَّ يَقُولُ شَهِدْتُ الْأَعَارِيبَ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ عَلَيْنَا حَرَجٌ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ «عِبَادَ اللَّهِ وَضَعَ اللَّهُ الْحَرَجَ إِلَّا مَنِ اقْتَرَضَ مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيهِ شَيْئًا فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي حَرَجٌ وَهَلَكٌ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم
✧ Thana Abu al-Muwajjih, Anba' Abdan, Anba' Abu Hamzah, from Ziyad ibn 'Ilaqah; and Abu Bakr al-Shafi'i informed me, Ishaq ibn al-Hasan narrated to me, Thana Abdullah ibn Raja', Anba' Isra'il, Thana Ziyad ibn 'Ilaqah; and Abu Bakr al-Shafi'i informed us, Thana Muhammad ibn Bishr, brother of Khattab, Thana Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah, Thana Asbat ibn Nasr, from Abu Ishaq al-Shaybani, from Ziyad ibn 'Ilaqah; and Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Qati'i informed us, Thana Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, my father narrated to me, Thana al-Muttalib ibn Ziyad, Thana Ziyad ibn 'Ilaqah; and Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Adami informed us in Baghdad, Thana Muhammad ibn Maslamah al-Wasiti, Thana Yazid ibn Harun, Anba' al-Mas'udi, from Ziyad ibn 'Ilaqah; and Abu Bakr ibn Ishaq al-Faqih, 'Ali ibn Hamshadh al-'Adl, and Abu Bakr al-Shafi'i narrated to us, they said, and the wording is theirs: Thana Bishr ibn Musa, Thana al-Humaydi, Thana Sufyan, Ziyad ibn 'Ilaqah narrated to me, he said: I heard Usamah ibn Sharik al-'Amiri say: I witnessed the Bedouins asking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Is there any blame upon us in such-and-such? He said: "Servants of Allah, Allah has removed blame except for one who borrows something from his brother's honor; that is the one who is blamed and destroyed." On the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7431Sahih
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ أَدْوِيَةً نَتَدَاوَى بِهَا وَرُقًى نَسْتَرْقِي بِهَا أَتَرُدُّ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّهَا مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ»
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of medicines we treat with and incantations we seek cure with—do they repel anything from Allah's decree? He said: "They are from Allah's decree."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7432Abu Dawud silent
أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ دَوَاءً نَتَدَاوَى بِهِ وَرُقًى نَسْتَرْقِي بِهَا هَلْ يَرُدُّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهُ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ He said to the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah, do you see a medicine that we can use for treatment, and a talisman that we can hang with it? Does that go against Allah's decree in any way?" The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, "It is part of Allah's decree." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about this in his summary.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7433Sahih
«إِنَّ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الدَّاءَ أَنْزَلَ الشِّفَاءَ»
✧ The One who sent down the disease sent down the cure.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7434Sahih
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «لِكُلِّ دَاءٍ دَوَاءٌ فَإِنْ أَصَابَ الدَّاءَ الدَّوَاءُ بَرِئَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: “For every disease there is a remedy, and if the remedy reaches the disease, he is cured by the permission of Allah ﷻ.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7435Sahih
عَلَيْكُمْ بِالشِّفَائَيْنِ الْعَسَلُ وَالْقُرْآنُ
✧ You should use the two cures: honey and the Qur’an.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7436No grade recorded
الشِّفَاءُ شِفَاءَانِ قِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ وَشُرْبُ الْعَسَلِ
✧ The translation of the given Arabic phrase into English is: "The healing of Abdullah lies in reciting the Quran and drinking honey."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7437No grade recorded
عَلَيْكُمْ بِالشِّفَائَيْنِ الْقُرْآنِ وَالْعَسَلِ
✧ You should use the two cures: the Qur’an and honey.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7438Sahih
«إِذَا حُمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَشِنَّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ الْبَارِدَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ مِنَ السَّحَرِ»
✧ “When one of you has a fever, let him splash cold water on himself for three nights at the time before dawn.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7439Sahih
كُنْتُ أَجْلِسُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِمَكَّةَ فَفَقَدَنِي أَيَّامًا فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ قَالَ مَا حَبَسَكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ حُمِّمْتُ فَقَالَ أَبْرِدْهَا عَنْكَ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَبْرِدُوهَا بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ»
✧ Cool it down with Zamzam water, for indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with Zamzam water."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7440Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَعِنْدَهَا شُبْرُمٌ تَدُقُّهُ فَقَالَ «مَا تَصْنَعِينَ بِهَذَا؟» فَقَالَتْ يَشْرَبُهُ فُلَانٌ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ شَيْئًا يَدْفَعُ الْمَوْتَ أَوْ يَنْفَعُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ نَفَعَ السَّنَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon her one day while she had spurge that she was pounding. He said: “What are you doing with this?” She said: “So-and-so drinks it.” He said: “If anything could ward off death or benefit against death, senna would.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7441No grade recorded
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»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked her: “With what do you purge yourself?” She said: “I used to purge myself with spurge.” He said: “Hot, hot.” She said: “Then I purged myself with senna.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If anything contained a cure for death, senna would.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7442No grade recorded
«عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّنَا وَالسَّنُّوتِ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا السَّامُ؟ قَالَ «الْمَوْتُ»
✧ “You should use senna and sanut, for in them is a cure for every disease except sam.” It was said: O Messenger of Allah, what is sam? He said: “Death.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7443Sahih
«أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَتَدَاوَى مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ بِالْقُسْطِ الْبَحْرِيِّ وَالزَّيْتِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to treat pleurisy with costus and oil.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7444Abu Dawud silent
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْعَتُ «الزَّيْتَ وَالْوَرْسَ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ» قَالَ قَتَادَةُ «يَلُدُّ بِهِ مِنَ الْجَانِبِ الَّذِي يَشْتَكِي» وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribing “oil and wars for pleurisy.” Qatadah said: “He administers it orally from the side that hurts.” ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Maymun narrated it from his father. Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7445No grade recorded
«نَعَتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ وَرْسًا وَزَيْتًا وَقُسْطًا»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed for us for pleurisy wars, oil, and costus.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7446Sahih
أَوَّلُ مَا اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِ مَيْمُونَةَ فَاشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ حَتَّى أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَتَشَاوَرَ نِسَاءٌ فِي لَدِّهِ فَلَدُّوهُ فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ «مَا هَذَا فِعْلُ نِسَاءٍ جِئْنَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا» وَأَشَارَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَكَانَتْ فِيهَا أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ فَقَالُوا كِنَانَتُهُمْ بِكَ ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَدَاءٌ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَقْذِفَنِي بِهِ لَا يَبْقِيَنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا لُدَّ إِلَّا عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ» يَعْنِي عَبَّاسًا قَالَ «فَلَقَدْ الْتَدَّتْ مَيْمُونَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَأَنَّهَا لَصَائِمَةٌ بِعَزِيمَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَلَّمَ»
✧ The first time the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill was in the house of Maymunah. His pain became severe until he lost consciousness. He said: The women consulted about giving him an oral-medicine injection, so they gave it to him. When he regained consciousness, he said: “This is not the act of women who came from here” – and he pointed to the land of Abyssinia. Asma’ bt. ‘Umays was among them. They said: Their conjecture is that you have pleurisy, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “That is a disease with which Allah would never afflict me. No one in the house shall remain unless he is given the oral-medicine injection, except the uncle of the Messenger of Allah” – meaning ‘Abbas. He said: “Maymunah was given it that day while she was fasting, by the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7447Sahih
يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ مِنْ تَعْظِيمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَمِّهِ أَمْرًا عَجِيبًا وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ تَأْخُذُهُ الْخَاصِرَةُ فَتَشْتَدُّ بِهِ وَكُنَّا نَقُولُ أَخَذَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِرْقُ الْكُلْيَةِ وَلَا نَهْتَدِي أَنْ نَقُولَ الْخَاصِرَةُ أَخَذَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَاشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ حَتَّى أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَخِفْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَفَزِعَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّ بِهِ ذَاتَ الْجَنْبِ فَلَدَدْنَاهُ ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَفَاقَ فَعَرَفَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ لُدَّ وَوَجَدَ أَثَرَ ذَلِكَ اللَّدِّ فَقَالَ «أَظَنَنْتُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَلَّطَهَا عَلَيَّ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لَيُسَلِّطَهَا عَلَيَّ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يَبْقَى فِي الْبَيْتِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا لُدَّ إِلَّا عَمِّي» قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ يَلُدُّونَهُمْ رَجُلًا رَجُلًا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «وَمَنْ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَنَذْكُرُ فَضْلَهُمْ فَلُدَّ الرِّجَالُ أَجْمَعُونَ وَبَلَغَ اللَّدُودُ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلُدِدْنَ امْرَأَةً امْرَأَةً حَتَّى بَلَغَ اللَّدُودُ امْرَأَةً مِنَّا» قَالَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ «وَلَا أَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا مَيْمُونَةَ» قَالَ وَقَالَ النَّاسُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَصَائِمَةٌ فَقُلْنَا بِئْسَ وَاللَّهِ مَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنْ نَتْرُكَكِ وَقَدْ أَقْسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَدَدْنَاهَا
✧ O son of my sister, I saw something amazing in the respect the Messenger of Allah ﷺ showed his uncle. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to suffer from flank pain, and it would become severe for him. We used to say, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been afflicted by the kidney vein,' and we did not think to say, 'The flank pain has afflicted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' One day it became so severe for him that he fainted, and we feared for him. People rushed to him in alarm, and we thought he had pleurisy, so we gave him medicine by the side of his mouth. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was relieved and regained consciousness. He realized that he had been given the medicine and felt its effect, so he said: 'Did you think that Allah would give it power over me? Allah would never give it power over me. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, no one in the house will remain without being given that medicine except my uncle.' He said: 'I saw them administering it to them one man after another.' Aisha said: 'And who was in the house that day? We mention their virtue. All the men were given the medicine, and the medicine reached the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, and they were given it one woman after another until it reached a woman among us.' Abu al-Zinad said: 'I do not think she was anyone but Maymunah.' He said: 'The people said, Umm Salamah.' She said: 'By Allah, I am fasting.' We said: 'How bad, by Allah, did you think that we would leave you while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had sworn?' So we gave her the medicine.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7448Sahih
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اسْتَعَطَ»
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ used a nasal drop.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7449Sahih
«الْعَجْوَةُ وَالصَّخْرَةُ وَالشَّجَرَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ The pressed dates, the rock, and the tree are from Paradise.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7450Weak
أَنَّ وَفْدَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَجَرَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ قُعُودٌ عِنْدَهُ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ «تَمْرَةٌ تَدْعُونَهَا كَذَا وَتَمْرَةٌ تَدْعُونَهَا كَذَا» حَتَّى عَدَّ أَلْوَانَ تَمَرَاتِهِمْ أَجْمَعَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كُنْتُ وُلِدْتُ فِي جَوْفِ هَجَرَ مَا كُنْتُ بِأَعْلَمَ مِنْكَ السَّاعَةَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أَرْضَكُمْ رُفِعَتْ لِي مُنْذُ قَعَدْتُمْ إِلَيَّ فَنَظَرْتُ مِنْ أَدْنَاهَا إِلَى أَقْصَاهَا فَخَيْرُ تَمَرَاتِكُمُ الْبَرْنِيُّ يُذْهِبُ الدَّاءَ وَلَا دَاءَ فِيهِ»
✧ The delegation of the people of Hijar from the tribe of Abd al-Qais came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. While they were sitting with him, he approached them and said, "There is a type of date that you call it this, and another type of date that you call it that," until he counted all the colors of their dates. Then a man from the tribe said to him, "By my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, if I were born in the womb of Hijar, I would not be more knowledgeable than you about the hour. I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah." He said, "Indeed, your land has been uplifted for me since you came to me. I have looked at it from its lowest point to its farthest point. The best of your dates is the Barni, it removes disease and there is no disease in it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7451No grade recorded
«خَيْرُ تَمَرَاتِكُمُ الْبَرْنِيُّ يُخْرِجُ الدَّاءَ وَلَا دَاءَ فِيهِ»
✧ The best of your dates is the barni; it removes disease, and there is no disease in it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7452No grade recorded
عَنْ أُمِّ الْمُنْذِرِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ وَكَانَتْ إِحْدَى خَالَاتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ نَاقِهٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَفِي الْبَيْتِ عِذْقٌ مُعَلَّقٌ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَتَنَاوَلَ مِنْهُ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ يَتَنَاوَلُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ «دَعْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُوَافِقُكَ إِنَّكَ نَاقِهٌ» فَقُمْتُ إِلَى شَعِيرٍ وَسَلْقٍ فَطُبِخَتْ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عَلِيُّ كُلْ مِنْ هَذَا فَهُوَ أَوْفَقُ لَكَ» رَوَاهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ عَنْ فُلَيْحِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَقَالَ عَنْ أُمِّ مُبَشِّرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ
✧ From Umm al-Mundhir al-Ansariyyah, who was one of the maternal aunts of the Prophet ﷺ. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me, and with him was Ali, who was recovering from an illness. In the house there was a hanging bunch of dates. The Prophet ﷺ stood up and took some of it, and he turned to Ali who was also taking some of it. He said: 'Leave it, for it does not suit you, as you are recovering.' So I got up and prepared barley and chard, and it was cooked. I brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O Ali, eat of this, for it is more suitable for you.' Zayd b. al-Hubab narrated it from Fulayh b. Sulayman, and he said: from Umm Mubashshir al-Ansariyyah.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7453Sahih
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَنْبَأَ إِسْحَاقُ أَنْبَأَ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنِي فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمَدَنِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أُمِّ مُبَشِّرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ وَكَانَتْ بَعْضُ خَالَاتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ نَاقِهٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ
✧ Abu Bakr b. Ishaq informed us, Ahmad b. Salamah informed us, Ishaq informed us, Zayd b. al-Hubab informed us, Fulayh b. Sulayman al-Madani narrated to me, Ayyub b. Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari informed me, Ya'qub b. Abi Ya'qub informed me from Umm Mubashshir al-Ansariyyah, who was one of the maternal aunts of the Prophet ﷺ. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me, and with him was Ali, who was recovering from an illness. Then he mentioned the hadith similarly.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7454No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَخَذَ أَهْلَهُ الْوَعْكُ أَمَرَ بِالْحِسَاءِ فَصُنِعَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُمْ فَحَسَوْا مِنْهُ وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ لَيَرْبُو فُؤَادَ الْحَزِينِ وَيَسْرُو عَنْ فُؤَادِ السَّقِيمِ كَمَا تَسْرُوا إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْوَسَخَ بِالْمَاءِ عَنْ وَجْهِهَا»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ's family was afflicted with fever, he would order broth to be made, then he would order them to sip from it. He would say: 'It revives the heart of the sorrowful and relieves the heart of the sick, just as one of you women removes dirt from her face with water.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7455Sahih
سَمِعْتُ أَيْمَنَ الْمَكِّيَّ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَتْنِي فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْبَغِيضِ النَّافِعِ التَّلْبِينَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ لِيَغْسِلُ بَطْنَ أَحَدِكُمْ كَمَا يَغْسِلُ الْوَسَخَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ بِالْمَاءِ» قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ لَمْ تَزَلْ الْبُرْمَةُ عَلَى النَّارِ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ عَلَى أَحَدِ طَرَفَيْهِ إِمَّا مَوْتٌ أَوْ حَيَاةٌ
✧ I heard Ayman al-Makki say: Fatimah bt. al-Mundhir narrated to me from Umm Kulthum from Aisha that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'You should take the beneficial disliked talbinah. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, it washes the stomach of one of you just as water washes dirt from his face.' He said: When one of the Prophet's family complained, the cooking pot would not cease to be on the fire until it was decided for one of the two ends: either death or life.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7456Sahih
كَانَ عِنْدَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ صَبِيٌّ يَقْطُرُ مِنْخَرَاهُ دَمًا فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا الصَّبِيِّ؟» قَالَتْ بِهِ الْعُذْرَةُ فَقَالَ «وَيْحَكُنَّ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ لَا تَقْتُلْنَ أَوْلَادَكُنَّ وَأَيُّ امْرَأَةٍ يُصِيبُهَا عُذْرَةٌ أَوْ وَجَعٌ بِرَأْسِهِ فَلْتَأْخُذْ قُسْطًا هِنْدِيًّا» قَالَ وَأَمَرَ عَائِشَةَ فَفَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ فَبَرَأَ
✧ There was a boy with Umm al-Mu'minin Aisha whose nostrils were dripping blood. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered and said: 'What is the matter with this boy?' She said: 'He has udhrah (a throat ailment).' He said: 'Woe to you, O group of women! Do not kill your children. Any woman whose child is afflicted with udhrah or a headache should take Indian costus.' He said: And he ordered Aisha, and she did that, and he recovered.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7457No grade recorded
أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ بِصَبِيٍّ لَهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ افْقَأْ مِنْهُ الْعُذْرَةَ فَقَالَ «تُحَرِّقُوا حُلُوقَ أَوْلَادِكُمْ خُذِي قُسْطًا هِنْدِيًّا وَوَرْسًا فَأَسْعِطِيهِ إِيَّاهُ»
✧ A woman brought her child to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Lance his udhrah.' He said: 'Do you burn the throats of your children? Take Indian costus and wars (a dye), and administer it to him as a nasal drop.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7458Sahih
سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا يَشْكُو إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَعًا فِي رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَّا قَالَ «اخْضِبْهُمَا بِالْحِنَّاءِ»
✧ I never heard anyone complain to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of pain in his legs except that he said: 'Dye them with henna.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7459Sahih
«شِفَاءُ عِرْقِ النَّسَا أَلْيَةُ شَاةٍ عَرَبِيَّةٍ تُذَابُ ثُمَّ تُجَزَّأُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَتُشْرَبُ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ»
✧ The cure for sciatica is the fat tail of an Arabian sheep, which is melted and then divided into three parts, and drunk on three days.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7460No grade recorded
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ وَصَفَ مِنْ عِرْقِ النَّسَا أَلْيَةَ شَاةٍ عَرَبِيٍّ لَيْسَتْ بِصَغِيرَةٍ وَلَا بِكَبِيرَةٍ تُذَابُ ثُمَّ تُقَسَّمُ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَجْزَاءٍ فَتُشْرَبُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ جُزْءٌ عَلَى رِيقِ النَّفْسِ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ «وَقَدْ وَصَفْتُ ذَلِكَ لِثَلَاثِ مِائَةٍ كُلُّهُمْ يُعَافِيهِ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى» وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ حَبِيبُ بْنُ الشَّهِيدِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ
✧ "The Prophet ﷺ described the treatment for impotence as drinking the melted fat of a female Arab sheep. It should be neither too young nor too old, and it should be divided into three parts, with one part consumed on an empty stomach every day." Anas said, "I have described this to three hundred people, and Allah Almighty has cured all of them." This hadith was narrated by Habib bin Ash-Shahid from Anas bin Sirin from Anas bin Malik."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7461Sahih
ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِرْقَ النَّسَا فَقَالَ «تُؤْخَذُ أَلْيَةُ كَبْشٍ عَرَبِيٍّ وَلَيْسَتْ بِالصَّغِيرَةِ وَلَا بِالْكَبِيرَةِ فَتُذَابَ فَتُشْرَبُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ» فَقَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ «لَقَدْ وَصَفْتُهُ لِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ مِائَةٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَبْرَءُونَ مِنْهُ» هَذِهِ الْأَسَانِيدُ كُلُّهَا صَحِيحَةٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَقَدْ أَعْضَلَهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ «وَالْقَوْلُ عِنْدَنَا فِيهِ قَوْلُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَالْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ» صحيح
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned sciatica and said: "Take the fat tail of an Arabian ram, neither small nor large, melt it, and drink it for three days." Anas b. Malik said: "I prescribed it for more than three hundred, all of whom recovered." These chains of transmission are all authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, but Hammad b. Salamah rendered it problematic from Anas b. Sirin, saying: from his brother Ma'bad, from a man of the Ansar, from his father. The correct view according to us is that of al-Mu'tamir b. Sulayman and al-Walid b. Muslim. Sahih
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7462Sahih
«عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْإِثْمِدِ فَإِنَّهُ يُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ وَيَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ»
✧ «Use ithmid (antimony), for it makes the hair grow and clears the eyesight.»
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7463Sahih
أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَسَنٍ حَدَّثَتْنِي مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ إِيَاسِ بْنِ الْبُكَيْرِ صَاحِبِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَظُنُّهَا زَيْنَبَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ «عِنْدَكِ ذَرِيرَةٌ؟» فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَدَعَا بِهَا وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى بَثْرَةٍ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ رِجْلِهِ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ مُطْفِئَ الْكَبِيرِ وَمُكَبِّرَ الصَّغِيرِ أَطْفِهَا عَنِّي» فَطُفِئَتْ
✧ Amr b. Yahya b. 'Umarah b. Abi Hasan informed me: Maryam bt. Iyas b. al-Bukayr, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, narrated to me from one of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, and I think she was Zaynab, that the Prophet ﷺ entered upon her and said: "Do you have any dharirah (a type of perfume)?" She said: Yes. He called for it and placed it on a pimple between two toes of his foot, then said: "O Allah, extinguisher of the great and enlarger of the small, extinguish it from me." And it was extinguished.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7464Sahih
«إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا حَمَاهُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَا يَظَلُّ أَحَدُكُمْ يَحْمِي سَقِيمَهُ الْمَاءَ»
✧ «When Allah loves a servant, He protects him from the world just as one of you keeps guarding his sick person from water.»
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7465Sahih
زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ «مَرِضْتُ فِي زَمَانِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ مَرَضًا شَدِيدًا فَدَعَا لِي عُمَرُ طَبِيبًا فَحَمَانِي حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَمُصُّ النَّوَاةَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْحِمْيَةِ»
✧ Zayd b. Aslam from his father, who said: "I fell severely ill during the time of Umar b. al-Khattab, and Umar called a physician for me, who put me on a strict diet until I was sucking on a date pit from the severity of the diet."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7466Sahih
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Indeed in it is a cure."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7467Sahih
دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ مِنْ بَنِي أُمِّ قِرْفَةَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا حَجَّامٌ يَحْجُمُهُ بِمَحَاجِمَ لَهُ مِنْ قُرُونٍ يَشْرِطُ بِشَفْرَةٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ تَدَعُ هَذَا يَقْطَعُ عَلَيْكَ جِلْدَكَ؟ قَالَ «هَذَا الْحَجْمُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ»
✧ A bedouin from Banu Fazarah, from Banu Umm Qirfah, entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while a cupper was cupping him with horns, making incisions with a blade. He said: "What is this, O Messenger of Allah? Why do you let this man cut your skin?" He said: "This is cupping, and it is the best of what you treat yourselves with."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7468No grade recorded
«خَيْرُ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحَجْمُ»
✧ «The best of what you treat yourselves with is cupping.»
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7469No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, similar to it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7470Sahih
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَهُوَ يَحْتَجِمُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ احْتَجِمْ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا احْتَجَمْتُ قَطُّ «أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْحَجْمَ أَفْضَلُ مَا تَدَاوَى بِهِ النَّاسُ»
✧ I entered upon Abu Hurairah while he was cupping. He said to me, "O Abu Al-Hakam, do cupping." I replied, "I have never done cupping before." He said, "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, informed me that Gabriel, peace be upon him, informed him that cupping is the best cure for people."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7471No grade recorded
«إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا تَدَاوَوْنَ بِهِ شِفَاءٌ فَشَرْطَةُ مُحْجِمٍ أَوْ شَرْبَةُ عَسَلٍ أَوْ كَيَّةٌ تُصِيبُ وَمَا أُحِبُّهُ إِذَا اكْتَوَى»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If there is any healing in what you apply as a treatment, then it is in cupping, a drink of honey, or branding (cauterization) with fire, but I do not like to be cauterized."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7472No grade recorded
«خَيْرُ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ السَّعُوطُ وَاللَّدُودُ وَالْحِجَامَةُ وَالْمَشْيُ»
✧ «The best of what you treat yourselves with are snuff, ladud (oral medicine), cupping, and walking.»
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7473Sahih
«مَا مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَأٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَّا قَالُوا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحِجَامَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ»
✧ «I did not pass by any assembly of angels on the night I was taken on the Night Journey except that they said: 'You should use cupping, O Muhammad.'»
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7474Sahih
«أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحِجَامَةِ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبَا طَيْبَةَ أَنْ يَحْجُمَهَا» قَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «وَكَانَ أَخُوهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ أَوْ غُلَامًا لَهُ لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ»
✧ A'ishah, the wife of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, asked permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding cupping, and the Prophet ﷺ ordered Abu Taybah to cup her. He (the narrator) said: I think he said: "He was her foster brother or a young servant who had not reached puberty."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7475Sahih
«مَنِ احْتَجَمَ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ لَهُ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ»
✧ Whoever is cupped on the seventeenth of the month will have a cure from every disease.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7476Sahih
«خَيْرُ مَا تَحْتَجِمُونَ فِيهِ يَوْمَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ وَيَوْمَ تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ وَيَوْمَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ»
✧ The best days for cupping are the seventeenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7477Sahih
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَجِمُ عَلَى الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَكَانَ يَحْتَجِمُ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped on the two jugular veins, and he was cupped on the seventeenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7478No grade recorded
«الْمَحْجَمَةُ الَّتِي فِي وَسَطِ الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَالنُّعَاسِ وَالْأَضْرَاسِ»
✧ The cupping site in the middle of the head is for insanity, leprosy, drowsiness, and molar pain.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7479Weak
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْحِجَامَةُ تَزِيدُ فِي الْعَقْلِ وَتَزِيدُ فِي الْحِفْظِ فَعَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ لَا تَحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَلَا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَلَا يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَالثُّلَاثَاءِ وَمَا نَزَلَ جُذَامٌ وَلَا بَرَصٌ إِلَّا فِي لَيْلَةِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ» رُوَاةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ كُلُّهُمْ ثِقَاتٌ إِلَّا غَزَالَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَجْهُولٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ بِعَدَالَةٍ وَلَا جَرْحٍ وَقَدْ صَحَّ الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مُسْنَدٍ وَلَا مُتَّصِلٍ غزال بن محمد مجهول
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Cupping increases intellect and increases memory. So in the name of Allah on Thursday, do not cup on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Cup on Monday and Tuesday. Leprosy and leukoderma do not descend except on Wednesday night. The narrators of this hadith are all trustworthy except Ghazal b. Muhammad, for he is unknown; I do not know him for integrity or criticism. The hadith is authentic from Ibn Umar as his statement, without a chain and not connected. Ghazal b. Muhammad is unknown.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7480No grade recorded
«يَا نَافِعُ اذْهَبْ فَأْتِنِي بِحَجَّامٍ وَلَا تَأْتِنِي بِشَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ وَلَا غُلَامٍ صَغِيرٍ» وَقَالَ «احْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ وَالِاثْنَيْنِ وَالثُّلَاثَاءِ وَلَا تَحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ»
✧ O Nafi, go and bring me a cupper, and do not bring me a very old man or a young boy. And he said: Cup on Saturday, cup on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, and do not cup on Wednesday.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7481No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْحِجَامَةُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَمْثَلُ وَفِيهَا شِفَاءٌ وَبَرَكَةٌ وَهِيَ تَزِيدُ فِي الْعَقْلِ وَتَزِيدُ فِي الْحِفْظِ وَتَزِيدُ الْحَافِظَ حِفْظًا فَمَنْ كَانَ مُحْتَجِمًا عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ فَلْيَحْتَجِمْ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَيَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ فِيهِ الْبَلَاءَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ الَّذِي ابْتَلَى اللَّهُ أَيُّوبَ فِيهِ بِالْبَلَاءِ وَمَا يَبْدُو جُذَامٌ وَلَا بَرَصٌ إِلَّا فِي يَوْمِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ أَوْ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Cupping on an empty stomach is better; in it is cure and blessing. It increases intellect and increases memory, and it increases the memory of the one who memorizes. So whoever intends to be cupped, in the name of Allah, let him cup on Thursday. Avoid cupping on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Cup on Monday and Tuesday, for it is the day on which Allah averted affliction from Ayyub. Avoid cupping on Wednesday, for it is the day on which Allah afflicted Ayyub with trial. Leprosy and leukoderma do not appear except on Wednesday or Wednesday night.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7482Sahih
«إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالْحِجَامَةِ لَا تَبَيَّغَ دَمُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَيَقْتُلَهُ»
✧ When the heat becomes intense, seek help with cupping, lest the blood of any of you becomes agitated and kills him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7483Sahih
«نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ الْحَجَّامُ يُخِفَّ الظَّهْرَ وَيَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ»
✧ Excellent is the servant, the cupper: he relieves the back and sharpens the eyesight.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7484Sahih
«مَنْ تَطَبَّبَ وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ مِنْهُ طِبٌّ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ»
✧ Whoever practices medicine without having known medicine [i.e., without recognized training] is liable.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7485Sahih
كُنَّا نَرْقِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالَ «اعْرِضُوا عَلَيَّ رُقَاكُمْ لَا بَأْسَ بِالرُّقَى مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ شِرْكًا»
✧ We used to perform ruqyah [incantations] in the pre-Islamic era. We said: O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of that? He said: Present your incantations to me. There is no harm in incantations as long as they do not involve associating partners with Allah.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7486No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى فِي بَيْتِهَا جَارِيَةً فِي وَجْهِهَا سَفْعَةٌ فَقَالَ «اسْتَرْقُوا لَهَا فَإِنَّ بِهَا النَّظْرَةَ»
that the Prophet ﷺ saw in her house a girl whose face had a black spot. He said. "She is under the effect of an evil eye; so treat her with a Ruqya." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5739)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7487Sahih
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا عَادَ الْمَرِيضَ جَلَسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ «أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ» فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي أَجَلِهِ تَأْخِيرٌ عُوفِيَ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ
✧ When the Prophet ﷺ visited a sick person, he would sit at his head and then say seven times: I ask Allah the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to heal you. If there was a delay in his appointed term, he would be cured of that pain.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7488No grade recorded
«مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ سَبْعًا عُوفِيَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ حَضَرَ أَجَلُهُ»
✧ Whoever visits a sick person and says, 'I ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal you' seven times, he will be granted recovery, if his appointed time has not come.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7489No grade recorded
«مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا لَمْ يَحْضُرْ أَجَلُهُ فَيَقُولُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ إِلَّا عُوفِيَ»
✧ There is no Muslim servant who visits a sick person whose appointed time has not come, and says seven times, 'I ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal you,' except that he is granted recovery.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7490No grade recorded
«مَنْ دَخَلَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ لَمْ يَحْضُرْ أَجَلُهُ فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ إِلَّا عُوفِي»
✧ Whoever enters upon a sick person whose appointed time has not come and says, 'I ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal you,' except that he is granted recovery.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7491Sahih
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَيِّ» فَاكْتَوَيْنَا فَمَا أَفْلَحْنَا وَلَا أَنْجَحْنَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade cauterization. We cauterized, and we neither succeeded nor prospered.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7492Sahih
أَصَابَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَرَضٌ شَدِيدٌ فَوُصِفَ لَهُ الْكَيُّ فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُمْ ثُمَّ أَتَوْهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَوْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ «إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَارْضِفُوهُ رَضْفًا»
✧ A man from the Ansar was afflicted with a severe illness, and cauterization was prescribed for him. They came to the Prophet ﷺ, but he turned away from them. Then they came to him again, and he turned away from them. Then he said on the third or fourth time: 'If you wish, cauterize him with heated stones.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7493Sahih
أَنَّهُ قَالَ «لَمْ تُسَلِّمْ عَلَيَّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَنِّي أَثَرُ النَّارِ»
✧ He said: 'The angels did not greet me until the trace of the fire left me.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7494No grade recorded
«مَرِضَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ طَبِيبًا فَقَطَعَ مِنْهُ عِرْقًا ثُمَّ كَوَاهُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ Ubayy b. Ka'b fell ill, so the Prophet ﷺ sent a physician to him, who cut a vein from him and then cauterized it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7495Sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَادَ سَعْدَ بْنَ زُرَارَةَ وَبِهِ الشَّوْكَةُ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ «بِئْسَ الْمَيِّتُ هَذَا الْيَهُودُ يَقُولُونَ لَوْلَا دَفَعَ عَنْهُ وَلَا أَمْلِكُ لَهُ وَلَا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي شَيْئًا وَلَا يَلُومَنَّ فِي أَبِي أُمَامَةَ» فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَكُوِيَ فَمَاتَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited Sa'd b. Zurarah, who had a thorn (or a pustule). When he entered upon him, he said: 'What a bad dead person this is; the Jews say, "If only he had warded it off," but I possess nothing for him, nor do I possess anything for myself. And let him not blame Abu Umamah.' So he ordered that he be cauterized, and he died.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7496Sahih
سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَّا بِهِ شَبِيهٌ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ زُرَارَةَ أَخَذَهُ وَجَعٌ وَتُسَمِّيهِ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ الذَّبْحَ فَكَوَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَاتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَيِّتُ سُوءٍ لَيَهُودُ لَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلَا دَفَعَ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ وَلَا أَمْلِكُ لَهُ وَلَا شَيْئًا لِنَفْسِي» وَ
✧ I heard Umar and I have not seen anyone among us who is similar, saying that Saad ibn Zurarah had an illness and the people of Medina called it "dhabh" (slaughter). So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cauterized him and he died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May the Jews say about the deceased, 'If it was not for the intervention of his companion (referring to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ) and I had no control or possession over him, nor anything for myself.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7497Sahih
«اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْعَيْنِ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ حَقٌّ»
✧ Seek refuge with Allah Almighty from the evil eye, for the evil eye is real.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7498Sahih
«الْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ تَسْتَنْزِلُ الْحَالِقَ»
✧ The evil eye is real; it brings down the mountain peak.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7499Sahih
«إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَأَخِيهِ مَا يُعْجِبُهُ فَلْيَدْعُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ حَقٌّ»
✧ When one of you sees in himself or his brother something that pleases him, let him supplicate for blessing, for the evil eye is real.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7500Sahih
خَرَجَ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ وَمَعَهُ عَامِرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ يُرِيدَانِ الْغُسْلَ فَانْتَهَيَا إِلَى غَدِيرٍ فَخَرَجَ سَهْلُ يُرِيدُ الْخَمْرَ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ يَعْنِي بِهِ السِّتْرَ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ نَزَعَ جُبَّةً عَلَيْهِ مِنْ صُوفٍ فَوَضَعَهَا ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَاءَ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَصَبْتُهُ بِعَيْنَي فَسَمِعْتُ لَهُ قَرْقَفَةً فِي الْمَاءِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَنَادَيْتُهُ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَجَاءَ يَمْشِي فَخَاضَ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِ سَاقَيْهِ فَضَرَبَ صَدْرَهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنْهُ حَرِّهَا وَبَرْدَهَا وَوَصَبَهَا» فَقَامَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ أَوْ مَالِهِ أَوْ أَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ فلْيُبَرِّكْ فَإِنَّ الْعَيْنَ حَقٌّ»
✧ Sahl b. Hunayf went out with 'Amir b. Rabi'ah intending to bathe. They came to a pool, and Sahl went out intending privacy. Waki' said: meaning a screen. When he thought he had removed a woolen cloak he was wearing and placed it down, then he entered the water. He said: I looked at him and struck him with my eye. I heard a cracking sound from him in the water. I went to him and called him three times, but he did not answer me. So I came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. He came walking and waded into the water until I could almost see the whiteness of his shins. He struck his chest and said: 'O Allah, remove from him its heat, its cold, and its ailment.' Then he stood up, and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'When one of you sees in himself, his wealth, or his brother something he loves, let him invoke blessing, for the evil eye is real.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7501Sahih
«مَنْ عَلَّقَ تَمِيمَةً فَلَا أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَمَنْ عَلَّقَ وَدَعَةً فَلَا وَدَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ»
✧ Whoever hangs an amulet, may Allah not fulfill his need; and whoever hangs a cowry shell, may Allah not give him peace.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7502Sahih
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي عَضُدِي حَلْقَةٌ صُفْرٌ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذِهِ؟» فَقُلْتُ مِنَ الْوَاهِنَةِ فَقَالَ «انْبِذْهَا»
✧ I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ with a brass ring on my upper arm. He said, "What is this?" I said, "From the wahinah." He said, "Throw it away."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7503Abu Dawud silent
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَعَلَّقَ شَيْئًا وُكِلَ إِلَيْهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever attaches something to himself is entrusted to it."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7504Abu Dawud silent
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَعُوذُهَا مِنْ جَمْرَةٍ ظَهَرَتْ بِوَجْهِهَا وَهِيَ مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِحِرْزٍ فَإِنِّي لَجَالِسَةٌ دَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَى الْحِرْزِ أَتَى جِدْعًا مُعَارِضًا فِي الْبَيْتِ فَوَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءَهُ ثُمَّ حَصَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فَأَتَاهَا فَأَخَذَ بِالْحِرْزِ فَجَذَبَهَا حَتَّى كَادَ وَجْهُهَا أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْقَطَعَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ آلُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَغْنِيَاءَ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَرَمَى بِهَا خَلْفَ الْجِدَارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا زَيْنَبُ أَعِنْدِي تُعَلِّقِينَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «نَهَى عَنِ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمِ وَالتَّوْلِيَةِ» فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ نَاجِيَةَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَّا الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمُ فَقَدْ عَرَفْنَا فَمَا التَّوْلِيَةُ؟ قَالَ التَّوْلِيَةُ مَا يُهَيِّجُ النِّسَاءَسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ I entered upon Zaynab, the wife of 'Abdullah, to treat her for a hot spot that had appeared on her face, while she was wearing a charm. As I was sitting, 'Abdullah entered. When he saw the charm, he went to a beam that was propped in the house, placed his cloak on it, then rolled up his sleeves, came to her, took hold of the charm, and pulled it until her face almost fell to the ground. Then it broke, and he left the house, saying: "The family of 'Abdullah has become free of need from shirk." Then he went out and threw it behind the wall. Then he said: "O Zaynab, would you hang charms at my place? I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'He forbade ruqyah, amulets, and tawliyah.'" Umm Najiyah said: "O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, we know ruqyah and amulets; what is tawliyah?" He said: "Tawliyah is what arouses women."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7505Sahih
دَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ فَرَأَى عَلَيْهَا حِرْزًا مِنَ الْحُمْرَةِ فَقَطَعَهُ قَطْعًا عَنِيفًا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ آلَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ أَغْنِيَاءُ وَقَالَ كَانَ مِمَّا حَفِظْنَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَنَّ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمَ وَالتَّوْلِيَةَ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ»
✧ 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud entered upon a woman and saw a red charm on her, so he cut it off forcefully, then said: "The family of 'Abdullah are free of need from shirk." And he said: "Among what we preserved from the Prophet ﷺ is that ruqyah, amulets, and tawliyah are from shirk."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7506No grade recorded
«لَيْسَتِ التَّمِيمَةُ مَا تَعَلَّقَ بِهِ بَعْدَ الْبَلَاءِ إِنَّمَا التَّمِيمَةُ مَا تَعَلَّقَ بِهِ قَبْلَ الْبَلَاءِ»
✧ An amulet is not what is attached after affliction; an amulet is only what is attached before affliction.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7507Sahih
«لَيْسَتِ التَّمِيمَةُ مَا تَعَلَّقَ بِهِ بَعْدَ الْبَلَاءِ إِنَّمَا التَّمِيمةُ مَا تَعَلَّقَ بِهِ قَبْلَ الْبَلَاءِ»
✧ An amulet is not what is attached after affliction; an amulet is only what is attached before affliction.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7508No grade recorded
أَنَّهَا أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ بِأَخِيهِ مَخْرَمَةَ وَكَانَتْ تُدَاوِي مِنْ قَرْحَةٍ تَكُونُ بِالصِّبْيَانِ فَلَمَّا دَاوَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ وَفَرَغَتْ مِنْهُ رَأَتْ فِي رِجْلَيْهِ خَلْخَالَيْنِ جَدِيدَيْنِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «أَظَنَنْتُمْ أَنَّ هَذَيْنِ الْخَلْخَالَيْنِ يَدْفَعَانِ عَنْهُ شَيْئًا كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ لَوْ رَأَيْتُهَا مَا تَدَاوَى عِنْدِي وَمَا مَسَّ عِنْدِي لَعَمْرِي لَخَلْخَالَانِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ أَطْهَرُ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ»
✧ She sent her brother Makhramah to 'A'ishah, and she used to treat a sore that affected children. When 'A'ishah treated him and finished, she saw two new anklets on his legs. 'A'ishah said: "Did you think these two anklets would ward off something Allah had decreed for him? If I had seen them, he would not have been treated by me, nor would he have been touched by me. By my life, two silver anklets are purer than these two."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7509Abu Dawud silent
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَجْعَلْ شِفَاءَكُمْ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ»
✧ "A man complained about his stomach ache, so diabetes was diagnosed for him. He mentioned that to Abdullah, who said, 'Indeed, Allah has not placed your cure in that which He has forbidden upon you.' Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7510Abu Dawud silent
«كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا دَعَا طَبِيبًا يُعَالِجُ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِهِ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يُدَاوِيَ بِشَيْءٍ مِمَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ ﷻ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ When Ibn 'Umar called a physician to treat one of his companions, he stipulated that he not treat with anything Allah ﷻ has forbidden.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7511Sahih
أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَتْ أَنَّ بِهَا طَيْفًا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنْ شِئْتِ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ ﷻ فَبَرَّأَكِ وَإِنْ شِئْتِ فَلَا حِسَابَ وَلَا عَذَابَ» قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَدَعْنِي إِذًا
✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that she had a touch of the devil. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If you wish, I will supplicate to Allah ﷻ and He will heal you; and if you wish, then there will be no reckoning and no punishment." She said: "O Messenger of Allah, then leave me."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7512Sahih
أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ يَلْتَمِسَانِ الشِّفَاءَ لِأَبٍ لَهُمَا حُبِسَ بَوْلُهُ فَدَلَّهُ الْقَوْمُ عَلَى فَضَالَةَ فَجَاءَ الرَّجُلَانِ وَمَعَهُمَا فَضَالَةُ فُذُكِرَ الَّذِي يَأْتِيهُمَا فَقَالَ فَضَالَةُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ اشْتَكَى مِنْكُمْ شَيْئًا أَوِ اشْتَكَى أَخٌ لَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ رَبَّنَا الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ تَقَدَّسَ اسْمُكَ أَمَرُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ كَمَا رَحْمَتُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ اغْفِرْ لَنَا حَوبَنَا وَخَطَايَانَا يَا رَبَّ الطَّيِّبِينَ أَنْزِلْ شِفَاءً مِنْ شِفَائِكَ وَرَحْمَةً مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ عَلَى هَذَا الْوَجَعِ فَيَبْرَأْ
✧ He said: Two men from the people of Iraq came seeking healing for their father whose urine was retained. The people directed them to Fadalah. The two men came, bringing Fadalah with them, and mentioned what had happened to them. Fadalah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever of you suffers from something, or his brother suffers, let him say: 'Our Lord who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your command is in heaven and earth. As Your mercy is in heaven and earth, forgive us our sins and our errors. O Lord of the good ones, send down healing from Your healing and mercy from Your mercy upon this pain,' and he will be cured."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7513Abu Dawud silent
أَنَّهُ جَاءَ فِي رَكْبِ عَشَرَةٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَايَعَ تِسْعَةً وَأَمْسَكَ عَنْ بَيْعَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالُوا مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ لَا تُبَايِعُهُ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ فِي عَضُدِهِ تَمِيمَةً» فَقَطَعَ الرَّجُلُ التَّمِيمَةَ فَبَايَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ عَلَّقَ فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
✧ He came with a riding party of ten to the Prophet ﷺ. He accepted the pledge of nine and withheld from pledging one man among them. They said: "What is the matter with this man that you do not accept his pledge?" He said: "There is an amulet on his upper arm." The man cut off the amulet, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ accepted his pledge. Then he said: "Whoever hangs one has committed shirk."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7514Sahih
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ حَالَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ صَلَاتِي وَقِرَاءَتِي فَقَالَ «إِنَّ ذَلِكَ شَيْطَانٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ خَنْزَبٌ فَإِذَا أَحْسَسْتَهُ فَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ وَاتْفُلْ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ» قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَأَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, the devil has come between me and my prayer and my recitation. He said: 'That is a devil called Khinzab. When you sense him, seek refuge in Allah from him and spit to your left.' He said: I did that, and Allah removed him from me.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7515Sahih
إِذَا اشْتَكَيْتَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ حَيْثُ تَشْتَكِي ثُمَّ قُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهُ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ مِنْ وَجَعِي هَذَا ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ ثُمَّ اعْدُدْ ذَلِكَ وِتْرًا قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ
✧ When you feel pain, place your hand where it hurts and say: 'In the name of Allah. I seek refuge in the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I find in this pain of mine.' Then raise your hand, then repeat that an odd number of times. Anas b. Malik said it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7516No grade recorded
وَأَنَّ بَعْضَ بَنِي أَخِيهَا ذَكَرُوا شَكْوَاهَا لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الزُّطِّ يَتَطَبَّبُ وَأَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَذْكُرُونَ امْرَأَةً مَسْحُورَةً سَحَرَتْهَا جَارِيَةٌ فِي حِجْرِهَا صَبِيٌّ فِي حِجْرِ الْجَارِيَةِ الْآنَ صَبِيٌّ قَدْ بَالَ فِي حِجْرِهَا فَقَالَ إِيتُونِي بِهَا فَأُتِيَ بِهَا فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «سَحَرْتِينِي؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ «لِمَ؟» قَالَتْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُعْتَقَ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ قَدْ أَعْتَقْتَهَا عَنْ دُبُرٍ مِنْهَا فَقَالَتْ «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا تُعْتَقِينَ أَبَدًا انْظُرُوا شَرَّ الْبُيُوتِ مَلَكَةً فَبِيعُوهَا مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ اشْتَرُوا بِثَمَنِهَا رَقَبَةً فَأَعْتِقُوهَا»
✧ And some of her brother's sons mentioned her complaint to a man from the Zutt who practiced medicine, and he told them: 'They mention a woman bewitched; a slave girl in her room bewitched her. A boy in the room of the slave girl, a boy who has urinated in her room.' So he said: 'Bring her to me.' She was brought, and Aisha said: 'You bewitched me?' She said: 'Yes.' She said: 'Why?' She said: 'I wanted to be set free.' Aisha had granted her freedom after her death (i.e., a posthumous manumission). So she said: 'I owe it to Allah that you will never be freed. Look for the worst households in ownership and sell her to them, then buy a slave with her price and set that slave free.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7423Sahih
«مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ دَاءٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَ لَهُ شِفَاءً وَفِي أَلْبَانِ الْبَقَرِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ»
✧ Narrated by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, he said, "Allah has not sent down a disease except that He has also sent down its cure, and in the milk of the cow, there is a cure for every disease."