27. ✧ Medicine

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2906No grade recorded

   « أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَدَاوَوْا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَخْلُقْ دَاءً إِلَّا وَقَدْ خَلَقَ لَهُ شِفَاءً إِلَّا السَّامَ

   ✧ O people, seek treatment, for Allah the Exalted did not create any disease but that He created for it a cure, except old age.

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2907No grade recorded

   دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ، وَعِنْدَهَا صَبِيٌّ يَنْبَعِثُ مَنْخِرَاهُ دَمًا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « مَا هَذَا ؟ » قَالُوا: بِهِ الْعُذْرَةُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « عَلَامَ تُعَذِّبْنَ أَوْلَادَكُنَّ، إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي إِحْدَاكُنَّ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ قُسْطًا هِنْدِيًّا، فَتَحُكَّهُ بِمَاءٍ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ تُوجِرَهُ إِيَّاهُ » قَالَ: فَفَعَلُوا فَبَرَأَ

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered upon Umm Salamah ؓ, and with her was a boy whose nostrils were gushing blood. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'What is this?' They said: 'He has the 'udhrah (inflammation of the throat/tonsils).' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Why do you torment your children? It is enough for one of you to take Indian costus, rub it with water seven times, and then pour it into his mouth.' He said: So they did that, and he recovered.

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2908No grade recorded

   قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « يَا عَلِيُّ، لَا تَسْتَقْبِلِ الشَّمْسَ ; فَإِنَّ اسْتِقْبَالَهَا دَاءٌ، وَاسْتِدْبَارَهَا دَوَاءٌ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'O 'Ali, do not face the sun, for facing it is a disease, and having it behind you is a cure.'

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2909No grade recorded

   « أَيُّمَا أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ أَخَذَهُ الْوِرْدُ، فَلْيَصُبَّ عَلَيْهِ جَرَّةَ مَاءٍ بَارِدٍ

   ✧ Whichever of you is afflicted with fever, let him pour a jar of cold water over himself.

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2910No grade recorded

   « إِذَا حُمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ، فَلْيَشُنَّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ الْبَارِدَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ مِنَ السَّحَرِ

   ✧ When one of you has a fever, let him sprinkle cold water on himself for three nights at the time of dawn.

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2911No grade recorded

   « فِي التَّلْبِينَةِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ

   ✧ In talbinah there is healing from every disease.

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2912No grade recorded

   « اخْتَضِبُوا بِالْحِنَّاءِ ; فَإِنَّهُ طَيِّبُ الرِّيحِ، يُسَكِّنُ الدَّوْخَةَ

   ✧ Dye with henna, for it has a pleasant scent and it soothes dizziness.

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2913No grade recorded

   مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالرِّجْلَةِ، وَفِي رِجْلِهِ قُرْحَةٌ، فَدَاوَاهَا بِهَا فَبَرَأَتْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكِ، أَنْبِتِي حَيْثُ شِئْتِي، فَأَنْتِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ دَاءً أَدْنَاهُ الصُّدَاعُ

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by purslane while he had a sore on his leg, and he treated it with it and it healed. Then the Prophet ﷺ said: “May Allah bless you. Grow wherever you wish, for you are a healing from seventy diseases, the least of which is headache.”

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2914No grade recorded

   « تَبَخَّرُوا فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ بِاللُّبَانِ، وَالْمُرِّ، وَالصَّعْتَرِ

   ✧ Fumigate your houses with frankincense, myrrh, and thyme.

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2915No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَيَدُهُ فِي يَدِي، فَأَتَى عَلَى رَجُلٍ رَثِّ الْهَيْئَةِ، فَقَالَ: « أَبُو فُلَانٍ ! مَا بَلَغَ بِكَ مَا أَرَى » ؟ قَالَ: السَّقَمُ وَالضُّرُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: « أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ يُذْهِبُ اللهُ عَنْكَ السَّقَمَ وَالضُّرَّ » ؟ قَالَ: لَا، مَا يَسُرُّنِي بِهَا أَنِّي شَهِدْتُ مَعَكَ بَدْرًا وَأُحُدًا، قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ: « وَهَلْ يُدْرِكُ أَهْلُ بَدْرٍ وَأَهْلُ أُحُدٍ مَا يُدْرِكُ الْفَقِيرُ الْقَانِعُ » ؟ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ: فَقُلْتُ: إِيَّايَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَعَلِّمْنِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: " قُلْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ: تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ الْآيَةَ، فَأَتَى عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ حَسُنَتْ حَالِي، فَقَالَ: « مَهْيَمْ ؟ » فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَمْ أَزَلْ أَقُولُ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي عَلَّمْتَنِيهِنَّ

    ✧ I entered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while his hand was in mine. He came upon a man of shabby appearance and said: “O Abu so-and-so, what has brought you to the state I see?” He said: “Sickness and harm, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Shall I not teach you some words by which Allah may remove from you sickness and harm?” He said: “No, it would not please me to have them even if I had been present with you at Badr and Uhud.” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed, then said: “Would the people of Badr and the people of Uhud attain what the contented poor person attains?” Abu Hurayrah ؓ said: I said, “Teach me, O Messenger of Allah.” He ﷺ said: “Say, O Abu Hurayrah: ‘I have put my trust in the Ever-Living who does not die. Praise be to Allah who has not taken a son, and who has no partner in dominion’—the verse. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon me after my condition had improved and said: ‘Mahyam?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have not ceased saying the words you taught me.’”

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2916No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ « سَعْرَطَ بِالسِّمْسِمِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gargled with sesame oil.

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2917No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَبَسَّمَ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مِمَّ تَبَسَّمْتَ ؟ قَالَ: « عَجِبْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَزَعِهِ مِنَ السَّقَمِ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ مَا لَهُ فِي السَّقَمِ لَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ سَقِيمًا حَتَّى يَلْقَى رَبَّهُ ». ثُمَّ تَبَسَّمَ الثَّانِيَةَ وَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالُوا: مِمَّ تَبَسَّمْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: « عَجِبْتُ لِمَلَكَيْنِ نَزَلَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ يَلْتَمِسَانِ مُؤْمِنًا فِي مُصَلَّاهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدَاهُ، فَعَرَجَا إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَقَالَا: يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ فُلَانًا كُنَّا نَكْتُبُ لَهُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَإِنَّكَ حَبَسْتَهُ فِي حِبَالِكَ، يَعْنِي: الْمَرَضَ، فَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُمَا: اكْتُبَا لِعَبْدِي مِثْلَ مَا يَعْمَلُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ، وَلَا تَنْقُصَاهُ شَيْئًا، فَلَهُ أَجْرُ مَا عَمِلَ عَلَى أَجْرِ مَا حَبَسْتَهُ

    ✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he smiled. We said: “O Messenger of Allah, what made you smile?” He said: “I marvel at the believer and his distress at illness. If he knew what he has in illness, he would love to remain ill until he meets his Lord.” Then he smiled a second time, raised his head to the sky, and looked at it. They said: “What made you smile, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “I marvel at two angels who descended from the sky seeking a believer in his prayer place where he used to pray, but they did not find him. They ascended to Allah Almighty and said: ‘O Lord, Your servant so-and-so, we used to record for him such-and-such deeds every day, but You have detained him in Your bonds,’ meaning illness. Allah Almighty said to them: ‘Record for My servant the like of what he used to do every day and night, and do not reduce anything from it. He shall have the reward of what he did in addition to the reward for what I have detained him with.’”

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2918No grade recorded

    « عَجِبْت لِلْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَزَعه مِنَ السَّقَمِ وَلَوْ يُعَلِّمُ مَا لَهُ فِي السَّقَمِ لِأُحِبّ أَنْ يَكُونَ سَقِيمًا حَتَّى يَلْقَى رَبّه » ثُمَّ تَبَسَّمَ الثَّانِيَة وَرَفْع رَأْسِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالُوا مِمَّ تَبَسَّمَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ « عَجِبْت لِمَلِكَيْنِ نَزَلَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ يَلْتَمِسَانِ مُؤْمِنًا فِي مُصَلَّاهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَلَمْ يَجِدَاهُ فَعَرَجَا إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى فَقَالَا يَا رَبّ إِنْ عَبَدَك فُلَان كُنَّا نَكْتُبُ لَهُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْم كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنَّك حَبَسْته فِي حِبَالِك يَعْنِي الْمَرَضُ فَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُمَا اكْتُبَا لِعَبْدِي مِثْلَ مَا يَعْمَل كُلُّ يَوْم وَلَيْلَة وَلَا تَنْقُصَاهُ شَيْئًا فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ مَا عَمِلَ عَلَى أَجْرٍ مَا حَبَسَتْهُ" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ “I marvel at the believer and his distress at illness. If he knew what he has in illness, he would love to remain ill until he meets his Lord.” Then he smiled a second time, raised his head to the sky, and looked at it. They said: “What made you smile, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “I marvel at two angels who descended from the sky seeking a believer in his prayer place where he used to pray, but they did not find him. They ascended to Allah Almighty and said: ‘O Lord, Your servant so-and-so, we used to record for him such-and-such deeds every day, but You have detained him in Your bonds,’ meaning illness. Allah Almighty said to them: ‘Record for My servant the like of what he used to do every day and night, and do not reduce anything from it. He shall have the reward of what he did in addition to the reward for what I have detained him with.’”

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2919No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَتَكُونُ لَهُ الدَّرَجَةُ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَمَا يَبْلُغُهَا بِعَمَلٍ حَتَّى يُبْتَلَى فِي جَسَدِهِ، فَيَبْلُغُهَا بِذَلِكَ الْبَلَاءِ

    ✧ A man may have a rank with Allah Almighty that he does not attain by deeds until he is afflicted in his body, and thus he attains it through that affliction.

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2920No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَزَادَ بَيْنَ جَبَلَةَ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: عَمَّنْ أَخْبَرَهُ.:

    ✧ Abu Bakr said: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, and he added between Jabalah and Ibn Mas'ud: from someone who informed him.

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2921No grade recorded

    اشْتَكَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ، قُلْتُ: لَوْ أَنَّ إِحْدَانَا فَعَلَتْ هَذَا خَشِيتُ عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « أَوَلَا تَعْلَمِينَ أَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُشَدَّدُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ لِيُحَطَّ عَنْهُ مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill and it became severe for him. When he recovered, I said: “If any one of us did this, I would fear for her.” He ﷺ said: “Do you not know that the believer is afflicted severely in his pain so that his sins may be removed from him?”

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2922No grade recorded

    إِنَّهُ رَاحَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ دِمَشْقَ وَهَجَّرَ بِالرَّوَاحِ، فَلَقِيَ شَدَّادَ بْنَ أَوْسٍ وَآخَرَ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ تُرِيدَانِ، يَرْحَمُكُمَا اللهُ ؟ قَالَا: نُرِيدُ هَاهُنَا إِلَى أَخٍ لَنَا مَرِيضٍ نَعُودُهُ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ مَعَهُمَا حَتَّى دَخَلَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ، فَقَالَا لَهُ: كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ ؟ قَالَ: أَصْبَحْتُ بِنِعْمَةِ اللهِ وَفَضْلِهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ شَدَّادٌ: أَبْشِرْ بِكَفَّارَاتِ السَّيِّئَاتِ، وَحَطِّ الْخَطَايَا، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ: إِنِّي إِذَا ابْتَلَيْتُ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنًا فَحَمِدَنِي عَلَى مَا ابْتَلَيْتُهُ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَقُومُ مَضْجَعَهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا، وَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنِّي أَنَا قَيَّدْتُ عَبْدِي هَذَا وَابْتَلَيْتُهُ، فَأَجْرُوا لَهُ مَا كُنْتُمْ تُجْرُونَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ

    ✧ He went to the mosque of Damascus in the afternoon to perform the noon prayer early, and he met Shaddad b. Aws and another man with him. He said: “Where do you two intend, may Allah have mercy on you?” They said: “We intend to go here to a sick brother of ours to visit him.” He said: He went with them until they entered upon that man. They said to him: “How are you this morning?” He said: “I have entered the morning in the blessing of Allah and His grace.” He said: Shaddad said to him: “Rejoice in the expiations of sins and the removal of errors, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: When I afflict a believing servant of Mine and he praises Me for what I have afflicted him with, then he rises from his bed that day like the day his mother gave birth to him, free from sins. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: I have bound this servant of Mine and afflicted him, so record for him what you used to record for him while he was healthy.’”

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2923No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشَجَرَةٍ، فَهَزَّهَا حَتَّى تَسَاقَطَ مِنْ وَرَقِهَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَتَسَاقَطَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « الْأَوْجَاعُ وَالْمُصِيبَاتُ أَسْرَعُ فِي ذُنُوبِ ابْنِ آدَمَ مِنِّي فِي هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a tree and shook it until as much of its leaves fell as Allah willed to fall. Then he ﷺ said: "Pains and calamities are faster in removing the sins of the son of Adam than I am in [removing the leaves from] this tree."

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2924No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا فَهْدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

    ✧ Muhammad b. Yahya narrated to us, Fahd b. Hayyan narrated to us, Hammam narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas ؓ

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2925No grade recorded

    « مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ السُّنْبُلَةِ، تَمِيلُ أَحْيَانًا، وَتَقُومُ أَحْيَانًا

    ✧ "The example of the believer is like that of a grain stalk: it bends at times and stands upright at times."

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2926No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكُونُ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى الْمَنْزِلَةُ فَمَا يَبْلُغُهَا بِعَمَلٍ، فَمَا يَزَالُ يَبْتَلِيهِ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ إِيَّاهَا

    ✧ "A man may have a station with Allah Most High that he does not attain through any deed. He remains afflicted with what he dislikes until He causes him to attain it."

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2927No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بِهِ. وَصَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ.:

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: 'Uqbah b. Mukram narrated to us, Yunus narrated to us with this [wording]. Ibn Hibban considered it sound.

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2928No grade recorded

    « مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصَابُ بِمُصِيبَةٍ، فَيَذْكُرُ مُصِيبَتَهُ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، فَيُحْدِثُ لَهَا اسْتِرْجَاعًا، إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مِثْلَمَا أُعْطِيَ يَوْمَ أُصِيبَ

    ✧ "There is no Muslim who is afflicted with a calamity, and then remembers his calamity after forty years and renews his istirja' (saying 'Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return'), except that Allah gives him at that moment the like of the reward he was given on the day he was afflicted."

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2929No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ وَأَنَا مَرِيضٌ، مَغْلُوبٌ، فَقَالَ: صَلَّى صَاحِبُكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَمَا إِنِّي نُبِّئْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَبْدٌ يَشْتَكِي إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ، حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَوْ يَرْفَعَهُ

    ✧ Abu Hurayrah ؓ entered upon me while I was sick and overcome. He said: "Did your companion pray?" They said: "Yes." He said: "I have been informed that there is no servant who complains of illness except that Allah Most High writes for him [the reward of] what he used to do when healthy, until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, takes his soul or restores him."

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2930No grade recorded

    « مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَمْرَضُ مَرَضًا إِلَّا أَمَرَ اللهُ حَافِظَيْهِ أَنَّ مَا عَمِلَ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ فَلَا يَكْتُبْهَا، وَمَا عَمِلَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ أَنْ يَكْتُبَهَا عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ، وَأَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ وَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ

    ✧ "There is no servant who becomes ill with an illness except that Allah commands his two guardian angels: 'Whatever evil deed he performs, do not write it down; and whatever good deed he performs, write it as ten good deeds. And write for him [the reward of] the deeds he used to do when he was healthy, even if he does not perform them.'"

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2931No grade recorded

    « كَانَ يُقَالُ: مُصَابُ الرَّجُلِ بِبَصَرِهِ كَمُصَابِهِ فِي نَفْسِهِ

    ✧ "It used to be said: A man's affliction in his eyesight is like his affliction in his own self."

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2932No grade recorded

    « إِذَا أَخَذْتُ كَرِيمَتَيْ عَبْدٍ، لَمْ أَرْضَ لَهُ ثَوَابًا دُونَ الْجَنَّةِ »، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً

    ✧ "When I take the two precious ones of My servant, I will not be satisfied with any reward for him less than Paradise." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if it is one?" He ﷺ said: "Even if it is one."

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2933No grade recorded

    إِذَا أَخَذْتُ كَرِيمَتَيْ عَبْدِي فَصَبَرَ وَاحْتَسَبَ، لَمْ أَرْضَ لَهُ ثَوَابًا دُونَ الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ When I take the two precious ones of My servant and he remains patient and seeks reward, I will not be satisfied with any reward for him less than Paradise.

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2934No grade recorded

    إِذَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْ عَبْدِي كَرِيمَتَيْهِ، وَهُوَ بِهِمَا ضَنِينٌ، لَمْ أَرْضَ لَهُ بِهِمَا ثَوَابًا دُونَ الْجَنَّةِ، إِذَا حَمِدَنِي عَلَيْهِمَا

    ✧ When I take from My servant his two precious ones, while he is deeply attached to them, I will not be satisfied with any reward for them less than Paradise, if he praises Me for them.

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2935No grade recorded

    بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ إِذْ قَالَ: « مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ لَا يَسْقَمَ ؟ » فَابْتَدَرْنَاهُ، فَقُلْنَا: نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: « أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِثْلَ الْحُمُرِ الصَّيَّالَةِ »، وَتَغَيَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا فِي وَجْهِهِ التَّغَيُّرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَصْحَابَ بَلَاءٍ وَكَفَّارَاتٍ ؟ » فَقَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: « وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيُبْتَلَى بِالْبَلَاءِ، وَذَلِكَ مِنْ كَرَامَتِهِ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَإِنَّهُ لَيُبْتَلَى بِالْبَلَاءِ حَتَّى يَنَالَ فِيهِ مَنْزِلَةً عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، لَا يَنَالُهَا دُونَ أَنْ يُبْتَلَى بِذَلِكَ، فَيُبْلِغُهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى تِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةَ

    ✧ While the Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting, he said: "Which of you would love never to fall ill?" We hurried to answer, saying: "We would, O Messenger of God." He said: "Would you love to be like braying donkeys?" The Prophet ﷺ changed color until we saw the change in his face. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Would you not love to be people of trial and expiations?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of God." He ﷺ said: "By Him in whose hand is my soul, the believer is surely tried with affliction, and that is a mark of honor for him with God Most High. He is surely tried with affliction until he attains thereby a station with God Most High that he would not attain without being tried with it, and God Most High brings him to that station."

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2936No grade recorded

    « مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ لَا يُسْقِمُ » فَابْتَدَرْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ « أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مَثَل الْحُمْر الصِّيَالَة » وَتُغَيِّرُ النَّبِيّ ﷺ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا فِي وَجْهِهِ التَّغَيُّرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ « أَلَا تَحْبُونَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَصْحَابَ بَلَاء وَكَفَّارَات » فَقَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ ﷺ « وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لِيُبْتَلَى بِالْبَلَاءِ وَذَلِكَ مِنْ كَرَامَتِهِ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى وَإِنَّهُ لِيُبْتَلَى بِالْبَلَاءِ حَتَّى يَنَالَ فِيهِ مَنْزِلَةً عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى لَا يَنَالُهَا دُونَ أَنْ يُبْتَلَى بِذَلِكَ فَيَبْلُغُهُ الله تَعَالَى تِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَة" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ “Which of you would love never to be ill?” We hurried to answer, saying, “We would, O Messenger of God.” He said, “Would you love to be like braying donkeys?” The Prophet ﷺ changed color until we saw the change in his face. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Would you not love to be people of trial and expiations?” They said, “Yes, O Messenger of God.” He ﷺ said, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, the believer is surely tried with affliction, and that is a mark of honor for him with God Most High. He is surely tried with affliction until he attains thereby a station with God Most High that he would not attain without being tried with it, and God Most High brings him to that station." (marfu')

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2937No grade recorded

    إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، بِنْتٌ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا - فَذَكَرَتْ مِنْ حُسْنِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا - فَأُوثِرُكَ بِهَا، قَالَ ﷺ: « قَدْ قَبِلْتُهَا » فَلَمْ تَزَلْ تَمْدَحُهَا حَتَّى ذَكَرَتْ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تُصْدَعْ وَلَمْ تَشْتَكِ قَطُّ، قَالَ: « لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِي ابْنَتِكِ »

    ✧ A woman came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of God, I have a daughter who is such and such” – she mentioned her beauty and comeliness – “and I would give her to you in marriage.” He ﷺ said: “I have accepted her.” She kept praising her until she mentioned that she had never had a headache or any complaint. He said: “I have no need of your daughter.”

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2938No grade recorded

    « قَدْ قَبِلْتهَا » فَلَمْ تَزَلْ تَمْدَحُهَا حَتَّى ذَكَرَتْ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تُصَدِّعْ وَلَمْ تَشْتَكِ قَطُّ قَالَ « لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِي ابْنَتك »" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ “I have accepted her.” She kept praising her until she mentioned that she had never had a headache or any complaint. He said, “I have no need of your daughter.” (marfu')

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2939No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَسِيمٌ، ذُو جُسْمَانٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « مَتَى عَهْدُكَ بِالْحُمَّى ؟ » قَالَ: لَا أَعْرِفُهَا، قَالَ ﷺ: « فَالصُّدَاعُ ؟ » قَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي مَا هُوَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « فَأُصِبْتَ بِمَالِكَ ؟ » قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ ﷺ: « فَرُزِئْتَ بِوَلَدِكَ ؟ » قَالَ: لَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « إِنَّ اللهَ يُبْغِضُ الْعِفْرِيتَ النِّفْرِيتَ الَّذِي لَا يُرْزَأُ فِي وَلَدِهِ، وَلَا يُصَابُ فِي مَالِهِ »

    ✧ A hefty bedouin, a man of large build, came to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: “When did you last have a fever?” He said: “I do not know what it is.” He ﷺ said: “And a headache?” He said: “I do not know what it is.” He ﷺ said: “Have you ever been afflicted in your wealth?” He said: “No.” He ﷺ said: “Have you ever lost a child?” He said: “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “God detests the obstinate, ill-tempered man who is not bereaved of a child and not afflicted in his wealth.”

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2940No grade recorded

    « مِنْ تَمَامِ الْبِرِّ كِتْمَانُ الْمَصَائِبِ

    ✧ “Part of perfect piety is concealing afflictions.”

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2941No grade recorded

    إِنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ عَادَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: أَتَعُودُ الْحَسَنَ وَفِي نَفْسِكَ مَا فِيهَا ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو: لَسْتَ بِرَبِّي تَصْرِفُ قَلْبِي حَيْثُ شِئْتَ، قَالَ: أَمَّا ذَاكَ فَلَا يَمْنَعُنَا أَنْ نُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْكَ النَّصِيحَةَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ عَادَ أَخَاهُ إِلَّا ابْتَعَثَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ

    ✧ 'Amr b. Hurayth visited al-Hasan b. 'Ali ؓ. 'Ali ؓ said to him: “Do you visit al-Hasan while your heart holds what it holds?” 'Amr said: “You are not my Lord to turn my heart wherever you wish.” He said: “That does not prevent us from giving you sincere advice. I heard the Messenger ﷺ say: ‘No Muslim visits his brother but God Most High sends seventy thousand angels for him.’”

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2942No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ.:

    ✧ And al-Harith said: 'Affan narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us with it.

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2943No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ أَخًا مُؤْمِنًا يَعُودُهُ، خَاضَ فِي الرَّحْمَةِ إِلَى حَقْوَيْهِ، فَإِذَا جَلَسَ عِنْدَ الْمَرِيضِ وَاسْتَوَى جَالِسًا غَمَرَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ

    ✧ “When a man goes out intending to visit a believing brother, he wades in mercy up to his waist. When he sits by the sick person and settles down, mercy overwhelms him.”

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2944No grade recorded

    « مَنْ وَافَقَ صِيَامَ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَعَادَ مَرِيضًا، وَشَهِدَ جِنَازَةً، وَأَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً، وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ

    ✧ “Whoever combines fasting on Friday, visiting a sick person, attending a funeral, and freeing a slave, Paradise becomes obligatory for him.”

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2945No grade recorded

    « مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا لَا يَزَالُ يَخُوضُ فِي الرَّحْمَةِ، حَتَّى إِذَا قَعَدَ اسْتَنْقَعَ فِيهَا ». زَادَ عَبْدٌ: « ثُمَّ إِذَا رَجَعَ لَا يَزَالُ يَخُوضُ فِيهَا حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ مِنْ حَيْثُ جَاءَ

    ✧ “Whoever visits a sick person continues to wade in mercy until, when he sits down, he is immersed in it.” 'Abd added: “Then, when he returns, he continues to wade in it until he comes back to where he started.”

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2946No grade recorded

    خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ، وَفِيهِ: « وَمَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ خَطَاهَا حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ، وَمَحْوُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ سَيِّئَةٍ، وَرَفْعُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ دَرَجَةٍ، وَيُوَكَّلُ بِهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَعُودُونَهُ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ قَامَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً بَعَثَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مَعَ خَلِيلِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، حَتَّى يَجُوزَ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ كَالْبَرْقِ اللَّامِعِ، وَمَنْ سَعَى لِمَرِيضٍ فِي حَاجَةٍ خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ »، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمَرِيضُ قَرَابَتَهُ أَوْ بَعْضَ أَهْلِهِ ؟ قَالَ: « وَمَنْ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِمَّنْ يَسْعَى فِي حَاجَةِ أَهْلِهِ ؟

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ addressed us and mentioned the hadith at length, and in it: “Whoever visits a sick person, for every step he takes until he returns to his home, he gets seventy thousand good deeds, the erasure of seventy thousand bad deeds, and the raising of seventy thousand degrees. Seventy thousand angels are appointed for him, visiting him and seeking forgiveness for him until the Day of Resurrection. Whoever tends a sick person for a day and a night, God Most High will raise him with His intimate friend Ibrahim ﷺ until he crosses the Sirat like flashing lightning. Whoever strives to fulfill a sick person’s need comes out of his sins as on the day his mother gave birth to him.” A man from the Ansar said: “What if the sick person is his relative or one of his family?” He said: “Who has a greater reward than one who strives to meet his family’s need?”

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2947No grade recorded

    « انْظُرُوا كَمِ احْتُبِسُوا عِنْدَ الْمَرِيضِ الْعُوَّادُ »، قَالَ: يَقُولُونَ: أَيُّ رَبِّ، فُوَاقًا - إِنْ كَانَ فُوَاقًا - فَيَقُولُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ: « اكْتُبُوا لِعَبْدِي عِبَادَةَ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ » فَإِنْ كَانَ احْتُبِسُوا سَاعَةً، يَقُولُ: « اكْتُبُوا لَهُ دَهْرًا » وَالدَّهْرُ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ سَنَةٍ، إِنْ مَاتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَإِنْ عَاشَ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَإِنْ كَانَ صَبَاحًا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَكَانَ فِي خُرَافَةِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَسَاءً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ، وَكَانَ فِي خُرَافَةِ الْجَنَّةِ. في طبعة دار العاصمة: ( حرب ) والمثبت من مسند أبي يعلى، وإتحاف البوصيري في طبعة دار العاصمة: ( احتسبوا ) والمثبت من مسند أبي يعلى، وإتحاف البوصيري

    ✧ “Consider how long the visitors stay with the sick person.” He said: “They say: ‘Any Lord, even for a brief moment—if it is a brief moment—’ He says to His angels: ‘Record for My servant the worship of a thousand years.’ And if they stay for an hour, He says: ‘Record for him a dahr (a long period).’ And a dahr is ten thousand years. If he dies before that, he enters Paradise; and if he lives, no single sin is written against him. If it is morning, seventy thousand angels pray over him until evening, and he is in the garden’s harvesting. If it is evening, seventy thousand angels pray over him until morning, and he is in the garden’s harvesting. In the Dar al-‘Asimah edition: (harb), and what is established is from Musnad Abu Ya‘la and Itḥāf al-Buṣayrī. In the Dar al-‘Asimah edition: (iḥtasabū), and what is established is from Musnad Abu Ya‘la and Itḥāf al-Buṣayrī.”

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2948No grade recorded

    ذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَعُودُهُ فَذَكَرَهُ... وَزَادَ: فَقَالَهَا، فَعُوفِيَ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ went to a man to visit him, and he mentioned it... and he added: “He said it, and he was healed.”

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2949No grade recorded

    « إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِالْوَبَاءِ قَدْ رَفَعَ فَاكْتُبُوا إِلَيَّ » فَجِئْت وَهُوَ نَائِم وَذَاكَ بَعْدَ رُجُوعِهِ مِنْ سرغ فَسَمِعْته لِمَا قَامَ مِنْ نَوْمَتِهِ يَقُولُ « اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي رُجُوعِي إِلَى هُنَا مِنْ سرغ »" نوع="موقوف"

    ✧ “When you hear that the epidemic has been lifted, write to me.” I came while he was sleeping—that was after his return from Sargh—and I heard him when he got up from his sleep say: “O God, forgive me for returning here from Sargh.” Type: Mawqūf.

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2950No grade recorded

    إِنَّ عُمَرَ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ بِالشَّامِ: « إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِالْوَبَاءِ قَدْ رُفِعَ فَاكْتُبُوا إِلَيَّ »، فَجِئْتُ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ، وَذَاكَ بَعْدَ رُجُوعِهِ مِنْ سَرْغٍ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ لَمَّا قَامَ مِنْ نَوْمَتِهِ يَقُولُ: « اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي رُجُوعِي إِلَى هُنَا مِنْ سَرْغٍ

    ✧ ‘Umar wrote to his governors in Syria: “When you hear that the epidemic has been lifted, write to me.” I came while he was sleeping, and that was after his return from Sargh, and I heard him when he got up from his sleep say: “O God, forgive me for returning here from Sargh.”

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2951No grade recorded

    إِنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُوصِي بَعْضَ أَهْلِهِ، فَقَالَ: وَإِنْ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ مُوتَانٌ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ فَاثْبُتْ

    ✧ She heard the Messenger of God ﷺ advising some of his family, and he said: “If death afflicts the people while you are among them, remain steadfast.”

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2952No grade recorded

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ أَرْضًا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا يُقَالُ لَهَا: أَبْيَنُ، هِيَ أَرْضُ مِيرَتِنَا وَرِيفِنَا، وَهِيَ وَبِيَّةٌ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « دَعُوهَا ; فَإِنَّ مِنَ الْقَرَفِ التَّلَفَ

    ✧ “O Messenger of God, a land of ours called Abyan is the land of our provisions and our countryside, but it is pestilential.” He ﷺ said: “Leave it, for proximity to disease leads to ruin.”

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2953No grade recorded

    « لَا رُقْيَةَ إِلَّا مِمَّا أَخَذَ مِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ سُلَيْمَانُ الْمِيثَاقَ

    ✧ “There is no ruqyah except for that about which Solomon took a covenant from it.”

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2954No grade recorded

    اشْتَكَيْتُ شَكْوَى، فَحَمَلُونِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَبَاتَ يَرْقِينِي بِالْقُرْآنِ، وَيَنْفُثُ عَلَيَّ بِهِ

    ✧ I complained of an ailment, so they carried me to the Messenger of God ﷺ. He spent the night reciting the Qur’an over me and blowing on me with it.

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2955No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى نَفَثَ فِي يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ

    ✧ When he complained of pain, he would blow into his hands and then pass them over his face.

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2956No grade recorded

    « هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتُ دَوَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ، وَأَسْمَائِهِ كُلِّهَا عَامَّةً، مِنْ شَرِّ السَّامَّةِ وَالْهَامَّةِ، وَشَرِّ الْعَيْنِ اللَّامَّةِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ ابْنِ قَتَرَةَ وَمَا وَلَدَ، ثَلَاثَةٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَتَوْا رَبَّهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: وَصِبٌ بِأَرْضِنَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: خُذُوا مِنْ تُرْبَةِ أَرْضِكُمْ فَامْسَحُوا بِنَوَاصِيكُمْ، رُقْيَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ، مَنْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْهَا صَفَدًا أَوْ كَتَمَهَا أَحَدًا، فَلَا يُفْلِحُ أَبَدًا

    ✧ “These words are a cure for every disease: I seek refuge in the perfect words of God, and all His names in general, from the evil of poisonous and noxious creatures, from the evil of the evil eye, from the evil of the envier when he envies, and from the evil of Ibn Qatarah and what he begat. Thirty-three of the angels came to their Lord and said: ‘There is a plague in our land.’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Take from the dust of your land and wipe your foreheads with it. It is the ruqyah of Muhammad. Whoever takes a bribe for it or conceals it from anyone will never succeed.’”

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2957No grade recorded

    " « هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَات دَوَاء مِنْ كُلِّ دَاء أَعُوذ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ وَأَسْمَائِهِ كُلّهَا عَامَّة مِنْ شَرّ السَّامَّة وَالْهَامَّة وَشَرّ الْعَيْنِ اللَّامَة وَمِنْ شَرٍّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ ابْنِ قِتْرَةٍ وَمَا وَلَّدَ ثَلَاثَة وَثَلَاثُونَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَتَوْا رَبَّهُمْ فَقَالُوا وَصَبَّ بِأَرْضِنَا فَقَالَ ﷺ خُذُوا مِنْ تُرْبَةِ أَرْضِكُمْ فَامْسَحُوا بِنَوَاصِيكُمْ رُقَيَّة مُحَمَّد مِنْ أُخِذَ عَلَيْهَا صَفَّدَا أَوْ كَتَمَهَا أَحَدًا فَلَا يُفْلِحُ أَبَدًا »" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ “These words are a cure for every disease: I seek refuge in the perfect words of God, and all His names in general, from the evil of poisonous and noxious creatures, from the evil of the evil eye, from the evil of the envier when he envies, and from the evil of Ibn Qitrah and what he begat. Thirty-three of the angels came to their Lord and said: ‘There is a plague in our land.’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Take from the dust of your land and wipe your foreheads with it. It is the ruqyah of Muhammad. Whoever takes a bribe for it or conceals it from anyone will never succeed.’” Type: Marfū‘.

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2958No grade recorded

    إِنَّهُ قَرَأَ فِي أُذُنِ مُبْتَلًى فَأَفَاقَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « مَا قَرَأْتَ فِي أُذُنِهِ ؟ » قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ: أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ آخِرِ السُّورَةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مُوقِنًا قَرَأَ بِهَا عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَزَالَ

    ✧ He recited into the ear of an afflicted person, and he regained consciousness. The Messenger of God ﷺ asked him: “What did you recite into his ear?” He said: “I recited: ‘Did you think that We created you in vain…’ until the end of the surah.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “If a man with certainty recited it over a mountain, it would move.”

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2959No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَرْقِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِنْ وَعْكِ الْغِبِّ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْإِسْلَامُ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: « اعْرِضْهَا عَلَيَّ »، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « ارْقِ بِهَا ; لَيْسَ بِهَا بَأْسٌ »، فَوَاللهِ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ مَا رَقَيْتُ بِهَا إِنْسَانًا أَبَدًا

    ✧ I used to perform ruqyah in the Jahiliyyah for the fever of gib (a type of fever). When Islam came, I mentioned that to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: "Present it to me." He ﷺ then said: "Perform ruqyah with it; there is no harm in it." By God, were it not for that, I would never have performed ruqyah with it on any person ever.

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2960No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ ؓ عَادَ مَرِيضًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا، ذَكَرَ كَلَامًا، فَقَالَ: لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا، وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا كَمَا كَانَ يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا عَادَ مَرِيضًا: « اللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ، وَآجِرْهُ فِيمَا ابْتَلَيْتَهُ

    ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf ؓ visited a sick man among the Companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ. They said—he mentioned some words—and he said: "Do not say that. Rather, say as the Messenger of God ﷺ used to say when he visited a sick person: 'O God, remove from him what he finds, and reward him in what You have tried him with.'"

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2961No grade recorded

    مَرِضْتُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعَوِّذُنِي فَعَوَّذَنِي يَوْمًا، فَقَالَ: « بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، أُعِيذُكَ بِاللهِ الْأَحَدِ الصَّمَدِ، الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفْوًا أَحَدٌ، مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَجِدُ »، فَلَمَّا اسْتَقَلَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمًا قَالَ: « يَا عُثْمَانُ، تَعَوَّذْ بِهَا، فَمَا تَعَوَّذْتُمْ بِمِثْلِهَا

    ✧ I fell ill, and the Messenger of God ﷺ used to seek protection for me. One day he sought protection for me and said: "In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. I seek protection for you with God, the One, the Eternal, who did not beget and was not begotten, and none is equal to Him, from the evil of what you find." When the Messenger of God ﷺ stood up to leave, he said: "O 'Uthman, seek protection with it, for you have never sought protection with anything like it."

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2962No grade recorded

    « جُلُّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي، بَعْدَ قَضَاءِ اللهِ وَكِتَابِهِ وَقَدَرِهِ، بِالْأَنْفُسِ

    ✧ "Most of those who die from my community, after the decree of God, His book, and His predestination, die from the evil eye."

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2963No grade recorded

    " « جُلّ مَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بَعْدَ قَضَاء الله وَكِتَابِهِ وَقَدْرِهِ بِالْأَنْفُسِ »" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ "Most of those who die from my community after the decree of God, His book, and His predestination die from the evil eye."

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2964No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ يَوْمًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَعِنْدَهُمْ قِدْرٌ تَفُورُ بِلَحْمٍ، فَأَعْجَبَتْنِي شَحْمَةٌ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَازْدَرَتُّهَا فَاشْتَكَيْتُ عَنْهَا سَنَةً، ثُمَّ إِنِّي ذَكَرْتُهَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: « إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِيهَا أَنْفُسُ سَبْعَةِ أُنَاسٍ » ثُمَّ مَسَحَ ﷺ بَطْنِي فَأَلْقَيْتُهَا خَضْرَاءَ، فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَهُ بِالْحَقِّ، مَا اشْتَكَيْتُ بَطْنِي حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ

    ✧ One day I entered upon the Messenger of God ﷺ, and there was a pot boiling with meat. A piece of fat appealed to me, so I took it and swallowed it, and I suffered from it for a year. Then I mentioned it to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: "There were in it the souls of seven people." Then he ﷺ wiped my belly, and I threw it up green. By the One who sent him with the truth, my belly has not hurt me until this moment.

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2965No grade recorded

    « لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، مَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ ؟

    ✧ "There is no contagion and no bad omen. Who infected the first one?"

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2966No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِعُسْفَانَ، فَإِذَا مَجْذُومٌ فَأَسْرَعَ السَّيْرَ، وَقَالَ: إِنْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْأَدْوَاءِ يُعْدِي فَهُوَ هَذَا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ passed by 'Usfan, and there was a leper, so he quickened his pace and said: "If any disease were contagious, it would be this one."

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2967No grade recorded

    « لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، وَلَا صَفَرَ، وَلَا هَامَةَ

    ✧ "There is no contagion, no bad omen, no Safar, and no Haamah."

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2968No grade recorded

    « لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا هَامَةَ، وَلَا يُعْدِي صَحِيحًا سَقِيمٌ

    ✧ "There is no contagion and no Haamah, and a sick person does not infect a healthy one."

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2969No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ بِهِ:

    ✧ I heard 'Ali ؓ [say] it.

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2970No grade recorded

    بَيْنَمَا عُمَيْرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ فِلَسْطِينَ، وَكَانَ يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَسِيجُ وَحْدِهِ، فَقَعَدْنَا عَلَى دُكَّانٍ لَهُ عَظِيمٍ فِي دَارِهِ، فَقَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ: يَا غُلَامُ، أَوْرِدِ الْخَيْلَ، وَفِي الدَّارِ تَوْرٌ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ، قَالَ: فَأَوْرَدَهَا، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ فُلَانَةُ ؟ قَالَ: هِيَ جَرِبَةٌ تَقْطُرُ دَمًا، أَوْ قَالَ: مَاءً، شَكَّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، قَالَ: أَوْرِدْهَا، فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الْقَوْمِ: إِذًا تَجْرَبُ الْإِبِلُ كُلُّهَا، قَالَ: أَوْرِدْهَا ; فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « لَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، وَلَا هَامَةَ، أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الْبَعِيرِ يَكُونُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ ثُمَّ يُصْبِحُ فِي كِرْكِرَتِهِ أَوْ مَرَاقِّهِ نُكْتَةٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلُ ذَلِكَ، فَمَنْ أَعْدَى الْأَوَّلَ ؟

    ✧ While 'Umayr b. Sa'd was among a group of people from Palestine—and he was called 'Naseej Wahdih' (unique in his kind)—we sat on a large bench in his house. He said to his servant: "Boy, bring the horses to water." In the house there was a stone trough. He brought them to water. Then he said: "Where is so-and-so?" He said: "She is mangy, dripping blood," or he said "water"—Ibrahim was unsure. He said: "Bring her to water." One of the people said: "Then all the camels will get mange." He said: "Bring her to water, for I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: 'There is no contagion, no bad omen, and no Haamah. Do you not see the camel that is in the desert and then a spot appears on its chest or flanks that was not there before? Who infected the first one?'"

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2971No grade recorded

    لَا تَضُرُّ الطِّيَرَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ تَطَيَّرَ

    ✧ Superstition does not harm except the one who is superstitious.

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2972No grade recorded

    « إِنَّمَا الطِّيَرَةُ مَا رَدَّكَ أَوْ أَمْضَاكَ

    ✧ Indeed, superstition is only what turns you back or makes you proceed.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2973No grade recorded

    « لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ سَحَرَ وَلَا سُحِرَ لَهُ، وَلَا تَطَيَّرَ وَلَا تُطُيِّرَ لَهُ، وَلَا تَكَهَّنَ وَلَا تُكُهِّنَ لَهُ

    ✧ He is not of us who practices magic or has it practiced for him, or is superstitious or has superstition for him, or practices divination or has it practiced for him.

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2974No grade recorded

    " « لَيْسَ مِنَّا مِنْ سَحَر وَلَا سَحَر لَهُ وَلَا تَطِيرُ وَلَا تُطُيِّرَ لَهُ وَلَا تَكَهُّنَ وَلَا تَكَهُّنَ لَهُ »" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ He is not of us who practices magic or has it practiced for him, or is superstitious or has superstition for him, or practices divination or has it practiced for him.

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2975No grade recorded

    أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ بِغُلَامٍ صَبِيٍّ تَدْعُو لَهُ، فَرَفَعُوا وِسَادَةً كَانَ عَلَيْهَا الصَّبِيُّ، فَرَأَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ تَحْتَهَا مُوسَى، فَقَالَتْ: مَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: نَجْعَلُهَا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْفَزَعِ، قَالَ: فَأَخَذَتْهَا عَائِشَةُ ؓ فَرَمَتْ بِهَا، وَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبْغِضُ الطِّيَرَةَ وَيَكْرَهُهَا

    ✧ I brought a young boy to 'A'ishah so that she might supplicate for him. They lifted a pillow on which the boy was, and 'A'ishah ؓ saw a razor beneath it. She said, "What is this?" He said, "We place it as protection from the jinn and fright." He said, "So 'A'ishah ؓ took it and threw it away, saying, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to hate superstition and dislike it.'"

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2976No grade recorded

    « نَبَاتُ الشَّعَرِ فِي الْأَنْفِ أَمَانٌ مِنَ الْجُذَامِ

    ✧ The growth of hair in the nose is a protection from leprosy.

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2977No grade recorded

    دَخَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ بِهِ وَرَمٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « أَلَا تُخْرِجُوهُ عَنْهُ » قَالَ: فَبُطَّ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَاهِدٌ

    ✧ We entered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon a man from the Ansar who had a swelling. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why do you not lance it for him?" He said, "So it was lanced while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was witnessing."

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2978No grade recorded

    « أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَيْنَ يُذْهَبُ بِكُمْ ؟ أَتَسْقُونَ أَوْلَادَكُمُ الْخَمْرَ ؟ إِنَّ أَوْلَادَكُمْ وُلِدُوا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ شِفَاءَكُمْ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ

    ✧ "O people, where are you being taken? Do you give your children wine to drink? Indeed, your children were born upon the natural disposition, and Allah has not placed your cure in what He has forbidden for you."

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2979No grade recorded

    اشْتَكَتِ ابْنَةٌ لِي، فَنَبَذْتُ لَهَا فِي تَوْرٍ، فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَغْلِي، فَقَالَ: « مَا هَذَا ؟ » فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ ابْنَتِي اشْتَكَتْ فَنَبَذْتُ لَهَا هَذَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ شِفَاءَكُمْ فِي حَرَامٍ »

    ✧ A daughter of mine complained of illness, so I steeped something for her in a brass vessel. The Prophet ﷺ entered while it was boiling and said, "What is this?" I said, "My daughter is ill, so I steeped this for her." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has not placed your cure in what is unlawful."

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2980No grade recorded

    « مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا أَوْ سَاحِرًا أَوْ كَاهِنًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ، فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

    ✧ Whoever goes to a fortune-teller, a sorcerer, or a soothsayer and asks him and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was sent down upon Muhammad ﷺ.

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2981No grade recorded

    « مَنْ أَتَى كَاهِنًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

    ✧ Whoever goes to a soothsayer and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was sent down upon Muhammad ﷺ.

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2982No grade recorded

    « أَلَا إِنَّ الْعَرَّافِينَ كُهَّانُ الْعَجَمِ، فَمَنْ آمَنَ بِكَاهِنٍ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

    ✧ Indeed, the fortune-tellers are the soothsayers of the non-Arabs. Whoever believes in a soothsayer has disbelieved in what was sent down upon Muhammad ﷺ.

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2983No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ بِهِ.::

    ✧ Abu Bakr said: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, al-Shaybani narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Jami' b. Shaddad with it.

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2984No grade recorded

    اشْتَكَى رَجُلٌ مِنَّا شَكْوَى شَدِيدَةً، فَقَالَ الْأَطِبَّاءُ: لَا يَبْرَأُ إِلَّا بِالْكَيِّ، فَأَرَادَ أَهْلُهُ أَنْ يَكْوُوهُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لَا، حَتَّى نَسْتَأْمِرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَاسْتَأْمَرُوهُ، فَقَالَ: « لَا » فَبَرَأَ الرَّجُلُ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: « هَذَا صَاحِبُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ؟ » قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « إِنَّ هَذَا لَوْ كُوِيَ لَقَالَ النَّاسُ: إِنَّمَا أَبْرَأَهُ الْكَيُّ

    ✧ A man among us complained of a severe illness, and the physicians said: 'He will not recover except by cauterization.' His family wanted to cauterize him, but some of them said: 'No, until we consult the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' So they consulted him, and he said: 'No.' Then the man recovered. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw him, he said: 'Is this the companion of Banu so-and-so?' They said: 'Yes.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Indeed, if this man had been cauterized, people would have said: It was only the cauterization that cured him.'

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2985No grade recorded

    إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِابْنٍ لَهَا قَدْ سُقِيَ بَطْنُهُ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ ابْنِي أَصَابَهُ مَا تَرَى ؟ أَفَأَكْوِيهِ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « لَا تَكْوِي ابْنَكِ » فَأَجْمَعَتْ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تَكْوِيَهُ، فَعَثَرَ بِهِ بَعِيرٌ فَخَبَطَهُ، أَوْ لَبَطَهُ، فَفَقَأَ بَطْنَهُ، فَبَرَأَ، فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ: بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اسْتَأْذَنْتُكَ فِي ابْنِي أَنْ تَكْوِيَهُ فَنَهَيْتَنِي، فَمَرَّ بِهِ بَعِيرٌ فَخَبَطَهُ أَوْ لَبَطَهُ، فَفَقَأَ وَبَرَأَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « أَمَا إِنِّي لَوْ أَذِنْتُ لَكِ لَزَعَمْتِ أَنَّ النَّارَ هِيَ الَّتِي شَفَتْهُ

    ✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ with a son of hers whose belly was swollen with water. She said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my son has been afflicted with what you see; should I cauterize him?' He ﷺ said: 'Do not cauterize your son.' She resolved not to cauterize him. Then a camel stumbled over him and struck him, or kicked him, and burst his belly, and he recovered. She returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah. I asked your permission to cauterize my son, and you forbade me. Then a camel passed by him and struck him, or kicked him, and burst his belly, and he recovered.' He ﷺ said: 'Indeed, had I given you permission, you would have claimed that it was the fire that cured him.'

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2986No grade recorded

    « عَزَمَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَلَيَّ لَأَكْتَوِيَنَّ

    ✧ 'Umar ؓ made me swear that I would certainly be cauterized.

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2987No grade recorded

    « إِنْ يَكُنْ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا تُعَالِجُونَ شِفَاءٌ، فَفِي شَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ، أَوْ شَرْبَةِ عَسَلٍ، أَوْ لَدْغَةٍ مِنْ نَارٍ تُصِيبُ أَلَمًا، وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكْتَوِيَ

    ✧ If there is healing in anything with which you treat yourselves, it is in the incision of a cupper, or a drink of honey, or a cauterization with fire that causes pain, but I do not like to be cauterized.

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2988No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ عَلَى خَبَّابٍ ؓ وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ « أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا قَدْ نُهِينَا عَنْ هَذَا وَكُرِهَ لَنَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ خَبَّابٌ ؓ: اشْتَدَّ الْبَلَاءُ، وَقَالَ الْأَطِبَّاءُ: لَا دَوَاءَ لَكَ إِلَّا هَذَا، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: « مَا كُنْتُ أَخَافُكَ عَلَى هَذَا »

    ✧ I entered with 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud ؓ upon Khabbab ؓ, and he had been cauterized. He said: 'O Abu 'Abdullah, do you not know that we have been forbidden from this and it is disliked for us?' Khabbab ؓ said: 'The affliction became severe, and the physicians said: There is no remedy for you except this.' 'Abdullah said: 'I was not afraid that you would do this.'

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2989No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped and gave the cupper his wages.

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2990No grade recorded

    « لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَمُرُّ بِمَلَأٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَّا قَالُوا: عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ بِالْحِجَامَةِ

    ✧ When I was taken up to the heaven, I did not pass by a group of angels except that they said: 'O Muhammad, you should practice cupping.'

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2991No grade recorded

    سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الِاسْتِحْجَامِ فَقَالَ: « هُوَ صَالِحٌ »

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about cupping, and he said: 'It is good.'

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2992No grade recorded

    « إِذَا هَاجَ بِأَحَدِكُمُ الدَّمُ فَلْيُهْرِقْهُ، وَلَوْ بِمِشْقَصٍ

    ✧ When one of you has a surge of blood, let him shed it, even with a sharp arrowhead.

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2993No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ « احْتَجَمَ وَسَطَ رَأْسِهِ، وَسَمَّاهُ الْمُنْقِذَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped in the middle of his head, and he called it al-Munqidh (the deliverer).

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2994No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ بَعْدَمَا سُمَّ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had himself cupped on his horn after he was poisoned.

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2995No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سِيرِينَ يَقُولُ لِغُلَامٍ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَحْتَجِمَ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ: « لَا تَحْتَجِمْ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ، فَإِنَّ الْحِجَامَةَ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ لَا تَنْفَعُ

    ✧ I heard Muhammad b. Sirin say to a servant who wanted to be cupped at the beginning of the month: 'Do not get cupped at the beginning of the month, for cupping at the beginning of the month is of no benefit.'

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2996No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ لَسَاعَةً لَا يَحْتَجِمُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا مَاتَ

    ✧ In the day of Friday there is an hour in which no one gets cupped except that he dies.

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2997No grade recorded

    احْتَجَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ وَجَعٍ وَجَدَهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was cupped while he was in ihram for a pain he felt in his head.