Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2232b

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"On the authority of Mahmud ibn Labid, who said: Yahya ibn al-Hakam appointed me over Jurash. I went there, and they told me that 'Abd Allah ibn Ja'far had related to them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about the one afflicted with this ailment, leprosy: Avoid it as you avoid a predator. When it descends into a valley, then descend into another. I said to them: By Allah, if Ibn Ja'far related this to you, he did not lie to you. When he removed me from Jurash, I came to Madinah and met 'Abd Allah ibn Ja'far. I said: O Abu Ja'far, what is this hadith the people of Jurash related to me from you? He said: They lied. I did not relate this to them. I saw 'Umar ibn al-Khattab being brought a vessel containing water, and he gave it to Mu'aqib, a man whose illness had spread in him. He drank from it, then 'Umar took it from his hand and placed his mouth (at the place of his mouth) until he drank from it. I understood that 'Umar only did that to flee from anything of contagion entering him. He said: 'Umar used to seek medicine for him from anyone he heard had medicine, until two men from Yemen came to him. He said: Do you have any medicine for this righteous man? This ailment has spread in him. They said: As for something that will remove it, we cannot do that, but we will treat him with a medicine that will halt it (so that it does not increase). 'Umar said: A great blessing, that it should stop and not increase. They said to him: Does your land grow colocynth? He said: Yes. They said: Then gather some for us. He ordered it, and a large quantity of it was gathered for them in two great baskets. They went to every colocynth and split it in two. Then they laid Mu'aqib down, and each of them took one of his feet, and they began rubbing the soles of his feet with the colocynth until it was spent. Then they took another, until we saw Mu'aqib spitting up green, bitter matter. Then they released him, and they said to 'Umar: His ailment will never increase after this. He said: By Allah, Mu'aqib remained stable, and his ailment did not increase until he died."

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