Mishkat al-Masabih #4326
Medicine and Spells
Aba Huraira told of hearing God’s messenger say: “Nigella seed is a remedy for every disease but sam.”
Ibn Shihab said sant is death and the nigella seed is shuniz.*
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
* Taj al-’arus says this is a Persian word which came to be used by Arabs. It indicates a seed of a species of nigella.
Narrated by Aba Huraira told of hearing God’s messenger say:
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This hadith is #4326 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Medicine and Spells and narrated by Aba Huraira told of hearing God’s messenger say:. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.