Mishkat al-Masabih · 88 hadiths
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying: “God has not sent down a disease without sending down remedy for it.” Bukhari transmitted it.
Jabir reported God's messenger as saying: “There is a medicine for every disease, and when the medicine is applied to the disease it is cured by God’s...
Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying: “There is a remedy in three things: the incision of a cupping-glass, a drink of honey, or cauterization...
Jabir told that at the battle of the Confederates* Ubayy was struck by an arrow in the median vein of the arm and God’s messenger cauterized it. Mus...
He told that when Sa'id b. Mu'adh was shot in the median vein of his arm the Prophet with his own hand cauterized it with a broad arrow head. Afterwar...
He told that God’s messenger sent to Ubayy b. Ka'b a physician who cut a vein of his and cauterized it. Muslim transmitted it.
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 ...
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said that a man came to the Prophet and told him his brother's bowels were loose, so God’s messenger told him to give him honey to...
Anas reported God's messenger as saying, "The best medical treatments you apply are cupping and sea costus.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
He reported God’s messenger as saying: “Do not afflict your children by squeezing for a swelling in the uvula, but apply costus.” (Bukhari and Musli...
Umm Qais reported God's messenger as saying: “Why do you compress the uvula in this way? Use this Indian aloes wood, for it contains seven types of re...
‘A’isha and Raf’i b. Khadij reported the Prophet as saying: “Fever is due to the vehemence of the heat of hell, so cool it with water.” (Bukhari and...
Anas said God’s messenger gave permission to use a spell for the evil eye, scorpion sting and small pustules. Muslim transmitted it.
'Aisha said : The Prophet gave command that we should use a spell against the evil eye. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
Umm Salama told that the Prophet saw in her house a girl with saf’a, i.e. yellowness,* in her face and said: “Use a spell for her, for she has been af...
Jabir told that God’s messenger prohibited spells, and the family of ‘Amr b. Hazm came and said, “Messenger of God, we had a spell proved efficacious ...
‘Auf b. Malik al-Ashja‘i said: In the pre-Islamic period we used to apply spells, and we asked God’s messenger how he looked upon that. He replied, “S...
Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Prophet as saying: “The evil eye is genuine If anything could get ahead of the decree the evil eye would do so. And when you a...
Usama b. Sharik told that when God’s messenger was asked whether they should make use of medical treatment he replied, “Yes servants of God, make use ...
‘Uqba b. ‘Amir reported God’s messenger as saying: “Do not force your invalids to eat, for God most high gives them food and drink.” Tirmidhi and Ibn...
Anas told that the Prophet cauterized As'ad b. Zurara because of a redness from which he suffered. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib ...
Zaid b. Arqam told that God’s messenger ordered them to treat pleurisy with sea costus and olive oil. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
He told that the Prophet used to recommend olive oil and wars for pleurisy. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Asma’ daughter of ‘Umais told that the Prophet asked her what laxative she used and she replied that she used spurge, whereupon he declared that it wa...
Abud Darda’ reported God's messenger as saying, “God has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so tr...
Abu Huraira told that God’s messenger prohibited unclean medicine. Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Salma, the Prophet’s woman-servant, told that no one complained to God’s messenger of a headache without his telling him to get cupped, or of a pain i...
She said that God’s messenger never had a wound or a bleeding foot* without ordering her to put henna on it. Tirmidhi transmitted it. * Nakba is us...
Abu Kabsha al-Anmari told that God’s messenger used to have himself cupped on the top of his head and between his shoulders and that he used to say: “...
Jabir told that the Prophet had himself cupped above the thigh for a contusion from which he suffered. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Ibn Mas'ud said: In telling about the night when he was taken up to heaven God’s messenger said that he did not pass a company of angels without their...
‘Abd ar-Rahman b. ‘Uthman told that when a physician consulted the Prophet about putting frogs in medicine he forbade him to kill them.* Abu Dawud t...
Anas said that God's messenger used to have himself cupped in the two veins at the sides of the neck and on the shoulder. Abu Dawud transmitted it, ...
Ibn ‘Abbas said the Prophet liked to have himself cupped on the 17th, 19th, and 21st. Baghawi transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone has himself cupped on the 17th, 19th, and 21st, it will be a remedy for every disease.” A...
Kabsha daughter of Abu Bakra told that her father used to forbid his family to have themselves cupped on a Tuesday, and used to assert on the authorit...
Zuhri reported in mursal form that the Prophet said: “If anyone has himself cupped on a Wednesday or a Saturday and is smitten by leprosy, he must bla...
He reported in mursal form that God’s messenger said: “If anyone has himself cupped or smeared with something on a Saturday or a Wednesday, he must bl...
Zainab the wife of ‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud told that ‘Abdallah saw a thread on her neck and asked what it was. When she told him that it was a thread over...
Jabir told that when the Prophet was asked about a charm for one who is possessed (nushra)* he replied, “It pertains to the work of the devil.” Abu...
‘Abdallah b. ‘Umar told that he heard God’s messenger say: “If I drink an antidote, or tie on an amulet, or compose poetry, I am the type who does not...
Al-Mughira b. Shu'ba reported the Prophet as saying: “He who has himself cauterized or uses a spell has exempted himself from trust in God.” Ahmad, ...
‘Isa b. Hamza told that he went to visit ‘Abdallah b. ‘Ukaim* who was suffering from erysipelas and asked why he did not attach an amulet. He replied,...
‘Imran b. Husain reported God’s messenger as saying: “No spell is to be used except for the evil eye or a scorpion sting.” Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Abu D...
Anas reported God’s messenger as saying: “No spell is to be used except for the evil eye, or a scorpion sting, or bleeding.”* Abu Dawud transmitted i...
Asma’ daughter of ‘Umais said, “Messenger of Go'd, Ja’far’s children are readily susceptible to the influence of the evil eye, so may I use a spell fo...
Ash-Shifa’ daughter of ‘Abdallah told that when she was with Hafsa God’s messenger entered and said: “Why do you not teach this one the spell for skin...
Abu Umama b. Sahl b. Hunaif told that ‘Amir b. Rabi'a saw Sahl b. Hunaif bathing and said, “I swear by God that I have seen no skin to compare with wh...
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri told that God’s messenger used to seek refuge in God from jinn and the evil eye in men till the Mu’awwidhatan* came down, after wh...
‘A'isha told that God’s messenger asked her, “Have the mugharribun been seen among you?” She asked what that meant and he replied, “They are those in ...
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying: “The stomach is the tank of the body and the veins go down to it. When the stomach is healthy the vein...
‘Ali said: When God’s messenger was praying one night he placed his hand on the ground and was stung by a scorpion, so he struck it with his sandal an...
‘Uthman b. ‘Abdallah b. Mauhib said: My people sent me to Umm Salama with a bowl of water. Whenever anyone was smitten by the evil eye or anything els...
Abu Huraira told that when some of the companions of God's messenger remarked to him that truffles are the smallpox of the earth he replied: “Truffles...
He reported God’s messenger as saying: “If anyone licks honey three mornings every month, he will not be afflicted with any serious trouble.”
'Abdallah b. Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying: “Make use of the two remedies: honey and the Qur’an.” Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shu'ab al-lm...
Abu Kabsha al-Anmari told that God’s messenger had himself cupped on the top of his head because of the poisoned sheep.* Ma'mar said: I had myself cup...
Nafi' said Ibn ‘Umar told him he was suffering from blood pressure and asked him to bring him a cupper, telling him to be sure to bring a young man an...
Ma'qil b. Yasar reported God’s messenger as saying: “Cupping on Tuesday the 17th of the month is a cure for a year’s illness.” Harb b. Isma'il al-Ki...
Abu Huraira told of hearing God's messenger say, “There should be no taking of omens, but the best type is the good omen." He was asked what a good o...
He reported God's messenger as saying, “There is no infection, no evil omen, no hama*, and no serpent in a hungry belly*; but flee from one who has tu...
He reported God's messenger as saying, “There is no infection, no hama, and no serpent in a hungry belly." A nomadic Arab asked, “Messenger of God, h...
He reported God’s messenger as saying: “There is no infection, no hama, no star promising rain, and no serpent in a hungry belly." Muslim transmitte...
Jabir told that he heard the Prophet say: “There is no infection, no serpent in a hungry belly, and no ghoul.”* Muslim transmitted it. * I have use...
‘Amr b. ash-Sharid told on his father’s authority that there was a man with tubercular leprosy in the deputation of Thaqif and the Prophet sent to him...
Ibn ‘Abbas told that God’s messenger took good omens but not evil ones, and that he liked a pleasing name. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
Qatan b. Qabisa told on his father’s authority that the Prophet said: "Augury from the flight of birds, the practice of pessomancy,* and taking evil o...
‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud reported God’s messenger as saying: "Taking evil omens is polytheism (saying it three times). None of us fails to be affected by i...
Jabir told that God’s messenger took a man who was suffering from tubercular leprosy by the hand, and putting it along with his own in the dish said: ...
Sa'd b. Malik reported God’s messenger as saying: "There is no hama, no infection and no evil omen; but if anything is affected by an evil omen it is ...
Anas told that when the Prophet went out to attend to some business he was delighted to hear someone say, “O rightly guided one! O successful one!” ...
Buraida told that the Prophet did not take omens from anything; but when he sent out an agent he asked about his name and if it pleased him he was gla...
Anas told that a man said, “Messenger of God, we were in an abode in which our numbers and our goods were many and changed to an abode in which our nu...
Yahya b. ‘Abdallah b. Bahir said he was informed by one who had heard Farwa b. Musaik tell that he said, “Messenger of God, we have land called Abyan*...
‘Urwa b. ‘Amir told that when taking omens was mentioned in the presence of God’s messenger he replied that the best type was the good omen, adding th...
Mu'awiya b. al-Hakam told that he said, “Messenger of God, there were things we used to do in the pre-Islamic period. We used to visit kahins.” He rep...
'A’isha told that when God’s messenger was asked by some people about kahins he replied, “They are of no account.” They said, “Messenger of God, they...
She told that she heard God’s messenger say: “The angels descend in al-’anan, i e. the clouds, and mention a matter which has been decreed in heaven, ...
Hafsa reported God’s messenger as saying: “If anyone resorts to a diviner (arraf) and asks him about anything prayer will not be accepted from him for...
Zaid b. Khalid al-Juhani said: God’s messenger led us in the morning prayer at al-Hudaibiya after rain which had fallen during the night, and when he ...
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “God has not sent down any blessing from heaven without a section of the people disbelieving in it. Go...
Ibn ‘Abbas reported God's messenger as saying: “If anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as l...
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying: “If anyone resorts to a kahin and believes him m what he says, or has intercourse with his wife when s...
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying: “When God decrees a matter in heaven the angels move their wings in submission to His word which is like a...
Ibn 'Abbas said: A man of the Ansar who was a companion of the Prophet told me that while they were sitting one night along with God’s messenger, a st...
Qatada said God most high created these stars for three purposes; He made them an adornment for the sky, missiles for the devils, and signs by which p...
Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying: “If anyone acquires a section of the science of the stars for a purpose other than what God has mention...
Abu Sa'id reported God’s messenger as saying: “If God were to withhold rain from his servants for five years and then send it, a section of mankind wo...
