Sunan Abi Dawud · Foods (Kitab Al-Atimah)

باب فِي الذُّبَابِ يَقَعُ فِي الطَّعَامِ

Chapter: If a fly falls into the food.

1 hadith · references 3844–3844

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Abu Dawud · 3844إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَامْقُلُوهُ فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ دَاءً وَفِي الْآخَرِ شِفَاءً وَإِنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِجَنَاحِهِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الدَّاءُ فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلُّهُAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing of5 narrators