Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 29

كِتَاب الطِّبِّ

Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)

49 hadith · 20 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَتَدَاوَىChapter: A man should seek a remedy.2باب فِي الْحِمْيَةِChapter: Regarding diet.3باب فِي الْحِجَامَةِChapter: Cupping.4باب فِي مَوْضِعِ الْحِجَامَةِChapter: Regarding the site treated when cupping.5باب مَتَى تُسْتَحَبُّ الْحِجَامَةُChapter: When is cupping recommended?6باب فِي قَطْعِ الْعِرْقِ وَمَوْضِعِ الْحَجْمِChapter: Cutting the veins and the site of cutting.7باب فِي الْكَىِّChapter: Regarding cauterization.8باب فِي السَّعُوطِChapter: Regarding al sa-ut.9باب فِي النُّشْرَةِChapter: Regarding an-nushrah.10باب فِي التِّرْيَاقِChapter: At-tiryaq (Theriaca).11باب فِي الأَدْوِيَةِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِChapter: Regarding the disliked remedies.12باب فِي تَمْرَةِ الْعَجْوَةِChapter: Regarding ajwah dates.13باب فِي الْعِلاَقِChapter: Squeezing the uvula for treatment.14باب فِي الأَمْرِ بِالْكُحْلِChapter: Kohl.15باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْعَيْنِChapter: The evil eye.16باب فِي الْغَيْلِChapter: Al-ghail (Intercourse with a breastfeeding woman).17باب فِي تَعْلِيقِ التَّمَائِمِChapter: Wearing amulets (tama’im).18باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرُّقَىChapter: Ruqyah.19باب كَيْفَ الرُّقَىChapter: How Ruqyah is to be used.20باب فِي السُّمْنَةِChapter: Weight gain.

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First narrations

Abu Dawud · 3855أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ ، فَسَلَّمْتُ ثُمَّ قَعَدْتُ ، فَجَاءَ الْأَعْرَابُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَهَهُنَا ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، Narrated Usamah ibn Sharik: I came to the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions were sitting as if they had birds on their heads. I saluted and sat down. The desert Arabs then came from here and there. They asked: Messenger of Al4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3856دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ رَضَي اللهُ عَنْهُ ، وَعَلِيٌّ نَاقِهٌ وَلَنَا دَوَالِي مُعَلَّقَةٌ ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْكُلُ مNarrated Umm al-Mundhar bint Qays al-Ansariyyah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit me, accompanied by Ali who was convalescing. We had some ripe dates hung up. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up and began to eat from t7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3857إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ خَيْرٌ فَالْحِجَامَةُNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: The best medical treatment you apply is cupping.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3858مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَشْتَكِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَعًا فِي رَأْسِهِ إِلَّا قَالَ : احْتَجِمْ ، وَلَا وَجَعًا فِي رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَّا قَالَ : اخْضِبْهُمَاNarrated Salmah: the maid-servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: No one complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a headache but he told him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3859يَحْتَجِمُ عَلَى هَامَتِهِ وَبَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : مَنْ أَهْرَاقَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الدِّمَاءِ فَلَا يَضُرُّهُ أَنْ لَا يَتَدَاوَى بِشَيْءٍ لِشَيْءٍNarrated Abu Kabshah al-Ansari: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have himself cupped on the top of his head and between his shoulders, and that he used to say: If anyone pours out any of his blood, he will not suffer if 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3860احْتَجَمَ ثَلَاثًا فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِNarrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped three times in the veins at the sides of the neck and on the shoulder. Mamar said: I got myself cupped, and I lost my memory so much so that I was instructed Sura4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3861مَنِ احْتَجَمَ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ ، وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ ، وَإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ ، كَانَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone has himself cupped on the 17th, 19th and 21st it will be a remedy for every disease.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3862يَنْهَى أَهْلَهُ عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ ، وَيَزْعُمُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَنَّ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ يَوْمُ الدَّمِ وَفِيهِ سَاعَةٌ لَا يَرْقَأُNarrated Kabshah daughter of Abu Bakrah: (the narrator other than Musa said that Kayyisah daughter of Abu Bakrah) She said that her father used to forbid his family to have themselves cupped on a Tuesday, and used to ass4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3863احْتَجَمَ عَلَى وِرْكِهِ مِنْ وَثْءٍ كَانَ بِهِNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had himself cupped above the thigh for a contusion from which he suffered.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3864بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أُبَيٍّ طَبِيبًا فَقَطَعَ مِنْهُ عِرْقًاNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ sent a physician to Ubayy (ibn Kab), and he cut his vein.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3865نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْكَيِّ ، فَاكْتَوَيْنَا فَمَا أَفْلَحْنَ وَلَا أَنْجَحْنَNarrated Imran ibn Husayn: The Prophet ﷺ forbade to cauterise; we cauterised but they (cauterisation) did not benefit us, nor proved useful for us. Abu Dawud said: He used to hear the salutation of the angels: When he ca5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3866كَوَى سَعْدَ بْنَ مُعَاذٍ مِنْ رَمِيَّتِهِJabir said: The Prophet ﷺ cauterized Saad bin Muadh from the wound of an arrow.4 narrators