Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 3855

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلاَقَةَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَصْحَابُهُ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ فَسَلَّمْتُ ثُمَّ قَعَدْتُ فَجَاءَ الأَعْرَابُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَتَدَاوَى فَقَالَ ‏"‏ تَدَاوَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يَضَعْ دَاءً إِلاَّ وَضَعَ لَهُ دَوَاءً غَيْرَ دَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ الْهَرَمُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Hafs ibn ʿUmar al-Namari narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Ziyad ibn ʿIlaqah, from Usamah ibn Sharik, who said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ while his Companions sat as still as if birds were perched on their heads. I greeted them and sat down. Bedouins came from here and there and said: “Messenger of Allah, should we seek medical treatment?” He replied: “Seek treatment, for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has not created a disease without creating a remedy for it, except one disease: old age.”