Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3865
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، قَالَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْكَىِّ فَاكْتَوَيْنَا فَمَا أَفْلَحْنَ وَلاَ أَنْجَحْنَ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَكَانَ يَسْمَعُ تَسْلِيمَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ فَلَمَّا اكْتَوَى انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا تَرَكَ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ .
Translation
Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us, from Thabit, from Mutarrif, from ʿImran ibn Husayn, who said: The Prophet ﷺ forbade cauterization. We had ourselves cauterized, but it brought us no success or benefit. Abu Dawud said: ʿImran used to hear the angels greeting him. When he had himself cauterized, they stopped; when he gave it up, they returned.