Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3261

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ الضُّبَعِيِّ، قَالَ كُنْتُ أُجَالِسُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ بِمَكَّةَ، فَأَخَذَتْنِي الْحُمَّى، فَقَالَ أَبْرِدْهَا عَنْكَ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَبْرِدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ ‏"‏‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ ‏"‏ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ‏"‏‏.‏ شَكَّ هَمَّامٌ‏.‏

Translation

ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad narrated to me: Abu ʿAmir narrated to us: Hammam narrated to us, from Abu Jamra al-Dubaʿi, who said: I used to sit with Ibn ʿAbbas in Mecca, and once I was struck by fever. He said, ‘Cool it for yourself with Zamzam water, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Fever is from the breath of Hell, so cool it with water”—or he said, “with Zamzam water.”’ Hammam was uncertain.