Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3466
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَرَاشِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ تَطَبَّبَ وَلَمْ يُعْلَمْ مِنْهُ طِبٌّ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hishām ibn ʿAmmār and Rāshid ibn Saʿīd al-Ramlī both narrated to us: al-Walīd ibn Muslim narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Whoever practices medicine without having previously been known for medical skill is liable.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic states liability (ضامن) without specifying here what is owed or the circumstances in which it applies.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ تَطَبَّبَ وَلَمْ يُعْلَمْ مِنْهُ طِبٌّ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ " .
ضامن indicates liability but the hadith wording does not specify the object of liability or details of its application.
Should the broad wording ‘is liable’ be retained without supplying an unstated legal consequence?