Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3471
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " إِنَّ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَابْرُدُوهَا بِالْمَاءِ " .
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Prophet said: ‘Fever comes from the heat of Hell, so cool it with water.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَيْح refers to a surge or blast of heat; ‘the heat of Hell’ conveys the image without adding a specific mechanism.