Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3493
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ مَرِضَ أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ مَرَضًا فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ طَبِيبًا فَكَوَاهُ عَلَى أَكْحَلِهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAmr ibn Rāfiʿ narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd al-Ṭanāfisī narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Sufyān, from Jābir, who said: Ubayy ibn Kaʿb became ill, so the Prophet sent a physician to him, who cauterized him at his al-akḥal vein.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic names the site as أَكْحَل, a traditional vein/site name. It is retained rather than mapped to a more specific modern vessel.
قَالَ مَرِضَ أُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ مَرَضًا فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ طَبِيبًا فَكَوَاهُ عَلَى أَكْحَلِهِ .
أَكْحَلِهِ names a traditional vein or anatomical site, but the passage does not identify a precise modern vessel.
Should akḥal be retained as a transliterated site name or mapped to a specific arm vein?