Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3447
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْمِصْرِيَّانِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، أَخْبَرَهُمَا أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " إِنَّ فِي الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلاَّ السَّامَ " . وَالسَّامُ الْمَوْتُ . وَالْحَبَّةُ السَّوْدَاءُ الشُّونِيزُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Hurayrah reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘In the black seed there is a cure for every disease except death.’ The report explains: al-sām means death, and the black seed is shūnīz.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report itself glosses al-sām as death and identifies the black seed as shūnīz.
The statement is rendered as a general claim, with the stated exception of death.
وَالْحَبَّةُ السَّوْدَاءُ الشُّونِيزُ .
The report identifies the black seed as shūnīz but does not provide a botanical description beyond that name.
Which precise seed or plant is intended by shūnīz?