“I heard Salimbin‘Abdullah narrating from his father that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘You should eat this black seed, for in it there ishealing from every disease, except the Sam (death).’”

“We went out and with uswasGhalib bin Abjar. He fell sick along the way, and when we came toAl-Madinah he was sick. Ibn Abu ‘Atiq came to visit him and said tous: ‘You should use this black seed. Take five or seven (seeds) andgrind them to a powder, then drop them into his nose with drops ofolive oil, on this side and on this side. For ‘Aishah narrated tothemthat she heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “This blackseed is ahealing for every disease, except the Sam.” I said: “Whatis the Sam?”He said: “Death.”

“Whoever eats honey three mornings each month, will not sufferanyserious calamity.”

“You should take the two that bring healing: Honey and theQur’an.”

“Truffles are a type of manna, and their water is ahealing for eye (diseases). And the `Ajwah* are from Paradise, andthey are healing for possession.”**Another chain from Abu Sa`eed from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording.

“We used to narrate from theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) and mention truffles, and they said: ‘(Itis)the smallpox of the earth.’ When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)was toldof what they were saying: he said: ‘Truffles are a type ofmanna, andthe Ajwah are from Paradise, and they are a healing frompoison.’”

“I heard Abu Ubayy bin Umm Haram, who hadprayed with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) facing both the Qiblah,saying: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “You shoulduse senna and the Sannut, for in them there is healing for everydisease, except the Sam.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah,what is the Sam?” He said: “Death.”(One of the narrators) ‘Amr said: “Ibn Abu ‘Ablah said: the ‘Sannut is dill.” Others said: “Rather, it is honey that is kept in a skin (i.e., receptacle) used for ghee.”*

“The Prophet (ﷺ) set out intheearly morning and I did likewise. I prayed, then I sat. TheProphet(ﷺ) turned to me and said: ‘Do you have a stomach problem?’*Isaid: ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Get up and pray,for inprayer there is healing.’”Another chain with similar wording. Abu `Abdullah said: A man narrated it to his people, then they were stirred up against him.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade treating illness with foul things (Khabith), meaningpoison.”*

“I brought a son ofmineto the Prophet (ﷺ), and I had pressed on an area of his throatdueto tonsillitis. He said: ‘Why do you poke your children with thispressing?’ You should use this aloeswood, for in it there are sevencures. It should be inhaled for pustules in the throat, and given inthe side of the mouth for pleurisy.”(Another chain) from Umm Qais bint Mihsan, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording.

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying:‘Thecure for sciatica is the fat from the tail of a Bedouin sheep (orwild sheep), which should be melted and divided into three parts, onepart to be taken each day on an empty stomach.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Youshoulduse Indian aloeswood for it contains seven cures, including (acurefor) pleurisy.’”

“Mention of fever was made inthepresence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and a man cursed it. TheProphet (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not curse it, for it erases sin as fireremoves filth from iron.’”

“Fever is one of the bellows of Hell, so avert it fromyourselveswith cold water.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) went tovisita sick person, and said: ‘Do you want anything? Do you wantcake?’He said: ‘Yes.’ So they looked for some for him.”

“If any of his family membersbecameill, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would order that some brothbemade. And he would say: ‘It consoles the grieving heart andcleanses the ailing heart, as anyone of you cleanses her face of dirtwith water.’”

“Whoever drinks poison and kills himself, will be sipping it inthefire of Hell forever and ever.’”

“The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) was wounded on the Day of Uhud. His molar was broken andhis helmet was crushed on his head. Fatimah was washing the bloodfromhim and ‘Ali was pouring water on him from a shield. WhenFatimahrealized that the water was only making the bleeding worse,she took apiece of a mat and burnt it, and when it had turned toashes, sheapplied it to the wound to stop the bleeding.

“On theDay ofUhud, I recognized the one who wounded the face of theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ), the one who was washing the blood from theface of theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) and treating him, and the onewho wasbringing the water in a shield, and with what the wound wastreateduntil the bleeding stopped. The one who was carrying thewater in theshield was ‘Ali. The one who was treating the woundwas Fatimah. Whenthe bleeding would not stop, she burned a piece ofa worn out mat andapplied the ashes to it (the wound), then thebleeding stopped.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoevergivesmedical treatment, with no prior knowledge of medicine, isresponsible(for any harm done).’”