“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 the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say: “Ajwah and the rock* are from Paradise.’”

“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.”*

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

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said to me: ‘What do you use as a laxative?’ I said: ‘TheShubrum (spurge – Euphorb).’ He said: (It is) hot and powerful.’ThenI used senna as a laxative and he said: ‘If anything were tocuredeath, it would be senna. Senna is a cure for death.’”

“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 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).’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)prescribed Wars (memecyclon tinctorium), Indian aloeswood andoliveoil for pleurisy, to be administered through the side of themouth.”

“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.’”

“Be of goodcheer,for Allah says: ‘It is My fire which I have causes to overwhelmMybelieving slave in this world, to be his share of the Fire in theHereafter.”

“Fever isfromthe heat of the Hell-fire, so cool it down with water.”

“Intensefever is from the heat of Hell-fire, so cool it down with water.”

“I heard the Prophet(ﷺ)say: ‘Fever is from the heat of the Hell-fire, so cool it downwithwater.’ He entered upon a son of ‘Ammar and said: ‘Take awaytheharm, O Lord of mankind, O God of mankind.’”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said:“Coolit down with water,” and he said: “It is from the heat ofHell-fire.”