Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1439
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَكِينٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَادَ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ " مَا تَشْتَهِي " . قَالَ أَشْتَهِي خُبْزَ بُرٍّ . قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ خُبْزُ بُرٍّ فَلْيَبْعَثْ إِلَى أَخِيهِ " ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا اشْتَهَى مَرِيضُ أَحَدِكُمْ شَيْئًا فَلْيُطْعِمْهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Khallal narrated to us; Safwan ibn Hubayrah narrated to us; Abu Makin narrated to us, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a man and asked, ‘What do you desire?’ He replied, ‘I desire wheat bread.’ The Prophet said, ‘Whoever has wheat bread, let him send some to his brother.’ Then the Prophet said, ‘If a sick person among you desires something, let him be given it to eat.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says wheat bread and describes the sick man's wish as desire/longing; no additional medical rationale is given.