Muwatta Malik
Book 50, Hadith 13
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ زُرَارَةَ، اكْتَوَى فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنَ الذُّبَحَةِ فَمَاتَ .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "I heardthat Sad ibn Zurara cauterized himself because of a pain in the throataccompanied by blood and he died."