Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2078
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَنْعَتُ الزَّيْتَ وَالْوَرْسَ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ . قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَيَلُدُّهُ مِنَ الْجَانِبِ الَّذِي يَشْتَكِيهِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ اسْمُهُ مَيْمُونٌ هُوَ شَيْخٌ بَصْرِيٌّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Mu‘adh ibn Hisham narrated to us; his father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Abu ‘Abd Allah, from Zayd ibn Arqam: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to prescribe olive oil and wars for pleurisy. Qatadah said: It is administered into the side affected by the condition. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. Abu ‘Abd Allah’s name was Maymun, a teacher from Basra.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Wars is retained as the name of a plant-based substance. The source’s phrase for pleurisy and its instruction about administration are translated as historical report, not current medical advice.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَنْعَتُ الزَّيْتَ وَالْوَرْسَ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ .
The Arabic names wars but does not identify the plant further in this passage.
Is retaining wars as a transliterated substance name preferable to guessing a botanical equivalent?