Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2039
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قال أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قال حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ بْنِ بَرَكَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَخَذَ أَهْلَهُ الْوَعْكُ أَمَرَ بِالْحَسَاءِ فَصُنِعَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُمْ فَحَسَوْا مِنْهُ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ " إِنَّهُ لَيَرْتُو فُؤَادَ الْحَزِينِ وَيَسْرُو عَنْ فُؤَادِ السَّقِيمِ كَمَا تَسْرُو إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْوَسَخَ بِالْمَاءِ عَنْ وَجْهِهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، عن يونس، عن الزهري بمعناه.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Mani‘ said: Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim informed us: Muhammad ibn al-Sa’ib ibn Barakah narrated to us, from his mother, from ‘A’ishah, who said: “When illness struck someone in the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ household, he would order broth to be prepared, then tell them to sip some of it. He would say: ‘It strengthens the heart of the grieving and eases the heart of the sick, just as one of you washes dirt from her face with water.’” Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Ibn al-Mubarak also narrated it from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Urwah, from ‘A’ishah, from the Prophet ﷺ. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad narrated this to us: Abu Ishaq al-Talaqani narrated to us, from Ibn al-Mubarak, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, with the same meaning.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Rendered yartū al-fu’ad as strengthening the heart and yasrū ‘an al-fu’ad as easing it. The source says broth (hasā’) without naming a more specific recipe.
قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَخَذَ أَهْلَهُ الْوَعْكُ أَمَرَ بِالْحَسَاءِ فَصُنِعَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُمْ فَحَسَوْا مِنْهُ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ " إِنَّهُ لَيَرْتُو فُؤَادَ الْحَزِينِ وَيَسْرُو عَنْ فُؤَادِ السَّقِيمِ كَمَا تَسْرُو إِحْدَاكُنَّ الْوَسَخَ بِالْمَاءِ عَنْ وَجْهِهَا " .
The source describes broth as strengthening the grieving heart and relieving the sick heart; the exact idiomatic force of yartū is compact.
Does “strengthens the heart” preserve the image without replacing it with a stronger psychological claim?
وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ،
The additional route through Ibn al-Mubarak from Yunus begins a distinct chain that continues through al-Zuhri, ‘Urwah, and ‘A’ishah.
Is the complete alternative chain kept separate from the first route?