Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2048
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قال حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قال حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ اللَّدُودُ وَالسَّعُوطُ وَالْحِجَامَةُ وَالْمَشِيُّ وَخَيْرُ مَا اكْتَحَلْتُمْ بِهِ الإِثْمِدُ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ " . قَالَ وَكَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُكْحُلَةٌ يَكْتَحِلُ بِهَا عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ ثَلاَثًا فِي كُلِّ عَيْنٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَهُوَ حَدِيثُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; he said: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us; he said: ‘Abbad ibn Mansur narrated to us, from ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Among the best treatments you use are al-ladud, al-sa‘ut, cupping, and walking; and the best substance with which you apply kohl is ithmid, for it clears the vision and promotes hair growth.’
He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had a kohl container and would apply kohl from it before sleeping three times in each eye. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith, and it is the hadith of ‘Abbad ibn Mansur.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic lists walking (al-mashyu); the English witness instead says ‘laxatives.’ Ithmid is retained as the name of a kohl substance.
The source states ‘three’ in each eye without specifying three applications or strokes; the translation preserves the wording without supplying a unit.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ اللَّدُودُ وَالسَّعُوطُ وَالْحِجَامَةُ وَالْمَشِيُّ وَخَيْرُ مَا اكْتَحَلْتُمْ بِهِ الإِثْمِدُ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ " .
The Arabic reads al-mashyu (walking), while the witness says ‘laxatives.’
The translation follows the Arabic reading; should this divergence be reviewed against another witness?