7,563 · Hadith
Compiled by Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi · 815–875 CE
Compiled by Imam Muslim, a contemporary of al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim is the second of the two most authentic collections — together they are called the Sahihayn. Muslim gathered all the chains of a single narration in one place and is especially prized for the care and precision of its isnads.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is a remedy for every malady, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious
Jabir reported that he visited Muqanna' and then said:I will not go away unless you get yourself cupped, for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: It is a remedy
Asim b. 'Umar b. Qatada reported:There came to our house 'Abdullah and another person from amongst the members of the household who complained of a wound. Jabir said: What ails you? He said: There is a wound which is very painful for me, whereupon he said: Boy, bring to me a cupper. He said: 'Abdullah, what do you intend to do with the cupper? I said: I would get this wound cupped. He said: By Allah. oven the touch of fly or cloth causes me pain (and cupping) would thus cause me (unbearable) pain. And when he saw him feeling pain (at the idea of cupping), he said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: If there is any effective remedy amongst your remedies, these are (three): Cupping, drinking of honey and cauterisation with the help of fire. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said: As for myself I do not like cauterisation. The cupper was called and he cupped him and he was all right
Jabir reported that Umm Salama sought permission from Allah's messenger (may Allah's peace upon him) tor getting herself cupped. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) asked Abu Taiba to cup her. He (Jabir) said:I think he (Abu Taiba) was her faster brother or a young boy before entering upon the adolescent period
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a phystian to Ubayy b. Ka'b. He cut the vein and then cauterised it
A'mash reported this with the same chain of transmitters and he made no mention of the fact that he cut one of his veins
Jabir b. 'Abdillah reported that on the day of Ahzab Ubayy received the wound of an arrow in his medial arm vein. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cauterised it
Jabir reported that Sa'd b. Mu'adh received a wound of the arrow in his vein. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cauterised it with a rod and it was swollen, to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did it for the second time
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) got himself cupped and gave to the cupper his wages and he put the medicine in the nostril
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got himself cupped and never withheld the wages of anyone
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The fever from the vehement raging of the (heat of Hell), so cool it with the help of water
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is due to vehemence of the heat of Hell, so cool it with water
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is from the vehement raging of the fire of Hell, so extinguish it with water
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is from the vehement Paging of the Hell-fire, so cool it with water
A'isha reported Allah's messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is from the vehement raging of the Hell-fire, so cool it with water
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters
Asma' reported that a woman running high fever was brought to her. She asked water to be brought and then sprinkled it in the opening of a shirt at the uppermost part of the chest and said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said:Cool (the fever) with water. for it is because of the vehemence of the beat of Hell
Hisham reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Numair (the words are):" She poured water on her sides and in the opening of the shirt at the uppermost part of the chest." There is no mention of these words:" It is from the vehemence of the heat of the Hell." This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Usama with the same chain of transmitters
Rafi' b. Khadij reported:I heard Allah's messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The fever is due to the intense heat of the Hell, so cool it with water
Rafi' b. Khadij reported:I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The fever is due to the intense heat of Hell, so cool it down in your (bodies) with water. Aba Bakr has made no mention of the word" from you" ('ankum), but he said that Rafi' b. Khadij had informed him of it