Abu Dawud Book 22. Medicine

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Usamah ibn Sharik : I came to the Prophet (PBUH) and his Companions were sitting as if they had birds on their heads. I saluted and sat down. The desert Arabs then came from…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Umm al-Mundhar bint Qays al-Ansariyyah : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) came to visit me, accompanied by Ali who was convalescing. We had some ripe dates hung up. The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) got…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuHurayrah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: The best medical treatment you apply is cupping.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Salmah : the maid-servant of the Apostle of Allah (PBUH), said: No one complained to the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) of a headache but he told him to get himself cupped, or of a…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuKabshah al-Ansari : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) used to have himself cupped on the top of his head and between his shoulders, and that he used to say: If anyone pours out any…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Anas ibn Malik : The Prophet (PBUH) had himself cupped three times in the veins at the sides of the neck and on the shoulder. Ma’mar said: I got myself cupped, and I lost…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuHurayrah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: If anyone has himself cupped on the 17th, 19th and 21st it will be a remedy for every disease.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Kabshah daughter of AbuBakrah : (the narrator other than Musa said that Kayyisah daughter of AbuBakrah) She said that her father used to forbid his family to have themselves cupped on a Tuesday, and…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Jabir ibn Abdullah : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) had himself cupped above the thigh for a contusion from which he suffered.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Jabir ibn Abdullah : The Prophet (PBUH) sent a physician to Ubayy (ibn Ka’b), and he cut his vein.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Imran ibn Husayn : The Prophet (PBUH) forbade to cauterise; we cauterised but they (cauterisation) did not benefit us, nor proved useful for us.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Jabir ibn Abdullah : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) was asked about a charm for one who is possessed (nashrah). He replied: It pertains to the work of the devil.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-‘As : I heard the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) say: If I drink an antidote, or tie an amulet, or compose poetry, I am the type who does not care…

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbuHurayrah : The Apostle of Allah (PBUH) prohibited unclean medicine.

Chapter : Not known. Narated By AbdurRahman ibn Uthman : When a physician consulted the Prophet (PBUH) about putting frogs in medicine, he forbade him to kill them.