# Sunan Abi Dawud - Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 24, 2026* **49 hadith** --- ## Hadith #3855 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu 'Amir al-'Aqdi عبد الملك بن عمرو القيسي أبو عامر العقدي, Abu Da'ud أبو داود السجستاني الأزدي, Falayh bin Suliaman فليح بن سليمان, Harun bin 'Abdullah al-Hamal هارون بن عبد الله بن مروان الحمال, Y'aqub bin Abi Y'aqub يعقوب بن أبي يعقوب المدني | **Grade:** Sahih I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions were sitting as if they had birds on their heads. I saluted and sat down. The desert Arabs then came from here and there. They asked: Messenger of Allah, should we make use of medical treatment? He replied: Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has not made a disease without appointing a remedy for it, with the exception of one disease, namely old age. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3855/)* --- ## Hadith #3856 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف, Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Muhammad bin 'Amr bin 'Alqama محمد بن عمرو بن علقمة, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي | **Grade:** Hasan The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to visit me, accompanied by Ali who was convalescing. We had some ripe dates hung up. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and began to eat from them. Ali also got up to eat, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said repeatedly to Ali: Stop, Ali, for you are convalescing, and Ali stopped. She said: I then prepared some barley and beer-root and brought it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: Take some of this, Ali, for it will be more beneficial for you. AbuDawud said: The narrator Harun said: al-Adawiyyah (i.e. Umm al-Mundhar). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3856/)* --- ## Hadith #3857 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abi al-Mawal عبد الرحمن بن أبي الموال, Yahya bin Hsan يحيى بن حسان | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best medical treatment you apply is cupping. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3857/)* --- ## Hadith #3858 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Kabsha al-Anmari, al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي, Kathir bin 'Ubaid al-Taymi كثير بن عبيد التيمي, Kathir bin 'Ubaid bin Nmyr كثير بن عبيد بن نمير المذحجي | **Grade:** Hasan the maid-servant of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), said: No one complained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) of a headache but he told him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them with henna. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3858/)* --- ## Hadith #3859 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Anas ibn Malik, Jarir bin Hazim bin Zayd جرير بن حازم بن زيد, Muslim bin Ibrahim al-Azdy مسلم بن إبراهيم الأزدي الفراهيدي, Qatada قتادة | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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 of his blood, he will not suffer if he applies no medical treatment for anything. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3859/)* --- ## Hadith #3860 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, al-Rabi' bin Nafi' Abu Tawba al-Halbi الربيع بن نافع أبو توبة الحلبي, Sa'id bin 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdullah سعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن حميل | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) 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 my memory so much so that I was instructed Surat al-Fatihah by others in my prayer. He had himself cupped at the top of his head. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3860/)* --- ## Hadith #3861 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي | **Grade:** Hasan The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone has himself cupped on the 17th, 19th and 21st it will be a remedy for every disease. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3861/)* --- ## Hadith #3862 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Muhammad bin Muslim bin Tadras محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس أبو الزبير, Muslim bin Ibrahim al-Azdy مسلم بن إبراهيم الأزدي الفراهيدي | **Grade:** Da'if (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 used to assert on the authority of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that Tuesday is the day of blood in which there is an hour when it does not stop. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3862/)* --- ## Hadith #3863 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Muhammad bin Abi Da'ud al-Bghdady محمد بن أبي داود, Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Talha bin Nafi' Abi Sufyan al-Askaf طلحة بن نافع الواسطي أبو سفيان الإسكاف | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had himself cupped above the thigh for a contusion from which he suffered. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3863/)* --- ## Hadith #3864 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Imran bin Husain, Matruf bin Tarayf al-Harithi مطرف بن طريف, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Thabit bin Aslam Albanani ثابت بن أسلم البناني | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) sent a physician to Ubayy (ibn Ka’b), and he cut his vein. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3864/)* --- ## Hadith #3865 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Muhammad bin Muslim bin Tadras محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس أبو الزبير, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade to cauterise; we cauterised but they (cauterisation) did not benefit us, nor proved useful for us. Abu Dawud said: He used to hear the salutation of the angels: When he cauterized, it stopped. When he abandoned, it returned to him. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3865/)* --- ## Hadith #3866 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Tawus عبد الله بن طاوس, Ahmed bin Ishaq bin al-Husain أحمد بن إسحاق بن الحصين, ibn Abbas, Tawus bin Kaysan طاوس, Uthman bin Muhammad, Wahayb bin Khalid bin 'Ajlan al-Bahli وهيب بن خالد بن عجلان الباهلي | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) cauterized Sa’d b. Mu’adh from the wound of an arrow. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3866/)* --- ## Hadith #3867 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام, Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Wahb bin Munabbih al-Abnavi وهب بن منبه الأبناوي | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) snuffed medicine. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3867/)* --- ## Hadith #3868 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, Abdullah bin Yazid bin Zayd, Abdur Rahman bin Rafa'i al-Tnwkhy عبد الرحمن بن رافع التنوخي, Sa'id bin Abi Ayoub سعيد بن أبي أيوب الخزاعي, Ubaidullah bin 'Umar al-Qawariri عبيد الله بن عمر القواريري | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about a charm for one who is possessed (nashrah). He replied: It pertains to the work of the devil. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3868/)* --- ## Hadith #3869 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, Harun bin 'Abdullah al-Hamal هارون بن عبد الله بن مروان الحمال, Muhammad bin Bashr bin al-Farafsa محمد بن بشر بن الفرافصة العبدي, Mujahid bin Jabir مجاهد بن جبر, Yonus bin Abi Ishaq يونس بن أبي إسحاق | **Grade:** Da'if I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If I drink an antidote, or tie an amulet, or compose poetry, I am the type who does not care what he does. Abu Dawud said: THis was peculiar to the Prophet (ﷺ), but some people have allowed to use it, i.e. antidote. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3869/)* --- ## Hadith #3870 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Muhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman b. Abi Dh'ab محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ذئب, Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' محمد بن كثير بن أبي عطاء الثقفي, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن أبو محمد القرشي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited unclean medicine. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3870/)* --- ## Hadith #3871 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Dhakwan Abu Salah al-Saman al-Ziyat ذكوان أبو صالح السمان الزيات, Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران | **Grade:** Sahih When a physician consulted the Prophet (ﷺ) about putting frogs in medicine, he forbade him to kill them. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3871/)* --- ## Hadith #3872 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Alqama bin Wa'il bin Hjr علقمة بن وائل بن حجر, Muslim bin Ibrahim al-Azdy مسلم بن إبراهيم الأزدي الفراهيدي, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس | **Grade:** Sahih If anyone drinks poison, the poison will be in his hand (on the Day of Judgement) and he will drink it in Hell-fire and he will live in it eternally. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3872/)* --- ## Hadith #3873 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu 'Imran al-Ansari al-Shami أبو عمران الأنصاري الشامي, Abu al-Darda, Isma'il bin Ayyash bin Saleem إسماعيل بن عياش بن سليم, Muhammad bin ''Aabadh محمد بن عبادة, Tha'lbah bin Muslim al-Khth'my ثعلبة بن مسلم الخثعمي الشامي, Umm al-Darda'a أم الدرداء, Yazid bin Harun يزيد بن هارون | **Grade:** Sahih Wa’il said: Tariq ibn Suwayd or Suwayd ibn Tariq asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about wine, but he forbade it. He again asked him, but he forbade him. He said to him: Prophet of Allah, it is a medicine. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: No it is a disease. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3873/)* --- ## Hadith #3874 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Abi Najih عبد الله بن أبي نجيح, Mujahid bin Jabir مجاهد بن جبر, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري | **Grade:** Da'if The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3874/)* --- ## Hadith #3875 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Amir bin Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas عامر بن سعد بن أبي وقاص, Hammad bin Usamah حماد بن أسامة - أبو أسامة, Hashim bin Hashim bin 'Utba هاشم بن هاشم بن عتبة بن أبي وقاص, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Da'if I suffered from an illness. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to pay a visit to me. He put his hands between my nipples and I felt its coolness at my heart. He said: You are a man suffering from heart sickness. Go to al-Harith ibn Kaladah, brother of Thaqif. He is a man who gives medical treatment. He should take seven ajwah dates of Medina and grind them with their kernels, and then put them into your mouth. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3875/)* --- ## Hadith #3876 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود, Umm Qays bint Mihsan al-Asadi | **Grade:** Sahih He who has a morning meal of seven ‘Ajwah dates will not suffer from any harm that day through poison or magic. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3876/)* --- ## Hadith #3877 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Uthman bin Khuthaym عبد الله بن عثمان بن خثيم القاري, ibn Abbas, Sa'id bin Jubayr سعيد بن جبير الأسدي, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج | **Grade:** Sahih I brought my son to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while I had compressed his uvula for its swelling. He said : Why do you afflict your children by squeezing for a swelling in the Uvula ? Apply this Indian aloes wood, for it contain seven types of remedies, among them being a remedy for pleurisy. It is applied through the nose for a swelling of the uvula poured into the side of the mouth for pleurisy. Abu Dawud said : By aloes wood he meant costus. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3877/)* --- ## Hadith #3878 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام, Abu Hurairah, Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Hamam bin Munabbih همام بن منبه بن كامل, Ma'mar bin Rashid معمر بن راشد | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3878/)* --- ## Hadith #3879 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Aisha bint Abi Bakr, al-Aswad bin Yazid الأسود بن يزيد بن قيس النخعي, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i إبراهيم النخعي, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih The evil is genuine. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3879/)* --- ## Hadith #3880 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** al-Rabi' bin Nafi' Abu Tawba al-Halbi الربيع بن نافع أبو توبة الحلبي, Asma' bint Yazid bin al-Sakan, Muhajir bin Abi Muslim, Muhammad bin Muhajir bin Abi Muslim محمد بن مهاجر | **Grade:** Da'if The man casting evil would be commanded to perform ablution, and then the man affected was washed with it. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3880/)* --- ## Hadith #3881 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر, Muhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن نوفل, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr عروة بن الزبير | **Grade:** Da'if I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Do not kill your children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3881/)* --- ## Hadith #3882 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' محمد بن العلاء - أبو كريب, Amr bin Murrah bin 'Abdullah عمرو بن مرة بن عبد الله بن طارق, ibn Mas'ud, Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Yahya bin al-Jazar al-Arni يحيى بن الجزار | **Grade:** Sahih I intended to prohibit suckling during pregnancy (ghailah), but I considered the Greeks and the Persians and saw that they practiced it, without any injury being caused to their children thereby. Malik said : Ghailah means that a man has intercourse with a women while she is suckling a child. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3882/)* --- ## Hadith #3883 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Da'ud al-Kharaybi عبد الله بن داود أبو عبد الرحمن الخريبي, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Husayn bin 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmi حصين بن عبد الرحمن السلمي, Imran bin Husain, Malik bin Mghwl مالك بن مغول, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل | **Grade:** Sahih Zaynab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, told that Abdullah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: spells, charms and love-potions are polytheism. I asked: Why do you say this? I swear by Allah, when my eye was discharging I used to go to so-and-so, the Jew, who applied a spell to me. When he applied the spell to me, it calmed down. Abdullah said: That was just the work of the Devil who was picking it with his hand, and when he uttered the spell on it, he desisted. All you need to do is to say as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: Remove the harm, O Lord of men, and heal. Thou art the Healer. There is no remedy but Thine which leaves no disease behind. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3883/)* --- ## Hadith #3884 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي, Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Ahmed bin 'Amr bin al-Sarh أحمد بن عمرو بن السرح أبو الطاهر, Ahmed bin Salah al-Masri أحمد بن صالح المصري, Amr bin Yahya bin 'Ammara عمرو بن يحيى بن عمارة, Da'ud bin 'Abdur Rahman al-'Atar داود بن عبد الرحمن العطار, Yahya bin 'Ammara يحيى بن عمارة بن أبي حسن الأنصاري | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: No spell is to be used except for the evil eye or a scorpion sting. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3884/)* --- ## Hadith #3885 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي, Abdur Rahman bin Jbyr عبد الرحمن بن جبير المصري, Ahmed bin Salah al-Masri أحمد بن صالح المصري, Auf bin Malik bin Nadlah عوف بن مالك بن نضلة - أبو الأحوص, Mu'awiya ibn Abu Sufyan | **Grade:** Da'if The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon Thabit ibn Qays. The version of Ahmad (ibn Salih) has: When he was ill He (the Prophet) said: Remove the harm, O Lord of men, from Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas. He then took some dust of Bathan, and put it in a bowel, and then mixed it with water and blew in it, and poured it on him. Abu Dawud said: Ibn al-Sarh said: Yusuf bin Muhammad is correct (and not Muhammad bin Yusuf) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3885/)* --- ## Hadith #3886 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul 'Aziz bin 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz عبد العزيز بن عمر بن عبد العزيز, Abu Bakr bin Suliaman bin Abi Hathma أبو بكر بن سليمان بن أبي حثمة, Ali bin Ms'hr علي بن مسهر, Salah bin Kaysan al-Madni صالح بن كيسان المدني أبو محمد | **Grade:** Sahih In the pre-Islamic period we used to apply spells and we asked: Messenger of Allah ! how do you look upon it ? He replied : Submit your spells to me. There is no harm in spells so long as they involve no polytheism. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3886/)* --- ## Hadith #3887 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Wahid bin Ziyad عبد الواحد بن زياد العبدي, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sahl bin Hunayf | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered when I was with Hafsah, and he said to me: Why do you not teach this one the spell for skin eruptions as you taught her writing. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3887/)* --- ## Hadith #3888 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abbas bin 'Abdul 'Azeem al-'Anbari عباس بن عبد العظيم العنبري, al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Anas ibn Malik, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Namr شريك بن عبد الله بن أبي نمر, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'ud سليمان بن داود بن داود بن علي, Yazid bin Harun يزيد بن هارون | **Grade:** Hasan I passed by a river. I entered it and took a bath in it. When I came out, I had fever. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was informed about it. He said: Ask AbuThabit to seek refuge in Allah from that I asked: O my Lord, will the spell be useful? He replied: No, the spell is to be used except for the evil eye or a snake bite or a scorpion sting. Abu Dawud said: Humah means the biting of snakes and sting of the poisonous insects. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3888/)* --- ## Hadith #3889 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul 'Aziz bin Suhaib عبد العزيز بن صهيب البناني, Abdul Warith bin Sa'id bin Dhakwan عبد الوارث بن سعيد بن ذكوان, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل | **Grade:** Da'if No spell is to be used except for the evil eye, or sting of poisonous insects, or bleeding. The narrator al-‘Abhas did mention the words “evil eye”. The is the version of Sulaiman b. Dawud. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3889/)* --- ## Hadith #3890 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر, Nafi' bin Jubayr bin Mut'im نافع بن جبير بن مطعم, Yazid bin 'Abdullah bin Khusayfa يزيد بن عبد الله بن خصيفة | **Grade:** Sahih Should I not use the spell of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for you ? He said : Yes. He then said : O Allah, Lord of men, Remover of the harm, heal, Thou art the healer. There is no healer but Thou; given him a remedy which leaves no disease behind. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3890/)* --- ## Hadith #3891 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu al-Darda, al-Laith bin Sa'd الليث بن سعد, Fadala bin 'Ubaid bin Naqid, Muhammad bin Ka'b bin Sulaym al-Qarzi محمد بن كعب بن سليم بن أسد القرظي, Yazid bin Khalid bin Yazid يزيد بن خالد بن يزيد | **Grade:** Sahih I had a pain which was about to destroy me. So the Prophet (ﷺ) said : Wipe it with your right hand seven times and say : “I seek refuge in the dominance of Allah, and His might from the evil of what I find.” Then I did it. Allah removed (the pain) that I had, and I kept on suggesting it to my family and to others. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3891/)* --- ## Hadith #3892 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Amr bin Shu'aib bin Muhammad عمرو بن شعيب بن محمد السهمي, Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Ibn Ishaq محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار‎, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Shu'aib bin Muhammad bin 'Abdullah شعيب بن محمد بن عبد الله بن عمرو | **Grade:** Da'if I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If any of you is suffering from anything or his brother is suffering, he should say: Our Lord is Allah Who is in the heaven, holy is Thy name, Thy command reigns supreme in the heaven and the earth, as Thy mercy in the heaven, make Thy mercy in the earth; forgive us our sins, and our errors; Thou art the Lord of good men; send down mercy from Thy mercy, and remedy, and remedy from Thy remedy on this pain so that it is healed up. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3892/)* --- ## Hadith #3893 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Abi Sarayj أحمد بن أبي سريج, Makki bin Ibrahim bin Bashayr مكي بن إبراهيم بن بشير, Yazid bin Abi 'Ubaid يزيد بن أبي عبيد | **Grade:** Hasan The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sued to teach them the following words in the case of alarm: I seek refuge in Allah’s perfect words from His anger, the evil of His servants, the evil suggestions of the devils and their presence. Abdullah ibn Amr used to teach them to those of his children who had reached puberty, and he wrote them down (on some material) and hung on the child who had not reached puberty. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3893/)* --- ## Hadith #3894 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abd Rabba bin Sa'id bin Qays bin 'Amr عبد ربه بن سعيد بن قيس, Aisha bint Abi Bakr, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة, Umarh bint 'Abdur Rahman عمرة بنت عبد الرحمن بن سعد بن زرارة, Uthman bin Muhammad, Zuhayr bin Harb زهير بن حرب بن شداد أبو خثيمة | **Grade:** Sahih I saw a sign of injury in the shin of Salamah. I asked : What is this ? He replied : I was afflicted. I was afflicted by it on the day of Khaibar. The people said : Salamah has been afflicted. I was then brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He blew on me three times. I did not feel any pain up till now. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3894/)* --- ## Hadith #3895 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Kharjh bin al-Slt al-Brjmy خارجة بن الصلت البرجمي, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Zakaria bin Abi Za'idah زكريا بن أبي زائدة خالد | **Grade:** Sahih When a man complained of pain the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him pointing to his saliva and mixing it with dust :(This is) the dust of our earth, mixed with saliva of us, so that our sick is remedied with the permission of our lord. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3895/)* --- ## Hadith #3896 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Abi al-Safar عبد الله بن أبي السفر, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Kharjh bin al-Slt al-Brjmy خارجة بن الصلت البرجمي, Mua'dh bin Mua'dh bin Nsr معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Ubaidullah bin Mua'dh عبيد الله بن معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر | **Grade:** Sahih Alaqah came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and embraced Islam. He then came back from him and passed some people who had a lunatic fettered in chains. His people said: We are told that your companion has brought some good. Have you something with which you can cure him? I then recited Surat al-Fatihah and he was cured. They gave me one hundred sheep. I then came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and informed him of it. He asked: Is it only this? The narrator, Musaddad, said in his other version: Did you say anything other than this? I said: No. He said: Take it, for by my life, some accept if for a worthless chain, but you have done so for a genuine one. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3896/)* --- ## Hadith #3897 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Dhakwan Abu Salah al-Saman al-Ziyat ذكوان أبو صالح السمان الزيات, Suhayl bin Abi Salah سهيل بن أبي صالح, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج | **Grade:** Sahih He recited Surat al-Fatihah over him for three days morning and evening. Whenever he finished it, he collected some of his saliva and spat it out, and he seemed as if he were set free from a bond. They gave him something as payment. He then came to the Prophet (ﷺ). He then transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect as Musaddad narrated. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3897/)* --- ## Hadith #3898 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Baqiyya bin al-Walid bin Sa'aid بقية بن الوليد بن صائد, Haywat bin Sharih bin Safwan حيوة بن شريح بن صفوان التجيبي, Muhammad bin al-Walid al-Zubaidi محمد بن الوليد بن عامر الزبيدي | **Grade:** Sahih A man from Aslam tribe said: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). A man from among his Companions came and said: Messenger of Allah! I have been stung last night, and I could not sleep till morning. He asked: What was that? He replied: A scorpion. He said: Oh, had you said in the evening: “I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created,” nothing would have harmed you, Allah willing. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3898/)* --- ## Hadith #3899 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Ali bin Da'ud,Abu al-Mutawakkal al-Naji علي بن داود أبو المتوكل الناجي, Ja'far bin Iyas, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة | **Grade:** Hasan A man who was stung by a scorpion was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: Had he said the word: “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created, “he would not have been stung, or he said, “It would not have harmed him.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3899/)* --- ## Hadith #3900 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Abi al-Safar عبد الله بن أبي السفر, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Kharjh bin al-Slt al-Brjmy خارجة بن الصلت البرجمي, Mua'dh bin Mua'dh bin Nsr معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Ubaidullah bin Mua'dh عبيد الله بن معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر | **Grade:** Sahih Some of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) went on a journey. They alighted with a certain clan of the Arabs. Someone of them said : Our chief has been stung by a scorpion or bitten by a snake. Has any of you something which gives relief to our chief? A man of the people said : Yes, I swear by Allah. I shall apply charm ; but we asked you for hospitality and you denied it to us. I shall not apply charm until you give me some payment. So they promised to give some sheep to him. He came to him and recited Surat al-Fatihah over him and spat till he was cured, and ha seemed as if he were set free from a bond. So they gave him the payment that was agreed between them. They said : Apportion them. The man who applied charm said : Do not do it until we approach the Apostle of allah (ﷺ) said: From where did you learn that it was a charm ? you have done right. Apportion them, and give me a share along with you. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3900/)* --- ## Hadith #3901 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Imam Maalik مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr عروة بن الزبير | **Grade:** Sahih We proceeded from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and came to a clan of the Arabs. They said: We have been told that you have brought what is good from this man. Have you any medicine or a charm, for we have a lunatic in chains? We said: Yes. Then they brought a lunatic in chains. He said: I recited Surat al-Fatihah over him for three days, morning and evening. Whenever I finished it, I would collect my saliva and spit it out, and he seemed as if he were set free from a bond. He said: They gave me some payment, but I said: No, not until I ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He (the Prophet) said: Accept it, for, by my life, some accept it for a worthless charm, but you have done so for a genuine one. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3901/)* --- ## Hadith #3902 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Aisha bint Abi Bakr, Hisham bin 'Urwa هشام بن عروة, Ibn Ishaq محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار‎, Ibrahim bin Sa'd bin Ibrahim إبراهيم بن سعد بن إبراهيم, Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hiban محمد بن يحيى بن حبان, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr عروة بن الزبير | **Grade:** Sahih the wife of Prophet (ﷺ) said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) suffered from some pain, he recited mu’awwadhat in his heart and blew (them over him). When the pain became severe, I recited (them) over him and wiped him with his hand in the hope of its blessing. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3902/)* --- ## Hadith #3903 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, Hammad bin Salama حماد بن سلمة, Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Hkym al-Athrm al-Bsry حكيم الأثرم البصري, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان | **Grade:** Sahih My mother intended to make me gain weight to send me to the (house of) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). But nothing which she desired benefited me till she gave me cucumber with fresh dates to eat. Then I gained as much weight (as she desired). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3903/)* ---