Sunan Abi Dawud 3877 — costus (Indian aloeswood); costus

سنن أبي داود 3877 — القسط والعود الهندي، القسط

A report in Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 3877 (Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)), that mentions costus (Indian aloeswood), costus, medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose, named diseases, treating the throat ailment (al-udhra), healing. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.

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«… عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ، قَالَتْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ بِابْنٍ لِي قَدْ أَعْلَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ فَقَالَ " عَلاَمَ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلاَدَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلاَقِ عَلَيْكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ يُسْعَطُ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ وَيُلَدُّ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ ". قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي بِالْعُودِ الْقُسْطَ.»

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Prophetic medicine (al-tibb al-nabawi)· Medicine· Seeking treatment (tadawi)

People and things also explored

Sunan Abi Dawud 3418 — ruqya recited over the sick; recovery from an ailment· Sunan Abi Dawud 3890 — ruqya recited over the sick; sickness· Sahih al-Bukhari 5692 — costus (Indian aloeswood); medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose· Sahih al-Bukhari 5696 — cupping; costus (Indian aloeswood)· Sahih al-Bukhari 5713 — costus (Indian aloeswood); medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose· Sahih al-Bukhari 5715 — costus (Indian aloeswood); named diseases· Sahih al-Bukhari 5718 — costus (Indian aloeswood); costus· Sahih al-Bukhari 5742 — ruqya recited over the sick; sickness

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  • Sunan Abi Dawud
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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