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Bukhari 5684 — Give him honey: God spoke true, your brother's belly lied

البخاري 5684 — اسقه عسلاً: صدق الله وكذب بطن أخيك

In the Book of Medicine, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: a man said 'my brother suffers in his belly'; the Prophet ﷺ said 'give him honey' — again and again — then 'God spoke true and your brother's belly lied'; he drank and was cured. The witness to 'in it is healing for people'.

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«أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى النَّبِيَّ فَقَالَ: أَخِي يَشْتَكِي بَطْنَهُ، فَقَالَ: اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً، ثُمَّ أَتَى الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ: اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: فَعَلْتُ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ، اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً، فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Honey: its medicinal use and zakat (asal)· The bee

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Abu Dawud 5267 — He forbade killing four creatures· Honey: its medicinal use and zakat (asal)· The bee

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  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Bukhari 5684 — Give him honey: God spoke true, your brother's belly lied”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/bukhari-5684/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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