Abu Nu'aym's Hilyat al-Awliya', scan volume 7, p. 37 — honey as a remedy; illness and the sick

حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم، المجلد المصوَّر 7، ص 37 — التداوي بالعسل، المرض والمريض

An excerpt from Abu Nu'aym's Hilyat al-Awliya', scan volume 7, p. 37, that mentions honey as a remedy, illness and the sick, the drug; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«… الرحمن بن مهدى يقول: الناس يزهمون أن سفيان كان يؤخر المصر، وأشهد لقد تتبع المساجد عندنا التى تعجل ويشرب فيها النبيذ، وأشهد لقد وصفت له دواء فى مرضه فقلت له : نأتيك بنبيذ ؟ فقال: لا ائتنى بعسل وماء. حدثنا …»

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Prophetic medicine (al-tibb al-nabawi)· Medicine· Simple and compound drugs (al-adwiya al-mufrada wal-murakkaba)

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Sahih al-Bukhari 4458 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· Sahih al-Bukhari 5709 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· Sahih al-Bukhari 5736 — ruqya recited over the sick; recovery from an ailment· Sahih al-Bukhari 6886 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· Sahih al-Bukhari 6897 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1230 — cupping; the hospital and the medical craft· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1248 — cupping; illness and the sick· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1333 — cupping; pain

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  • Abu Nu'aym Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH), Hilyat al-Awliya' wa-Tabaqat al-Asfiya' — Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1st edition 1409 AH/1988 CE
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Sahih al-Bukhari 4458 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; illness and the sick

A report in Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 4458 (Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)), that mentions medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose, illness and the sick, the drug. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.