Ibn al-Athir's Usd al-Ghaba, scan volume 2, p. 621 — honey as a remedy; the drug

أسد الغابة لابن الأثير، المجلد المصوَّر 2، ص 621 — التداوي بالعسل، الدواء

An excerpt from Ibn al-Athir's Usd al-Ghaba, scan volume 2, p. 621, that mentions honey as a remedy, the drug, healing; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«عَامر بن مُرَقَش عَامرُ بَنُ مَالك بن جَعْفر أشعث بن سَوّار، عن علي بن زيد، عن زرارة بن أرسل إلى النبي عله يلتمس منه دواء أو شِفاء، فبعث إليه بعُكة عَسَل. أوفى، عن عامر بن مالك، قال: كنت عند النبي …»

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

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Sunan Abi Dawud 3861 — cupping; the disease and its remedy· Sahih al-Bukhari 5688 — the black seed; the disease and its remedy· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1356 — the black seed; illness and the sick· Sunan Ibn Majah 3437 — ruqya recited over the sick; the drug· Sunan Ibn Majah 3447 — the black seed; the disease and its remedy· Sunan Ibn Majah 3448 — the black seed; the disease and its remedy· Sunan Ibn Majah 3455 — truffles and their water for the eye; 'ajwa dates· Sunan Ibn Majah 3457 — senna and sannut; the disease and its remedy

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  • Usd al-ghaba fi ma'rifat al-sahaba — Ibn al-Athir
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Sunan Abi Dawud 3861 — cupping; the disease and its remedy

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