Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 10.0

To sniff the Indian and sea Qust (kind of incense)

باب السَّعُوطِ بِالْقُسْطِ الْهِنْدِيِّ الْبَحْرِيِّ

وَهُوَ الْكُسْتُ مِثْلُ الْكَافُورِ، وَالْقَافُورِ مِثْلُ كُشِطَتْ وَقُشِطَتْ نُزِعَتْ، وَقَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قُشِطَتْ.

1 hadiths

Sahih al-Bukhari, 5692, 5693sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Sadqah bin al-FadlfromSufyan bin 'Uyaynahfromal-Zuhrifrom'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin HafsfromUmm Qays bint Mihsan al-Asadi

Hadith text · Matn

‏ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ‏.‏ يُسْتَعَطُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ، وَيُلَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ ‏

‏‏.‏ وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِابْنٍ لِي لَمْ يَأْكُلِ الطَّعَامَ فَبَالَ عَلَيْهِ، فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَرَشَّ عَلَيْهِ‏.‏

English translation

Narrated Um Qais bint Mihsan:

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Treat with the Indian incense, for it has healing for seven diseases; it is to be sniffed by one having throat trouble, and to be put into one side of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy." Once I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with a son of mine who would not eat any food, and the boy passed urine on him whereupon he asked for some water and sprinkled it over the place of urine.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏