Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 58.0

If a housefly falls in a utensil

باب إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي الإِنَاءِ

1 hadiths

Sahih al-Bukhari, 5782sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Qutayba bin Sa'id bin JamilfromIsma'il bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathirfrom'Utba bin Muslim al-Madnifrom'Ubaid bin HnynfromAbu Hurairah

Hadith text · Matn

‏ إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ، فَلْيَغْمِسْهُ كُلَّهُ، ثُمَّ لْيَطْرَحْهُ، فَإِنَّ فِي أَحَدِ جَنَاحَيْهِ شِفَاءً وَفِي الآخَرِ دَاءً ‏

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English translation

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i e. the treatment for that disease."

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي تَيْمٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏