Sunan Abi Dawud 4928 — henna as a remedy

سنن أبي داود 4928 — الحناء دواء

A report in Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 4928 (General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)), that mentions henna as a remedy. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.

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«… يَسَارٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ أُتِيَ بِمُخَنَّثٍ قَدْ خَضَبَ يَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ بِالْحِنَّاءِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ " مَا بَالُ هَذَا ". فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَتَشَبَّهُ بِالنِّسَاءِ. فَأُمِرَ بِهِ فَنُفِيَ إِلَى النَّقِيعِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَقْتُلُهُ فَقَالَ " إِنِّي نُهِيتُ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْمُصَلِّينَ ". قَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَالنَّقِيعُ نَاحِيَةٌ عَنِ …»

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Simple and compound drugs (al-adwiya al-mufrada wal-murakkaba)

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  • Sunan Abi Dawud
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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Theriac and poisons (al-tiryaq wal-sumum)

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