39/26. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2212b — Cooling Fever in Your Bodies
For Every Disease There Is A Remedy, And It Is Recommended To Treat Disease
Hadith About Cooling Fever from Yourselves with Water
Sahih Muslim : 2212b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2212b
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَوْرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَابْرُدُوهَا عَنْكُمْ بِالْمَاءِ " . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ " عَنْكُمْ " . وَقَالَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ .
Rafi' bin Khadij Narrated from:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The fever is due to the intense heat of Hell, so cool it down in your (bodies) with water. Aba Bakr has made no mention of the word" from you" ('ankum), but he said that Rafi' b. Khadij had informed him of it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2212bIn-book reference : Book 39, Hadith 114USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 26, Hadith 5485
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2212b
This Hadith reports the fever teaching with a wording detail. Rafi' b. Khadij says he heard the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم say that fever is from the intense heat of Hell, so cool it down from yourselves with water. The narration also notes that Abu Bakr did not mention the word translated as from you, but said that Rafi' b. Khadij had informed him of it. This makes the Hadith useful for searches like fever from Hell hadith, hadith about cooling fever, and wording difference in Hadith. The main teaching remains the same: fever is described as heat, and water is named for cooling. The extra note helps readers see the care given to exact wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith teaches cooling fever with water.
- This version includes the wording translated as from yourselves.
- The narration records a small wording difference carefully.
- The core meaning remains focused on fever and water.
