Sahih Muslim 2215a — Black Seed Remedy Except Death

Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2215a

This black seed Hadith is short, but its message is very clear. Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم say that Nigella seed is a remedy for every disease except death. The Arabic text also explains that “as-sam” means death, and that the black seed is known as shuniz. Many people search for this as the black seed hadith, Nigella seed hadith, or habbatus sauda hadith. Based on the wording given here, the teaching is about recognizing a healing benefit placed by Allah in this seed while remembering that death is outside human cure. The report does not give a recipe, dose, or method of use, so the explanation should not add one. It simply points to black seed as a remedy and keeps the limit stated by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: except death.