39/28. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 287d — Indian Aloeswood and Child Care
Treatment With Indian Aloeswood, Which Is Costmary
Hadith About Indian Aloeswood, Infant Urine, and Gentle Care
Sahih Muslim : 287d
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 287d
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ - وَاللَّفْظُ لِزُهَيْرٍ - قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ، أُخْتِ عُكَّاشَةَ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ قَالَتْ دَخَلْتُ بِابْنٍ لِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَأْكُلِ الطَّعَامَ فَبَالَ عَلَيْهِ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَرَشَّهُ . قَالَتْ وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِابْنٍ لِي قَدْ أَعْلَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ فَقَالَ " عَلاَمَهْ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلاَدَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلاَقِ عَلَيْكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ يُسْعَطُ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ وَيُلَدُّ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ " .
Umm Qais, daughter of Mihsan, the sister of 'Ukasha b. Mihsan said: I visited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with my son who had not, by that time, been weaned and he urinated over his (clothes). He ordered water to be brought and sprinkled (it) over them. She (further) said: I visited him (Allah's Apostle) along with my son and I had squeezed the swelling in the uvula, whereupon he said: Why do you afflict your children by compressing like this? Use this Indian aloeswood, for it contains seven types of remedies, one among them being a remedy for pleurisy. It is applied through the nose for a swelling of the uvula and poured into the side of the mouth for pleurisy.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 287d, 2214aIn-book reference : Book 39, Hadith 116USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 26, Hadith 5487
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 287d
This Hadith has two clear parts. Umm Qais visited the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم with her young son who had not yet been weaned, and the child urinated on his clothes. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered water and sprinkled it over them. She also came with a son whose uvula swelling had been squeezed. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked why children were being afflicted by that kind of compressing and advised Indian aloeswood. He said it contains seven types of remedies, one of them for pleurisy. The narration also mentions how it is applied: through the nose for swelling of the uvula and into the side of the mouth for pleurisy. For searches like Indian aloeswood hadith or Umm Qais hadith, the text teaches gentle care and named treatment.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم sprinkled water over the infant's urine in this report.
- He questioned a painful method used on children.
- Indian aloeswood is named as a remedy in the text.
- The narration mentions specific ways of applying it for specific ailments.
