Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 25236 — Reports on honey

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! My brother has diarrhoea. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give him honey to drink." So the man gave his brother honey to drink. Then he came (again) to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I gave him honey to drink, but the honey has only increased his diarrhoea. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give him honey to drink." So the man (again) gave his brother honey to drink. Then he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I gave him honey to drink, but the honey has only increased his diarrhoea further. He (peace and blessings be upon him) (again) said: "Give him honey to drink." Then it was the third time or the fourth (I think) that the man reported that the patient had recovered. At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The word of Allah Almighty is true, and your brother's stomach has lied."