Medicines that were permitted

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Qays bint Mihsan (may Allah be pleased with her); she says: I came with a son of mine to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I had pressed his throat because of a throat ailment. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you press the throats of your children with this treatment? Use this Indian aloeswood, for in it are cures for seven ailments. For a throat ailment it is to be sniffed through the nose, and for pleurisy (dhat al-janb) it is to be applied through the corner of the mouth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him); he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went in to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and with her was a child with blood flowing from his nostrils. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is this?" The people said: He has a throat ailment. At this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you women torment your children? It is enough for any one of you to take Indian wood, rub it in water seven times, and then drip it into the child's throat." The narrator says: The people did this with the child, and he recovered.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of the medicines you use are cupping and Arabian wood, for your children's throat ailment. And do not torment children by squeezing their throats."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him); he says: "Make it a point to use these black seeds (nigella), for in them is a cure from every disease." Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah was asked: Are you saying this as narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He replied: Yes.

Abdullah bin Buraydah narrates through his father (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In nigella there is a cure for every disease except al-sam." The people asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what is al-sam? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Death."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Hold to the black seeds (nigella), for in them is a cure from every disease.