صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب السلامThe Book of Greetings
باب لِكُلِّ دَاءٍ دَوَاءٌ وَاسْتِحْبَابُ التَّدَاوِي:Chapter: For Every Disease There Is A Remedy, And It Is Recommended To Treat Disease
Hadith 2207
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالَ يَحْيَي : وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ، وقَالَ الْآخَرَانِ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قال : " بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ طَبِيبًا فَقَطَعَ مِنْهُ عِرْقًا ثُمَّ كَوَاهُ عَلَيْهِ .
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a physician to Ubayy bin Ka'b. He cut the vein and then cauterised it.
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وحدثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرَا فَقَطَعَ مِنْهُ عِرْقًا .
A'mash reported this with the same chain of transmitters and he made no mention of the fact that he cut one of his veins.
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وحَدَّثَنِي بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، قال : سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، قال : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ ، قال : سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قال : " رُمِيَ أُبَيٌّ يَوْمَ الأَحْزَابِ عَلَى أَكْحَلِهِ فَكَوَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Jabir bin 'Abdillah reported that on the day of Ahzab Ubayy received the wound of an arrow in his medial arm vein. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cauterised it.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
➊ One should seek treatment from an expert in the field, and if there is no alternative except cauterization, then there is no harm in cauterizing,
provided that this procedure is performed by a specialist in cauterization.
Benefits and Issues:
➊ One should seek treatment from an expert in the field, and if there is no alternative except cauterization, then there is no harm in cauterizing,
provided that this procedure is performed by a specialist in cauterization.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5745
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊
This narration is also found in Sahih Muslim, but in that version, there is an addition of the words that after the vein was cut, the place was cauterized.
See (Sahih Muslim, As-Salam, Hadith: 2207)
➋
It is necessary in an Islamic society to provide such individuals who can assist in their essential and important needs, especially physicians and doctors.
➌
One should have confidence in the treatment and method of treatment of a skilled practitioner.
➍
As long as possible, treatment should be started with the mildest method.
If there is no benefit, then the next level should be adopted.
That is, first treatment with diet (ghidha), then with medicine (dawa), first with a single remedy (mufrad), then with a compound remedy (murakkab), then cupping (hijamah), and finally venesection (cutting the vein), and after that, cauterization (dagh dena).
➊
This narration is also found in Sahih Muslim, but in that version, there is an addition of the words that after the vein was cut, the place was cauterized.
See (Sahih Muslim, As-Salam, Hadith: 2207)
➋
It is necessary in an Islamic society to provide such individuals who can assist in their essential and important needs, especially physicians and doctors.
➌
One should have confidence in the treatment and method of treatment of a skilled practitioner.
➍
As long as possible, treatment should be started with the mildest method.
If there is no benefit, then the next level should be adopted.
That is, first treatment with diet (ghidha), then with medicine (dawa), first with a single remedy (mufrad), then with a compound remedy (murakkab), then cupping (hijamah), and finally venesection (cutting the vein), and after that, cauterization (dagh dena).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3864
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Cauterization is the very last resort in treatment.
Before this, other methods should certainly be tried; if there is no other recourse, then cauterization is permitted.
The meaning of the prohibition in the aforementioned hadith is precisely this: as far as possible, it should be avoided.
Cauterization is the very last resort in treatment.
Before this, other methods should certainly be tried; if there is no other recourse, then cauterization is permitted.
The meaning of the prohibition in the aforementioned hadith is precisely this: as far as possible, it should be avoided.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3866
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
The "akhal" is the vein which is called "haft andam." In the hand, it is referred to as "akhal." In the thigh, it is called "nasa." If this vein is cut, the bleeding does not stop. Furthermore, for treatment, blood is drawn from it by the method of phlebotomy (fasd) from the head, chest, back, and hands and feet.
(2)
The profession of medicine is a permissible means of livelihood.
(1)
The "akhal" is the vein which is called "haft andam." In the hand, it is referred to as "akhal." In the thigh, it is called "nasa." If this vein is cut, the bleeding does not stop. Furthermore, for treatment, blood is drawn from it by the method of phlebotomy (fasd) from the head, chest, back, and hands and feet.
(2)
The profession of medicine is a permissible means of livelihood.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3493
