صحیح ابن حبان

Ibn Hibban

كتاب الطب

Book of Medicine

ذكر الأمر بالتداوي بالقسط من ذات الجنب-

Command to use costus for pleurisy

1 hadith
Hadith 6070
أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَهُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ ، أَنَّ أُمَّ قَيْسِ بِنْتَ مِحْصَنٍ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الأُوَلِ اللاتِي بَايَعْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهِيَ أُخْتُ عُكَّاشَةَ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ أَخْبَرَتْنِي : أَنَّهَا أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِابْنٍ لَهَا لَمْ يَأْكُلِ الطَّعَامَ ، وَقَدْ أَعْلَقَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " عَلامَ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلادَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الإِعْلاقِ ، عَلَيْكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ يَعْنِي بِهِ : الْكُسْتَ ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ ، مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ " ، الْكُسْتُ : يَعْنِي الْقِسْطَ ، قَالَهُ : الشَّيْخُ .
Sayyida Umm Qais bint Mihsan (may Allah be pleased with her), who was among the early women who migrated and who had the honor of pledging allegiance at the blessed hand of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and who is the sister of Sayyiduna ‘Ukkasha bin Mihsan (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates: She brought her son, who would not eat anything, to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Because of the child’s throat ailment, the woman had pressed his throat. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Why do you cause pain to your children by pressing their throats in this way? Use Indian aloeswood (the narrator says: by this is meant “costus”), for in it there are seven types of healing (i.e., it is a cure for seven diseases), one of which is pleurisy (pneumonia).

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) By “costus” is meant “qist.” This has been stated by the Shaykh.
Hadith Reference صحیح ابن حبان / كتاب الطب / 6070
Hadith Grading فضيلة الشيخ الإمام محمد ناصر الدين الألباني صحيح: ق. فضيلة الشيخ العلّامة شُعيب الأرناؤوط إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم
Hadith Takhrij «رقم طبعة با وزير 6038»