Chapters on Medicine

Thawban narrated that the Prophet (S.A.W) said: "When one of you suffers from fever - and indeed fever is a piece of the Fire - let him extinguish it with water. Let him stand in a flowing river facing the direction of it and say: Allahummasahfi 'abdaka wa saddik Rasulak ('In the name off Allah. O Allah! Cure your slave and testify to Your Messenger.)' Doing so after Salat As-Subh(Fajr) and before the rising of the sun. Let him submerse himself in it three times, for three days. If he is not cured in three, then five. If he is not cured in five, then seven. If he is not cured in seven, then nine. For indeed it will not remain after nine, with the permission of Allah."

Abu Hazim said: "While I was listening, Sahl bin Sa'd was asked: 'What were the wounds of the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) treated with?' He said: 'None is alive who is more knowledgeable of it than I. 'Ali would come with water in his shield, and Fatimah would use it to wash his blood off,and a mat was burnt for him and his wounds were filled with it(its ashes)."

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) said: "The parable of the ill when he is cured and becomes healthy is that of hail that falls from the heavens in its purity and its color."

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) said: "When one of you visits the ill, then reassure him regarding his lifespan. Indeed that will not repel anything, but it will comfort his soul."

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet(S.A.W) visited a man who was ill, so he said: "Cheer up, for indeed Allah said: 'It is My Fire which I impose upon My sinning slave as his portion of the Fire." (Hasan)Al-Hasan said:"They would hope that the fever that occurred at night would atone for any deficiency caused by sins."