Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim

Allah has spoken the truth, and your brother's abdomen has lied. Let him drink honey

عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه أنَّ رجلًا أتى النبيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: أخي يَشْتكي بطنَه، فقال: «اسْقِه عَسَلًا» ثم أتى الثانيةَ، فقال: «اسْقِه عَسَلًا» ثم أتاه الثالثةَ فقال: «اسْقِه عَسَلًا» ثم أتاه فقال: قد فعلتُ؟ فقال: «صدق اللهُ، وكذب بطنُ أخيك، اسْقِه عَسَلًا» فسقاه فبرأ.

Explanation

A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and told him that his brother was suffering from an abdominal disorder. Other narrations of this Hadīth mention that this disorder was diarrhea. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to give his brother honey to drink, so he gave him some but he did not recover.

He went to the Prophet again, and the Prophet ordered him to make him drink honey again, and he did, but his brother did not recover. Then he went to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) for the third time and the same thing happened. On the fourth time, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: ''Allah has spoken the truth and your brother's abdomen has lied. Let him drink honey." The Prophet's statement has two possible interpretations: 1.

He was informed about a matter of the unseen through revelation, that the cure for the man's disorder is to drink honey, so he repeatedly ordered him to drink honey so that what he was promised through revelation would come true. 2. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was referring to the Qur'anic verse about honey: {in it is a cure for mankind} [Sūrat An-Nahl: 69], and he knew that this type of sickness can be cured by drinking honey.

Hence, when he ordered him for the fourth time to make his brother drink honey, the man did so and his brother was cured with the permission of Allah, the Almighty.

Source

صحيح البخاري، نشر: دار طوق النجاة (مصورة عن السلطانية بإضافة ترقيم محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي)، الطبعة: الأولى، 1422ه. صحيح مسلم، تحقيق: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، نشر: دار إحياء التراث العربي – بيروت. كشف المشكل من حديث الصحيحين، لجمال الدين أبي الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي بن محمد الجوزي، المحقق: علي حسين البواب، الناشر: دار الوطن – الرياض. شرح صحيح البخاري لابن بطال، تحقيق: أبي تميم ياسر بن إبراهيم، نشر: مكتبة الرشد، الرياض-السعودية، الطبعة: الثانية 1423ه، 2003م. معجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة، للدكتور أحمد مختار عبد الحميد عمر بمساعدة فريق عمل، الناشر: عالم الكتب، الطبعة: الأولى، 1429 هـ - 2008 م. - صفات الله عز وجل الواردة في الكتاب والسنة : علوي بن عبد القادر السَّقَّاف دار الهجرة الطبعة : الثالثة ، 1426 هـ - 2006 م.
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