Section: Black Seed
128. Hadiths About Black Seed And Black Seed Oil
IntroductionBlack Seed Is A Plant. People Have Used The Seed To Make Medicine For Over 2000 Years. It Was Even Discovered In The Tomb Of King Tut.historically, Black Seed Has Been Used For Headache, Toothache, Nasal Congestion, And Intestinal Worms. It Has Also Been Used For “pink Eye” (conjunctivitis), Pockets Of Infection (abscesses), And Parasites.today, Black Seed Is Used For Treating Digestive Tract Conditions Including Gas, Colic, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Constipation, And Hemorrhoids. It Is Also Used For Respiratory Conditions Including Asthma, Allergies, Cough, Bronchitis, Emphysema, Flu, Swine Flu, And Congestion.
Hadiths About Black Seed And Black Seed OilMentioned By The Holy Prophet (ﷺ), " Hold On To The Use Of The Black Seed For Indeed It Has A Remedy For Every Disease Except Death" [al-bukhari And Muslim]"Hold On," Indicates A Long-term Use - Hadith (Sayings Of The Prophet (ﷺ) Narrated By His Companions.)narrated Khalid Bin Saad (ra): We Went Out And Ghalib Bin Abjar Was Accompanying Us. He Fell Ill On The Way And When We Arrived At Medina He Was Still Sick. Ibn Abi 'atiq Came To Visit Him And Said To Us, "treat Him With Black Cumin. Take Five Or Seven Seeds And Crush Them (mix The Powder With Oil) And Drop The Resulting Mixture Into Both Nostrils, For `aisha Has Narrated To Me That She Heard The Prophet (ﷺ) Saying, 'this Black Cumin Is Healing For All Diseases Except As-sam.' Aisha Said, 'what Is As-sam?' He Said, 'death." [sahih Bukhari: 5687]narrated Abu Huraira (ra): I Heard Allah's Apostle Saying, "there Is Healing In Black Cumin For All Diseases Except Death." [jami` At-tirmidhi: 2041]salim Bin Abdullah (ra) Narrates With Reference To His Father Hazrat Abdullah Bin Omar (ra) That Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) Said, "let Fall These Black Seeds Upon You, These Contain Cure For All Diseases Except Death." [ibn Majah: 3448]the Same Narration Is Found In Sanad-e-ahmed From Hazrat Aisha (ra) And In Ibn-al-jozi And Trimizi From Abu Huraira (ra). Hazrat Buraida Narrates That Prophet Muhammad (sws) Stated - "shooneez Is Cure For All Ailments Except Death." [ibn Majah: 3449]it Is Stated In The Books Of Seerat That Nabi-e-akram (ﷺ) Himself Used To Take Blackseed For Therapeutic Purpose But With The Syrup Of Honey.khalid Bin Saad States That He Was Travelling With Ghalib Bin Jabr, When He Fell Ill During The Journey. Ibn Abi Ateeq (nephew Of Hazrat Aisha (ra) Came To Meet Us. On Seeing The Patient, He Took 5 Or 7 Seeds Of Kalonji And Ground It, Mixed It In Olive Oil And Dropped In Both Nostrils, Hazrat Aisha (ra) Told Us That Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) Stated That There Was Cure In Blackseed For All Ailments Except Sam. I Asked Him, What Was Sam? He Said "death". Ghalib Bin Jabr Became Healthy With That Treatment. [sahih Bukhari: 5687]
Hadiths About Black Seed And Black Seed OilMentioned By The Holy Prophet (ﷺ), " Hold On To The Use Of The Black Seed For Indeed It Has A Remedy For Every Disease Except Death" [al-bukhari And Muslim]"Hold On," Indicates A Long-term Use - Hadith (Sayings Of The Prophet (ﷺ) Narrated By His Companions.)narrated Khalid Bin Saad (ra): We Went Out And Ghalib Bin Abjar Was Accompanying Us. He Fell Ill On The Way And When We Arrived At Medina He Was Still Sick. Ibn Abi 'atiq Came To Visit Him And Said To Us, "treat Him With Black Cumin. Take Five Or Seven Seeds And Crush Them (mix The Powder With Oil) And Drop The Resulting Mixture Into Both Nostrils, For `aisha Has Narrated To Me That She Heard The Prophet (ﷺ) Saying, 'this Black Cumin Is Healing For All Diseases Except As-sam.' Aisha Said, 'what Is As-sam?' He Said, 'death." [sahih Bukhari: 5687]narrated Abu Huraira (ra): I Heard Allah's Apostle Saying, "there Is Healing In Black Cumin For All Diseases Except Death." [jami` At-tirmidhi: 2041]salim Bin Abdullah (ra) Narrates With Reference To His Father Hazrat Abdullah Bin Omar (ra) That Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) Said, "let Fall These Black Seeds Upon You, These Contain Cure For All Diseases Except Death." [ibn Majah: 3448]the Same Narration Is Found In Sanad-e-ahmed From Hazrat Aisha (ra) And In Ibn-al-jozi And Trimizi From Abu Huraira (ra). Hazrat Buraida Narrates That Prophet Muhammad (sws) Stated - "shooneez Is Cure For All Ailments Except Death." [ibn Majah: 3449]it Is Stated In The Books Of Seerat That Nabi-e-akram (ﷺ) Himself Used To Take Blackseed For Therapeutic Purpose But With The Syrup Of Honey.khalid Bin Saad States That He Was Travelling With Ghalib Bin Jabr, When He Fell Ill During The Journey. Ibn Abi Ateeq (nephew Of Hazrat Aisha (ra) Came To Meet Us. On Seeing The Patient, He Took 5 Or 7 Seeds Of Kalonji And Ground It, Mixed It In Olive Oil And Dropped In Both Nostrils, Hazrat Aisha (ra) Told Us That Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) Stated That There Was Cure In Blackseed For All Ailments Except Sam. I Asked Him, What Was Sam? He Said "death". Ghalib Bin Jabr Became Healthy With That Treatment. [sahih Bukhari: 5687]
129. Are There Any Guidelines Or Conditions With Regard To Using The Black Seed?
al-bukhaari (5688) And Muslim (2215) Narrated From Abu Hurayrah (RA) That He Heard The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Say Concerning The Black Seed: “in It There Is Healing For Every Disease, Except As-saam.” Ibn Shihaab Said: As-saam Is Death.there Are Two Scholarly Views Concerning The Words “healing From Every Disease”. It Was Suggested That It Is To Be Understood According To The General Meaning, So It Includes All Diseases, Or That It Is General In Wording But Specific In Meaning, So What Is Meant Is Some Diseases.al-haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah Have Mercy On Him) Said: it Was Said That The Words “every Disease” Refer To Every Disease That Could Be Treated With It, Because It Is Beneficial In The Case Of Cold Diseases; As For Hot Diseases, It Is Not. al-khattaabi Said: the Words “from Every Disease” Are General Terms But What Is Meant By Them Is Something Specific, Because There Is No Medicine Made From Plants That Could Be Used To Treat All Diseases; Rather What Is Meant Is That It Is Healing For Every Disease That Is Caused By Moisture.abu Bakr Ibn Al-‘arabi Said: according To Physicians, Honey Is More Likely To Be A Remedy For Every Disease Than The Black Seed. Nevertheless, There Are Some Diseases That If A Person Drinks Honey, It Will Make Matters Worse. If What Is Meant By The Description Of Honey As Something “wherein Is Healing For Men” [an-nahl 16:69] Is That It Is Healing For Most Diseases, Then It Is More Appropriate To Say That With Regard To The Black Seed. End Quote.ibn Al-qayyim (may Allah Have Mercy On Him) Said: the Words “healing From Every Disease” Are Like The Verse In Which Allah, May He Be Exalted, Says (interpretation Of The Meaning): “destroying Everything By The Command Of Its Lord” [al-ahqaaf 46:25]. That Is, It (the Storm Or Wind Referred To In The Previous Verse) Destroyed Everything That Could Be Destroyed, And The Like. End Quote. zaad Al-ma‘aad (4/297) shaykh Abu Muhammad Ibn Abi Jamrah Said: Some People Commented On This Hadith And Made Its General Statements Specific, Referring It To The Views Of People Who Have Medical Experience, But The One Who Says That Is Obviously Mistaken, Because If We Believe The Physicians – Whose Knowledge Is Based On Experience, The Foundation Of Which Is What Is Most Likely To Be Right – Then To Believe The One Who Does Not Speak On The Basis Of His Whims And Desires [i.e., The Prophet (ﷺ)] Is More Appropriate [than Believing The Doctors]. end Quote From Al-fath (10/145). al-karmaani Said: it May Be That The General Meaning Is The Intended Meaning, That It May Bring Healing For All Diseases, But That Is On Condition That It Is Put Together With Other Ingredients, And There Should Be No Haraam Component. Rather The General Meaning Of The Text Must Be What Is Intended, Because The Fact That An Exception Is Mentioned Indicates That It Is General In Application. The Prophet (ﷺ) Said It Intending That General Meaning; The Evidence For That Is The Fact That He Made An Exception. Therefore We Must Accept That It Is General In Meaning. End Quote. ‘umdat Al-qaari (31/301)the Fact That The General Meaning Is What Was Intended Is Obvious, Because The Wording Indicates That. It Is Also Indicated By The Exception In The Phrase “except As-saam (death).” If The General Meaning Had Not Been Intended, There Would Have Been No Need To Mention The Exception. The Fact That An Exception Is Made For Death Indicates That For All Other Diseases, Black Seed May Be Useful As A Remedy, But That Is Dependent Upon There Being No Impediment And Upon The Conditions Being Met.shaykh Al-islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah Have Mercy On Him) Said: just Taking Appropriate Means And Measures Does Not Necessarily Lead To The Expected Results. If Rain Falls And Seeds Sprout, That Is Not Sufficient For Vegetation To Grow; Rather It Is Also Essential That There Be Fecundating Winds, By Allah’s Leave, And It Is Essential That There Be An Absence Of Impediments. It Is Essential For All Conditions To Be Met And All Impediments To Be Absent, And All Of That Happens By The Will And Decree Of Allah.a Child Is Not Born As The Result Of Merely Depositing Semen In The Vagina. How Often That Happens, But No Child Is Born. Indeed It Is Essential That Allah Should Will To Create The Child, Then The Woman Conceives, Then The Embryo Begins To Grow In The Uterus, And All Other Conditions That Are Needed, And The Impediments That Must Be Absent, For The Creation Of A Child. End Quote. majmoo‘ Al-fataawa (8/70) shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah Have Mercy On Him) Said: many People Do Not Benefit From The Means And Measures, Or From Ruqyah Done By Reciting Qur’an Or Other Words, Because The Conditions Are Not Met And The Impediments Are Not Absent. If Every Sick Person Could Be Healed By Means Of Ruqyah Or Medical Treatment, No One Would Die. But It Is Allah, May He Be Glorified, In Whose Hand Is Control Of Healing. If He Wills That, He Makes The Means Thereof Easily Available, And If He Does Not Will That, The Means Will Be To No Avail. End Quote. majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (8/61)al-haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah Have Mercy On Him) Stated That The Way To Treat Disease Using The Black Seed Varies From One Disease To Another, And He Said: what Is Meant By This Seed Being A Healing For Every Disease Is That It Should Not Be Used On Its Own; Rather It May Be Used On Its Own Or With Other Ingredients. It May Be Used Ground Up Or Otherwise, And It May Be Eaten, Drunk, Used Like Snuff, Applied As A Poultice, And In Other Ways. end Quote From Al-fath (10/144). the Ways In Which It Is Used Vary According To What People Of Experience And Knowledge Suggest, Or What Modern Medical Research Suggests, Based On Experience And On The Properties Of The Black Seed And Its Effect On Disease. al-bukhaari (5687) Narrated That Khaalid Ibn Sa‘d Said: We Went Out, And Ghaalib Ibn Abjar Was With Us, And He Fell Sick. When We Came To Madinah He Was Still Sick. Ibn Abi ‘ateeq Visited Him And Said To Us: You Should Use This Little Black Seed: Take Five Or Seven Of Them And Grind Them, Then Mix It With Olive Oil And Put Drops In His Nose, On This Side, And On This Side, For ‘aa’ishah Told Me That She Heard The Prophet (ﷺ) Say: “this Black Seed Is A Healing For Every Disease Except As-saam.” I Said: What Is As-saam? He Said: Death. based On That, There Is Nothing Wrong With Stipulating That The Black Seed Should Be Taken In A Particular Manner, According To The Type Of Sickness, On Condition That This Method Is Proven To Be Beneficial, Either From Experience Or On The Basis Of Scientific Research.as For Stipulating That Soorat Al-ikhlaas Should Be Recited Three Times, Or That A Particular Du‘aa’ (supplication) Should Be Recited, There Is No Basis For Such Stipulations.