Salma, who used to serve the Prophet ﷺ, reported through her grandson, "Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ suffered a sore or an injury, he would instruct me to apply henna to it."In another narration, "No one ever complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of a pain in his head except that he told him, 'Have yourself cupped,' and no one complained of pain in his feet except that he told him, 'Dye them with henna.'"
عن جدته سلمى وكانت تخدم النبي ﷺ قالت: ما كان يكون برسول الله ﷺ قرحة ولا نكبة إلا أمرني رسول الله ﷺ أن أضع عليها الحناء. وفي رواية: ما كان أحد يشتكي إلى رسول الله ﷺ وجعا في رأسه إلا قال: احتجم. ولا وجعا في رجليه إلا قال: اخضبهما
Abu Dawud (3858), Tirmidhi (2054), Ibn Majah (3502), Ahmad (27617), and Hakim (4/40) all narrated it through the route of Faid, the freed slave of Ubaydullah bin Ali, from his patron Ubaydullah bin Ali bin Abu Rafi, from his grandmother Salma, who related it.Except that Ahmad narrated it from Ayub bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Rafi, from his grandmother Salma, who related it.In some of the narrations it appears as Ali bin Ubaydullah bin Abu Rafi, but the correct form is Ubaydullah bin Ali bin Abu Rafi, as Tirmidhi stated, and he said, "hasan gharib."I say, it is as he said, for there is some minor criticism of Ubaydullah bin Ali bin Abu Rafi, but he was corroborated by Ayub bin Hasan, who is acceptable for purposes of corroboration. Ibn Hibban deemed him trustworthy, while Azdi said his hadith is rejected. He is among the men listed in Tajil, where a scribal error occurred in Husayni's account, which Hafidh pointed out.