Treating fever

74 hadith

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Fever comes from the intense heat of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  الأعظمي 11617Sahih

• Thawban reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "When fever afflicts one of you, fever is a portion of the Fire, so let him extinguish it from himself with cold water. Let him face a flowing river, facing the current of the water, and say, 'In the name of Allah.…

  أحمد 22425Daif

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever is from the blazing heat of Hell, so cool it with water."

  الأعظمي 11616Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the intense heat of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  أحمد 4719Sahih

• Thawban reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "When fever afflicts one of you, fever is a portion of the Fire, so let him extinguish it from himself with water. Let him immerse himself in a flowing river, facing its current, and say, 'In the name of Allah. O Allah,…

  الترمذي 2084Daif

• Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever is from the blast of Hellfire, so cool it down with Zamzam water."

  الأعظمي 5223Sahih

• Abu Bashir reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said regarding fever, "Cool it down with water, for it comes from the blast of Hellfire."

  الأعظمي 11618Hasan

• Abu Jamra reported,

  I used to sit with Ibn Abbas in Mecca when a fever took hold of me. He said, "Cool it down with Zamzam water, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Fever is from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with water,'" or he said, "with Zamzam water."

  الأعظمي 11604Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the blazing heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  الأعظمي 11614Sahih

• Abu Jamra reported,

  I used to keep the people away from Ibn Abbas, but I was absent for several days. He asked, "What kept you away?" I replied, "Fever." He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Fever is from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with water,' or…

  الأعظمي 10617Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you feel the onset of fever, cool it down with cold water."

  أحمد 6010Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Fever is from the blast of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  أحمد 17266Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  مالك 1819Sahih

• Ibn Abu Bashir reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said regarding fever, "Cool it down with water, for it comes from the blazing heat of Hell."

  أحمد 21886Daif

• Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited Umm Saaib, or Umm Musayyab, and asked, "What is the matter with you, Umm Saaib," or "Umm Musayyab, that you are shivering?" She replied, "It is the fever, may Allah not bless it." He said, "Do not curse the…

  الأعظمي 3485Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with water," or, "extinguish it with water."

  أحمد 5576Sahih

• Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited Umm Saaib, or Umm Musayyab, and asked, "What is the matter with you, Umm Saaib," or "Umm Musayyab, that you are shivering?" She replied, "It is the fever, may Allah not bless it." He said, "Do not curse the…

  مسلم 6570Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Fever is a surge from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  مسلم 5759Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Fever is from the surging heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  أحمد 15810Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the blazing heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  البخاري 3264Sahih

• Anas bin Malik reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When any of you has a fever, let him pour water over himself for three nights at the time before dawn."

  الأعظمي 11619Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  أحمد 6183Sahih

• Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited Umm Saaib, or Umm Musayyab, and asked, "What is wrong with you, Umm Saaib, or Umm Musayyab, that you are shivering?" She replied, "It is the fever, may Allah not bless it!" He said, "Do not curse the fever,…

  الأعظمي 3409Sahih

• Abu Jamra reported,

  I used to keep people away from Ibn Abbas, and once I was absent for several days. He asked, "What kept you away?" I replied, "Fever." He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Fever is from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with Zamzam…

  أحمد 2649Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the blazing heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  البخاري 5725Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the heat of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  مسلم 5754Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever, or the intensity of fever, is from the blast of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  أحمد 24228Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The intensity of fever is from the blaze of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  ابن ماجه 3472Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Fever comes from the blast of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  البخاري 5726Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so cool it down with water." He then visited a son of Ammar and said, "Remove the affliction, Lord of mankind, God of mankind."

  ابن ماجه 3473Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Fever comes from the intense heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  البخاري 3262Sahih

• Urwa bin Zubayr reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the blazing heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  مالك 1818Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever is from the blast of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  ابن ماجه 3471Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the blazing heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  البخاري 3263Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever is from the surge of the Fire, so cool it down with water."

  الترمذي 2073Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever, or the intensity of fever, comes from the blast of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  أحمد 24229Sahih

• Abu Jamra reported,

  I used to sit with Ibn Abbas in Mecca when a fever overtook me. He said, "Cool it down with Zamzam water, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Fever comes from the blast of Hell, so cool it with water,'" or he said, "with Zamzam water."…

  البخاري 3261Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the intense heat of Hellfire, so cool it down with water." Nafi said that Abdullah used to say, "Remove this torment from us."

  البخاري 5723Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever is from the blast of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  مسلم 5755Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the blazing heat of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  مسلم 5751Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the heat of Hellfire, so cool it down with water."

  مسلم 5753Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the intense heat of Hell, so cool it down with water." Ibrahim said, "I did not hear anything from Hisham except this one hadith."

  أحمد 24598Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the blast of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  مسلم 5756Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever is from the blast of Hell, so cool it down with water." Harun bin Ishaq narrated to us, Abdah narrated to us, from Hisham bin Urwa, from Fatimah bint Munzir, from Asma bint Abu Bakr, from the Prophet ﷺ,…

  الترمذي 2074Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Fever wipes away sins just as a tree sheds its leaves."

  الأعظمي 3415Hasan

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  Fever was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and a man cursed it. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not curse it, for it removes sins just as fire removes the impurities of iron."

  ابن ماجه 3469Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The intensity of fever is from the blast of Hell, so cool it down with water."

  مسلم 5752Sahih

• Rafi bin Khadij reported,

  I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Fever is from the boiling heat of Hell, so cool it from yourselves with water." Abu Bakr did not mention "from yourselves," and he said, "Rafi bin Khadij informed me."

  مسلم 5760Sahih

• Hasan Basri reported,

  They used to hope that a single night of fever would serve as expiation for what had been accumulated of sins.

  الترمذي 2089Daif

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fever is a blast from the furnace of Hell, so drive it away from yourselves with cold water."

  ابن ماجه 3475Hasan

• Asma bint Abu Bakr reported,

  A woman suffering from fever would be brought to her, and she would call for water and pour it into the opening of the woman's garment, saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Cool it with water," and he said, "It comes from the heat of…

  مسلم 5758Sahih

• Asma bint Abu Bakr reported,

  A woman suffering from fever would be brought to her, and she would call for water and pour it into the woman's collar, saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Cool it down with water,' and he said, 'It comes from the heat of Hell.'"

  مسلم 5757Sahih

• Asma bint Abu Bakr reported,

  Whenever a woman suffering from fever was brought to her so that she might pray for her, she would take water and pour it between the woman and the opening of her garment. She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command us to cool fever…

  البخاري 5724Sahih

• Asma bint Abu Bakr reported,

  When a woman with fever was brought to her so that she might pray for her, she would pour water between the woman and her collar and say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to cool it with water, and he said that it is from the blast of…

  أحمد 26926Sahih

• Abu Umama reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever is a blast from the furnace of Hell, so whatever of it afflicts the believer is his share of Hell."

  أحمد 22274Daif

• Abu Umama reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fever comes from the bellows of Hell, so whatever of it afflicts the believer is his share of the Fire."

  أحمد 22165Hasan

• Asma bint Abu Bakr reported,

  She would have a woman suffering from fever brought to her, then she would call for water and pour it into the woman's collar, saying that the Prophet ﷺ had said, "Cool it with water," and he said, "It is from the blast of Hellfire."

  ابن ماجه 3474Sahih

• Abdul-Rahman bin Azhar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The likeness of the believing servant when illness or fever strikes him is like that of a piece of iron placed in the fire. Its impurities are removed, and its purity remains."

  الأعظمي 3420Hasan

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever drinks from a silver vessel is only pouring the fire of Hell into his belly."

  ابن ماجه 3415Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said about the one who drinks from a silver vessel, "He is but gulping the fire of Hell into his belly."

  أحمد 24662Sahih