Sahih al-Bukhari 5481 (Book 76, Hadith 18)
by `Abd Taiba, to whom he gave two Sa of food and interceded for him with his masters who
consequently reduced what they used to charge him daily. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) s said, “The best
medicines you may treat yourselves with are cupping and sea incense.’ He added, “You should not
torture your children by treating tonsillitis by pressing the tonsils or the palate with the finger, but use
incense.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5481 (Book 76, Hadith 18)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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