Hadith #479
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَمْرَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَدْفَعُ النَّاسَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَاحْتَبَسْتُ أَيَّامًا
فَقَالَ مَا حَبَسَكَ قُلْتُ الْحُمَّى قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ فَأَبْرِدُوهَا بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ
Isnad Chain
عفان
همام
أبو جمرة
ابن عباس فاحتبست أياما
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, Hammam narrated to us, Abu Jamrah informed us, he said: I used to push people away from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) (to give him space). I was absent for some days, and he said: 'What kept you?' I said: 'Fever.' He said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Fever is from the heat of Hell, so cool it with water — or he said with Zamzam water.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 9, Hadith 479
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2517
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38907