What he said to a mother pressing her son's throat
She had brought the boy in already treated.
عَلاَمَ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلاَدَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلاَقِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ
ʿAlāma tadgharna awlādakunna bi-hādha-l-ʿilāq. ʿAlaykum bi-hādha-l-ʿūdi-l-hindiyyi fa-inna fīhi sabʿata ashfiyah
Why do you press on your children like this? Use this Indian aloeswood. There are seven cures in it.
Where this comes from
Umm Qays brought her son in with his throat swollen and she had already pushed on it with her fingers, which was what people did. He stopped her and named something else instead, and said what it should be used for.
The full narration
It was narrated that Umm Qais bint Mihsan said:“I brought a son of mine to the Prophet (ﷺ), and I had pressed on an area of his throat due to tonsillitis. He said: ‘Why do you poke your children with this pressing?’ You should use this aloeswood, for in it there are seven cures. It should be inhaled for pustules in the throat, and given in the side of the mouth for pleurisy.” (Another chain) from Umm Qais bint Mihsan, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording
Source
Sunan Ibn Mājah · 3462
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih - Agreed Upon