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Sahih Muslim 2217aصحيح مسلم 2217a
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَخِي اسْتَطْلَقَ بَطْنُهُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً " . فَسَقَاهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقَيْتُهُ عَسَلاً فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ اسْتِطْلاَقًا . فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ " اسْقِهِ عَسَلاً " . فَقَالَ لَقَدْ سَقَيْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ اسْتِطْلاَقًا . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ " . فَسَقَاهُ فَبَرَأَ .
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and told him that his brother's bowels were loose. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Give him honey. So he gave him that and then came and said: I gave him honey but it has only made his bowels more loose. He said this three times; and then he came the fourth time, and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Give him honey. He said: I did give him, but it has only made his bowels more loose, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Allah has spoken the truth and your brother's bowels are in the wrong. So he made him drink (honey) and he was recovered.
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Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن المثنى بن عبيد ← محمد بن جعفر ← شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد ← قتادة بن دعامة بن قتادة ← علي بن داود ← سعد بن مالك بن سنان
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna ibn Ubayd → Muhammad ibn Ja'far → Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj ibn al-Ward → Qatada ibn Di'ama ibn Qatada → Ali ibn Dawud → Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri