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Chapters on Medicine

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كتاب الطب عن رسول اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

Abu Hurairah (رضئِهللاِتعالیِعنہ) narrated that the Apostle of Allah (صلىِهللاِعليهِوِآلهِوسلم) said, ‘whoever kills himself with (an instrument of) iron, his iron will be in his hand, to continually stab himself in his stomach with it, in the fire of Jahannam, dwelling in that state eternally. And whoever kills himself with poison, then his poison will be in his hand, to continually take it in the Fire of Jahannam, dwelling in that state eternally. And whoever throws himself from a mountain to kill himself, then he will be continually throwing himself in the Fire of Jahannam, dwelling in that state eternally.’ There is another chain for this Hadith from Abu Hurairah (رضئِهللاِتعالیِعنہ), from the Prophet (صلىِهللاِعليهِوِآلهِوسلم) with like the narration of Shu'bah from Al-A'mash. This Hadith is Sahih. It is more correct than the first Hadith. This is how this Hadith was reported, from Al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurairah (رضئِ هللاِ تعالیِ عنہ), from the Prophet (صلىِ هللاِ عليهِ وِ آلهِ وسلم). Muhammad bin Ajlan reported from Sa'id Al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah (رضئِهللاِتعالیِعنہ), that the Prophet (صلىِ هللاِ عليهِ وِ آلهِ وسلم) said, ‘whoever kills himself with poison, he will be punished in the Fire of Jahannam.’ And he did not mention, ‘dwelling in that state eternally.’ And this is how Abu Az-Zinad reported it, from Al-A'raj, from Ab Hurairah (رضئِهللاِتعالیِعنہ), from the Prophet (صلىِهللاِعليهِوِآلهِوسلم). And this is more correct, because these two narrations only provide that the people of Tawhid would be punished in the Fire and then be removed from it, not mentioning that they would abide eternally in it.