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Abu Hurairah narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say:

“In black seed there is healing for every disease, except the Sam.” "Sam means death. And black seed is Shuwniz."(Sunan Ibn Majah, English/Arabic reference :Vol. 1, Book 31,Hadith 3447/ Book 31,Hadith 3573).

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:

"Use this black seed. For indeed it contains a cure for every disease except As-Sam" And As-Sam is death" (Jami` at-Tirmidhi,English reference/Arabic : Vol. 4, Book 2, Hadith 2041/ Book 28, Hadith 2176).

It was narrated that Khalid bin Sa’d said:

“We went out and with us was Ghalib bin Abjar. He fell sick along the way, and when we came to Al-Madinah he was sick. Ibn Abu ‘Atiq came to visit him and said to us: ‘You should use this black seed. Take five or seven (seeds) and grind them to a powder, then drop them into his nose with drops of olive oil, on this side and on this side. For ‘Aishah narrated to them that she heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say: “This black seed is a healing for every disease, except the Sam.” I said: “What is the Sam?” He said: “Death. (Sunan Ibn Majah, English/Arabic: reference: Vol. 1, Book 31, Hadith 3449/Book 31,Hadith 3575).

It was narrated that ‘Uthman bin ‘Abdul-Malik said:

“I heard Salim bin ‘Abdullah narrating from his father that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘You should eat this black seed, for in it there is healing from every disease, except the Sam (death)."(Sunan Ibn Majah, English/Arabic reference: Vol. 1, Book 31, Hadith 3448/Book 31, Hadith 3574).

Narrated Khalid bin Sa`d:

"We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way and when we arrived at Medina he was still sick. Ibn Abi 'Atiq came to visit him and said to us, "Treat him with black cumin. Take five or seven seeds and crush them (mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting mixture into both nostrils, for `Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet (saws) saying, 'This black cumin is healing for all diseases except As-Sam.' Aisha said, 'What is As-Sam?' He said, 'Death." (Sahih al-Bukhari 5687:Book 76, Hadith 10).