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If A Fly Falls Into A Vessel

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Darussalam · Volume 5

41. The Book Of Al-Fara'[1] And Al-'Aṭirah[2]

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الحديث: 4262 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 178

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4267. It was narrated from Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudrî that the Prophet ﷺ said: "If a fly falls into the vessel of one of you, let him dip it in." (Hasan)

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4262 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا وَقَعَ الذُّبَابُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَمْقُلْهُ»

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1. 'Let him dip it in': Of course, if it is immersed, it is likely to die (especially when the food is hot). Thus, we learn that in the case of the fly, etc., the drink does not become polluted if they die in it. 2. In another version, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ explained that in one of the fly's wings is disease, in the other is a cure. When it falls into anything, the fly dips its wing containing disease. You, therefore, immerse the other wing also, so that it would work as a cure or antidote against that disease.