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2038. Usāmah bin Sharik said: "Some bedouins asked: 'O Messenger of Allāh ﷺ shall we treat (our ill)?' He said: 'Yes, O worshippers of Allāh! Use remedies. For indeed Allāh did not make a disease but He made a cure for it' - or - 'a remedy. Except for one disease.' they said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! What is it?' He said: 'Old age.'" (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ūd, Abū Hurairah, Abū Khizāmah from his father, and Ibn 'Abbās.
This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh.
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Old age is incurable since it is prelude to death, and death is an absolute reality. That is why according to some other narrations, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is reported to have named “death” (instead of old age) which defies all treatment or healing. (See no. 2041)
