Paradise, where they will be called ‘the Jahannamiyyūn’ (1).
Through this same chain it is reported from Zuhayr, on the authority of his wife—whom he asserted to be trustworthy—that she heard from Mulaykah bint ʿAmr—who, it is said, returned some stray sheep to their owners during the caliphate of ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab—that Mulaykah prescribed for her, as a remedy for an ailment she was suffering, cow ghee. She added, ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Its milk is a healing, its fat a medicine, and its meat a disease.”’ (2)
27 – Zuhayr ibn Muhammad, Abū al-Mundhir al-Tamīmī * (ʿAyn)
The ḥāfiẓ and hadith scholar, Abū al-Mundhir al-Marwazī al-Kharaqī—pronounced with two short “a” vowels—originated from the village of Kharaq in Khurasan. He resided first in Syria and later in Mecca. Others maintained that he was from Herat.
He narrated from Mūsā ibn Wardān al-Miṣrī—an associate of Abū Hurayrah—and from Ibn Abī
(1) Ahmad recorded it (3/325–326) through the chain of Abu al-Nadr → Ibn Zuhayr → Abu al-Zubayr → Jabir.
The phrase imhtashu means “they were burned.”
Al-tha‘arir are small cucumbers; the comparison is made because cucumbers grow very quickly.
(2) The identity of Zuhayr’s wife is unknown, as is that of Malikah. Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr cites the report in al-Istiyʿab, no. 3497, and al-Hafiz repeats it in al-Isabah, no. 1010 (Women’s section). Abu Dawud included it in al-Marasil, Ibn Mundah supplied a connected chain, and it has also reached us with a higher isnad. A supporting narration from Ibn Masʿud, raised to the Prophet, states: “Make use of cows’ milk, for it is a remedy, and their fat, for it is a cure; but beware of their meat, for their meat is a disease.” Al-Hakim declared the hadith sound and al-Dhahabi concurred, yet some scholars objected, noting that in the authentic collections the Prophet ﷺ sacrificed cows on behalf of his wives, and he would not draw near to Allah with something harmful.
Al-Hakim also relates in al-Mustadrak (4/197), with a good chain, from Ibn Masʿud: “Allah has not sent down an illness without sending down for it a cure, except old age; therefore drink cows’ milk, for they graze on every kind of plant.”
(*) Further bibliographic references: al-Tarikh al-Kabir 3/427–428; al-Tarikh al-Saghir 2/149; al-Duʿafaʾ by al-ʿUqayli 145–146; al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil 3/589; Mashahir ʿUlamaʾ al-Amsar, no. 1473; Muʿjam al-Buldan 2/360; Tahdhib al-Kamal 438–439; Mizaan al-Iʿtidal 2/84; Tadhhib al-Tahdhib 1/40/2; al-ʿIbar 1/239; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 3/348; Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal 123; Tahdhib Ibn ʿAsakir 5/394–395.