Tibb al-Nabawi (الطب النبوي, "Medicine of the Prophet") is a genre of Islamic literature compiling the health-related teachings and reported practices of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ — guidance on diet, hygiene, treatment of illness, and emotional wellbeing drawn from hadith (his recorded sayings and actions) and the Qur'an. This site is a searchable index built on that genre, organized by the ailment someone is actually looking to address rather than by the original books' chapter order.

Primary classical works this index draws on

• Zad al-Ma'ad (زاد المعاد) — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, d. 1350 CE The section known separately as "at-Tibb an-Nabawi" is the most detailed classical commentary on Prophetic medicine, discussing each remedy within the Galenic/humoral medical framework of its era.
• At-Tibb an-Nabawi (الطب النبوي) — Shams ad-Din adh-Dhahabi, d. 1348 CE An earlier, shorter treatise organized by ailment, citing earlier authorities such as Ibn 'Abbas and 'A'ishah.
• Primary hadith collections Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abi Dawud, Sunan al-Tirmidhi — the underlying narrations both commentaries draw from.

How each entry is built

Every entry lists the Arabic hadith text, a plain-English statement of its meaning, its source reference, and its classical grading (Sahih/authenticated, Hasan/good, or Da'if/weak). Weakly-graded narrations are kept in the index and clearly labeled rather than silently dropped, since several remedies well known in popular practice — figs, pomegranate, salt, henna — rest on reports scholars consider weak. Labeling this honestly matters more than presenting a tidier picture.

The Arabic text is reproduced from the primary hadith collections, which are many centuries old and in the public domain. The English "meaning" given for each hadith is an original paraphrase written for this project — not copied from any single published translation — since many modern English translations of these collections are themselves under copyright. Commentary summaries condense, in original wording, what Ibn al-Qayyim and other classical physicians wrote about each remedy's properties and use.

A note on medical use

This is a historical and religious reference, not a clinical resource. Where a remedy carries a real modern safety concern — kohl's heavy-metal content, senna's overuse risk, camel urine's pathogen risk — that caution is stated directly on the entry. None of this replaces diagnosis or treatment from a licensed doctor, and readers dealing with a real health concern should see one.

Corrections

This index was compiled through research rather than transcription of a single physical book, so it will not be exhaustive and may contain errors in sourcing or grading. If you know of a misattributed hadith or a stronger/weaker chain than listed, treat every reference here as a starting point for your own further reading, not a final scholarly verdict.