There is a cure of every illness in eating black seeds and licking honey except for the death, as per several Ahadith.
فِقْهُ الرِّضَا ع، قَالَ أَرْوِي عَنِ الْعَالِمِ ع أَنَّ حَبَّةَ السَّوْدَاءِ مُبَارَكَةٌ يُخْرِجُ الدَّاءَ الدَّفِينَ مِنَ الْبَدَنِ.
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza-asws’ – He said, ‘I am reporting from the scholar-asws: ‘The black seed is Blessed, expelling the underlying illness from the body’’.[1]
وَ عَنْهُ ع أَنَّ حَبَّةَ السَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ وَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعَسَلِ وَ حَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ
And from him-asws: ‘The black seed is a healing from every illness except the poison (death), and upon you is with the honey and the black seed’’.[2]
الطب، طب الأئمة عليهم السلام عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَنِ الْحُمَّى الْغِبِّ الْغَالِبَةِ قَالَ يُؤْخَذُ الْعَسَلُ وَ الشُّونِيزُ وَ يُلْعَقُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثُ لَعْقَاتٍ فَإِنَّهَا تَنْقَلِعُ وَ هُمَا الْمُبَارَكَانِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي الْعَسَلِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِها شَرابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوانُهُ فِيهِ شِفاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ
(The book) ‘Tibb Al Aimma-asws’, may the greetings be upon them-asws – from Al-Hassan Bin Shazan,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws, from Abu Al-Hassan-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws was asked about the predominant fever. He-asws said: ‘Take the honey and the black cumin and like from it three licks from it, for it would be uprooted, and they are both Blessed. And Allah-azwj the Exalted Said regarding the honey: There comes out from their bellies a drink of different colours wherein is healing for the people. [16:69].
وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا السَّامُ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ
And Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘In the black seed, there is a healing from every illness except the poison (death)’. It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! And what is the poison?’ He-saww said: ‘The death!’’
قَالَ وَ هَذَانِ لَا يَمِيلَانِ إِلَى الْحَرَارَةِ وَ الْبُرُودَةِ وَ لَا إِلَى الطَّبَائِعِ إِنَّمَا هُمَا شِفَاءٌ حَيْثُ وَقَعَا.
He-asws said: ‘And these two (honey and black seed) neither incline towards the heat and the cold, nor to the natures, but rather these are a healing wherever they occur’’.[3]
وَ مِنْهُ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْلَى بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنِّي لَأَجِدُ فِي بَطْنِي قراقرا [قَرَاقِرَ] وَ وَجَعاً قَالَ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ فَإِنَّ فِيهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ.
And from him, from Al Qasim Bin Ahmad Bin Ja’far, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Abu Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Ya’la Bin Abu Amro, from Zareeh, who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘I feel rumbling in my abdomen’. He-asws said: ‘And what prevents you from the black seeds, for there is healing in it from every illness except the poison (death)’’.[4]
وَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي هَذِهِ الْحَبَّةِ السَّوْدَاءِ إِنَّ فِيهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا السَّامَ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا السَّامُ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ.
And from Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘In these black seeds, there is a healing in it from every illness except the poison’. It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! And what is the poison?’ He-saww said: ‘The death’’.[5]
وَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: الْحَبَّةُ السَّوْدَاءُ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ هِيَ حَبِيبَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص
And from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘The black seeds are a healing from every illness, and these are beloved of Rasool-Allah-saww’.
فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهَا الْحَرْمَلُ قَالَ لَا هِيَ الشُّونِيزُ فَلَوْ أَتَيْتُ أَصْحَابَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَخْرِجُوا إِلَيَّ حَبِيبَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لَأَخْرَجُوا إِلَيَّ الشُّونِيزَ.
It was said to him-asws, ‘The people are claiming that it is the rue!’ He-asws said: ‘No, it is the cumin. If I were to come to his-saww companions, I-asws would say, ‘Bring out to me the beloved of Rasool-Allah-saww!’ They would have brought out the cumin to me-asws’’.[6]
عَنِ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنِّي أَلْقَى مِنَ الْبَوْلِ شِدَّةٌ فَقَالَ خُذْ مِنَ الشُّونِيزِ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ.
From Al Fazl who said,
‘I complained to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘I am facing severity from the urinating’. He-asws said; ‘Take from the cumin at the end of the night’’.[7]
عَنْهُ، ع قَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الشُّونِيزِ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ فَأَنَا آخُذُهُ لِلْحُمَّى وَ الصُّدَاعِ وَ الرَّمَدِ وَ لِوَجَعِ الْبَطْنِ وَ لِكُلِّ مَا يَعْرِضُ لِي مِنَ الْأَوْجَاعِ يَشْفِينِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ.
From him-asws having said: ‘In the cumin there is healing from every illness. I-asws take it for the fever, and the headache, and the sore eyes, and for the abdominal pain, and for every pain presenting to me-asws, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Heals me-asws by it’’.[8]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 1
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 2
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 3
[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 4
[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 5
[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 8
[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 9
[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V-59 The book of creation – Ch 81 H 10