Tradition and Medicine on the Wings of a Fly
This study examines the pre-modern debate surrounding a strange Islamic prophetic tradition (ḥadīṯ) that commands to fully immerse a fly that has fallen into a drink, “for in one of its wings there is poison and in the other a cure”. Studying different discussions of the hadith from the 3th/9th to t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Arabica
Year: 2016, Volume: 63, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 89-117 |
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Fly hadith
Islamic medicine
prophetic medicine
al-ṭibb al-nabawī
Spanish fly
Ibn Qutayba
al-Ǧāḥiẓ
B Hadith de la mouche médecine islamique médecine prophétique al-ṭibb al-nabawī cantharide (mouche espagnole) Ibn Qutayba al-Ǧāḥiẓ |
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