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Are the hadiths, "You should use the black seed, for indeed therein is healing for every disease except death (al-saam)," and "I am the grandfather of every pious person," authentic?

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The first is authentic, found in the two collections and others. Its wording, narrated by Khalid ibn Sa'd, is: "Upon you is this black seed (nigella sativa). Take five or seven of them, crush them, then drop oil into his nose, a few drops on this side and a few on that side. Indeed, 'Aisha narrated to me that she heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: 'Indeed, this black seed is a cure for every disease except for al-Sam.' I asked: 'What is al-Sam?' He replied: 'Death.'" In Muslim's narration: "Indeed, in the black seed there is a cure for every disease except al-Sam. And al-Sam is death." As for the second hadith, Sheikh Al-Albani mentioned it in "Al-Silsilah al-Da'ifah" (The Chain of Weak Narrations) and said: "It has no basis."

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