Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِمَعْمَرٍ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَاذَا كُنْتِ تَسْتَشْفِينَ قَالَتْ بِالشُّبْرُمِ قَالَ حَارٌّ جَارٌّ ثُمَّ اسْتَشْفَيْتُ بِالسَّنَا قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ يَشْفِي مِنْ الْمَوْتِ كَانَ السَّنَا أَوْ السَّنَا شِفَاءٌ مِنْ الْمَوْتِ.
English Translation
'Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated to us - and I also heard it from 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah - he said: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far, from Zur'ah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from a freedman of Ma'mar al-Taymi, from Asma' bint 'Umays, she said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: With what did you used to seek healing? She said: With shubrum (a purgative plant). He said: Hot and irritating. Then I sought healing with senna. He said: If there were anything that could heal from death, it would be senna - or senna is a cure for everything but death.