2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from ‘Abd ‘Abd al-’Aziz al-Muhtadiy in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘Everyone has a vein of leprosy, so you should dissolve it with turnips.’ ”

3. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Ya‘qub ibn Yazid from Yahya ibn al-Mubarak [from ‘Abd Allah ibn al- Mubarak] from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jabalah from Ali ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan or abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, ‘Everyone has a vein of leprosy so you should dissolve it with turnips.’”

4. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from al-Hassan ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Sinan from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘You must eat turnips and continue to do so. You must keep it a secret except from its people; all people have a vein of leprosy so you must dissolve it with turnips.’”