Is the black seed a cure for every disease?

The questioner : Regarding this hadith, it is general. As for the claim that the black seed is a treatment for every illness, well, if that were the case, we would not need to seek doctors or anything else; we would just give any patient a black seed, even in hospitals.

The Shaykh : Do so, do so, believing in this hadith, and you will benefit from it, if Allah wills. Yes.

The questioner : The researcher says here that "al-habibah al-sawda'" is the diminutive of "al-habbah" (the seed), and that it is cumin, which is green, and that the Arabs call green things black.

The Shaykh : No, it is close to cumin; what is available now is close to cumin. Even if you chew it, you taste the flavor of cumin, but there is a difference between cumin and the black seed.