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Hadith question - Branding

Q:

1. Kindly advise me if the following Hadith is authentic and if possible, the source of the hadith: Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet said, "Healing is in three things: cupping, a gulp of honey or cauterization, (branding with fire) but I forbid my followers to use cauterization (branding with fire)."

2. What is the ruling regarding the use of branding as a form of treatment?

Hadith related questions

Q:

1. Can you give me a dua for protection from hypocrisy (nifaq) and disbelief (kufr). I found the dua for them myself but I don't know if they are genuine or not.

2. Ss this dua genuine "Allaahumma inni as’aluka al-Firdaws al-A‘la min al-Jannah"?

3. I red hadith that out of 100 only 1 will enter Jannah and rest 99 will enter hellfire, does this means most or vast majority of people will have no chance of entering Jannah?

4. If someone tried to seduce some people using techniques but now he realised he made mistake, what does he needs to do to get his sin forgiven?

Hadith question

Q: Are the following Hadiths a fabrication or are they authentic? Please also provide a reference.

1. "Rajab is Allah's month, Sha'baan is my month and Ramadaan is the month of my Ummah."

2. "Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave."