BOOK 27. THE BOOKOF MEDICINE

English translation

3855. It was narrated that Usāmah bin Sharik said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions (were sitting) as if there were birds on their heads.[1] I greeted him with Salām then I sat down. The Bedouin came from here and there, and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, should we seek medical treatment?' He said: 'Seek medical treatment, for Allāh has not created any disease but He has also created a remedy for it, except for one disease: Old age.'" (Sahih)

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3855 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ، فَسَلَّمْتُ ثُمَّ قَعَدْتُ، فَجَاءَ الْأَعْرَابُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنَتَدَاوَى؟ فَقَالَ: «تَدَاوَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يَضَعْ دَاءً إِلَّا وَضَعَ لَهُ دَوَاءً، غَيْرَ دَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ الْهَرَمُ»

English translation

3856. It was narrated that Umm Al-Mundhir bint Qais Al- Anṣāriyyah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered upon me, accompanied by 'Ali, while 'Ali was recovering from an illness. We had a bunch of ripe dates that were hung up, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood up and began to eat some of them. 'Ali got up to eat too, but the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to 'Ali: "Stop! You are recovering," and 'Ali stopped. I made some barley and greens and brought it, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'O 'Ali, eat some of this, for it is better for you.'" (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: Hārūn said: "Abū Dāwūd said: 'Al-'Adawiyah.'"[1]

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3856 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ، - وَهَذَا لَفْظُ أَبِي عَامِرٍ - عَنْ فُلَيْحِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ أُمِّ الْمُنْذِرِ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام، وَعَلِيٌّ نَاقِهٌ وَلَنَا دَوَالِي مُعَلَّقَةٌ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ لِيَأْكُلَ، فَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ: «مَهْ إِنَّكَ نَاقِهٌ» حَتَّى كَفَّ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام، قَالَتْ: وَصَنَعْتُ شَعِيرًا وَسِلْقًا، فَجِئْتُ بِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «يَا عَلِيُّ أَصِبْ مِنْ هَذَا فَهُوَ أَنْفَعُ لَكَ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «قَالَ هَارُونُ الْعَدَوِيَّةَ»

English translation

3857. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If there is any good in the things that you use for medical treatment, it is in cupping." (Hasan)

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3857 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرِةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ خَيْرٌ فَالْحِجَامَةُ»

English translation

3858. It was narrated that Salmā, the servant of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, said: "No one complained to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ of a pain in the head but he would say: 'Treat it with cupping,' or of a pain in his feet, but he would say: 'Dye them.'"[1] (Da'if)

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3858 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَزِيرِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَوَالِي، حَدَّثَنَا فَائِدٌ، مَوْلَى عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ مَوْلَاهُ، عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ سَلْمَى خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ: " مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَشْتَكِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَجَعًا فِي رَأْسِهِ إِلَّا قَالَ: احْتَجِمْ، وَلَا وَجَعًا فِي رِجْلَيْهِ، إِلَّا قَالَ اخْضِبْهُمَا "

English translation

3859. It was narrated from Abū Kabshah Al-Anmārī that Kathīr said: "The Prophet ﷺ was treated with cupping on the top of his head and between his shoulders. He used to say: 'Anyone who pours out some of this blood will not be harmed, if he seeks no other kind of medical treatment for any problem.'"[1] (Da'if)

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3859 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، وَكَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، عَنِ ابْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ الْأَنْمَارِيِّ، - قَالَ: كَثِيرٌ إِنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ -: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَحْتَجِمُ عَلَى هَامَتِهِ، وَبَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ أَهْرَاقَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الدِّمَاءِ، فَلَا يَضُرُّهُ أَنْ لَا يَتَدَاوَى بِشَيْءٍ لِشَيْءٍ»

English translation

3860. It was narrated from Jarīr, meaning Ibn Hāzim: "Qatādah informed us, from Anas, that the Prophet ﷺ was treated with cupping three times in the veins at the side of the neck and between the shoulder blades." (Da'if) Ma'mar said: "I was treated with cupping, then I lost my mind so much so that I had to be prompted to recite Al-Fātiḥah in my prayer." He was treated with cupping on the top of his head.

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3860 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَازِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ: «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ احْتَجَمَ ثَلَاثًا فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ، وَالْكَاهِلِ» قَالَ مُعَمَّرٌ: «احْتَجَمْتُ فَذَهَبَ عَقْلِي حَتَّى كُنْتُ أُلَقَّنُ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ فِي صَلَاتِي، وَكَانَ احْتَجَمَ عَلَى هَامَتِهِ»

English translation

3861. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whoever is treated with cupping on the seventeenth, nineteenth and twenty-first, it will be a remedy for every disease.'" (Hasan)

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3861 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُمَحِيُّ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلّى الله عليه وسلم: «مَنْ احْتَجَمَ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ، كَانَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ»

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3862. Kayyisah bint Abī Bakrah narrated that her father used to forbid his family to be treated with cupping on Tuesdays, and he said that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Tuesday is the day of blood, in which there is an hour when it does not stop." (Da'if)

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3862 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرَةَ بَكَّارُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَمَّتِي كَبْشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، وَقَالَ: غَيْرُ مُوسَى كَيِّسَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهَا، كَانَ يَنْهَى أَهْلَهُ عَنِ الحِجَامَةِ، يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ، وَيَزْعُمُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنَّ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ يَوْمُ الدَّمِ، وَفِيهِ سَاعَةٌ لَا يَرْقَأُ»

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3863. It was narrated from Jābir that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was treated with cupping on his hip for a sprain. (Da'if)

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٣٨٦٣ - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ: «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ احْتَجَمَ عَلَى وِرْكِهِ، مِنْ وَثْءٍ كَانَ بِهِ»

English translation

3864. It was narrated that Jābir said: "The Prophet ﷺ sent a physician to Ubayy and he cut one of his veins." (Sahih)

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3864 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: «بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أُبَيٍّ طَبِيبًا فَقَطَعَ مِنْهُ عِرْقًا»

English translation

3865. It was narrated that 'Imrān bin Huṣain said: "The Prophet ﷺ forbade cauterization, but we still used cauterization, and it did not benefit us, and was not useful for us.” (Sahih) Abū Dāwūd said: He used to hear the Taslīm of the Angels; when he was cauterized, that stopped, and when he stopped being cauterized it returned.”

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3865 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمُّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، قَالَ: «نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الكَيِّ فَاكْتَوَيْنَا، فَمَا أَفْلَحْنَ، وَلَا أَنْجَحْنَ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «وَكَانَ يَسْمَعُ تَسْلِيمَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَلَمَّا اكْتَوَى انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا تَرَكَ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ»

English translation

3866. It was narrated from Jābir that the Prophet ﷺ had Sa’d bin Mu’ād treated with cauterization for a wound caused by an arrow. (Sahih)

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3866 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ : «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَوَى سَعْدَ بْنَ مُعَاذٍ مِنْ رَمِيَّتِهِ»

English translation

3867. It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbās that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was treated using Sa’ūt. (Sahih)

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3867 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسِ: «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَعَطَ»

English translation

3868. It was narrated that Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asked about An-Nushrah and he said: ‘It is the work of the Shaitān.’” (Hasan)

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3868 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَقِيلُ بْنُ مَعْقِلٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَهْبَ بْنَ مُنَبِّهٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ النُّشْرَةِ فَقَالَ: «هُوَ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ»

English translation

3869. ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: “If I drank Tiryāq, or wore an amulet (Tamimah) or uttered poetry, I would be one of those who would not care about what they do.” (Da’if) Abū Dāwūd said: This applied only to the Prophet ﷺ, but he granted a concession to people, meaning for Tiryāq.

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3869 - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يِزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرَاحِيلُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُعَافِرِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ التَّنُوخِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَا أُبَالِي مَا أَتَيْتُ إِنْ أَنَا شَرِبْتُ تِرْيَاقًا، أَوْ تَعَلَّقْتُ تَمِيمَةً، أَوْ قُلْتُ الشِّعْرَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِي» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «هَذَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاصَّةً وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ فِيهِ قَوْمٌ يَعْنِي التِّرْيَاقَ»

English translation

3870. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade the Khabīth remedies.[1] (Hasan)

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3870 - قَالَ: لَنَا حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الدَّوَاءِ الْخَبِيثِ»

English translation

3871. It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahmān bin 'Uthmān that a physician asked the Prophet ﷺ about frogs and using them in medicine, and the Prophet ﷺ forbade him from killing them. (Sahih) .

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3871 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثيِرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ: «أَنَّ طَبِيبًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ضِفْدَعٍ يَجْعَلُهَا فِي دَوَاءٍ، فَنَهَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ قَتْلِهَا»

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3872. It was narrated that AbU Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever drinks poison, his poison will be in his hand, and he will be drinking it in the Fire of Hell forever and ever." (Sahih) OVVA:C Ji

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3872 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ حَسَا سُمًّا فَسُمُّهُ فِي يَدِهِ، يَتَحَسَّاهُ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدًا مُخَلَّدًا فِيهَا أَبَدًا»

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3873. It was narrated from ‘Alqamah bin Wā’il, from his father, that he mentioned Tāriq bin Suwaid, or Suwaid bin Tāriq, asked the Prophet ﷺ about Khamr, and he forbade it, then he asked him (again), and he forbade it. Then he said to him: “O Prophet of Allāh, it is a remedy.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “No, rather it is a disease.” (Sahih)

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3873 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ذَكَرَ طَارِقُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ أَوْ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ، فَنَهَاهُ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَنَهَاهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، إِنَّهَا دَوَاءٌ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا، وَلَكِنَّهَا دَاءٌ»

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3874. It was narrated from Umm Ad-Dardā' that Abū Ad-Dardā' said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Allāh has sent down the disease and the remedy, and He has created a remedy for every disease, so treat disease but do not treat it with anything that is unlawful." (Da'if)

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3874 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ الدَّاءَ وَالدَّوَاءَ، وَجَعَلَ لِكُلِّ دَاءٍ دَوَاءً فَتَدَاوَوْا وَلَا تَدَاوَوْا بِحَرَامٍ»

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3875. It was narrated that Sa’d said: “I was sick and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to visit me. He placed his hand on my chest until I felt its coolness in my heart, and he said: ‘You are a man who is suffering from a heart sickness. Go to Al-Hārīth bin Kaladah, a man from Thaḳīf, for he is a man who knows about medicine. Let him take seven 'Ajwah dates of Al-Madinah, and grind them with their pits, then let him pour it (the mixture) into the side of your mouth.” (Ḍaʿīf)

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3875 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: مَرِضْتُ مَرَضًا أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعُودُنِي فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا عَلَى فُؤَادِي فَقَالَ: «إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ مَفْئُودٌ، ائْتِ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ كَلَدَةَ أَخَا ثَقِيفٍ فَإِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ يَتَطَبَّبُ فَلْيَأْخُذْ سَبْعَ تَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ عَجْوَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَجَأْهُنَّ بِنَوَاهُنَّ ثُمَّ لِيَلُدَّكَ بِهِنَّ»

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3876. It was narrated from 'Āmir bin Sa'd bin Abī Waqqās, from his father, that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever eats seven 'Ajwah dates in the morning, he will not be harmed by poison or witchcraft on that day.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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3876 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ تَصَبَّحَ سَبْعَ تَمَرَاتٍ عَجْوَةٍ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ سَمٌّ وَلَا سِحْرٌ»

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3877. It was narrated that Umm Qais bin Miḥṣan said: "I entered upon the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ with a son of mine whose uvula I had squeezed because of swelling. He said: 'Why do you afflict your children with this squeezing of the uvula? You should use this Indian aloes wood, for in it there are seven remedies, including (a remedy for) pleurisy. It should be snuffed for swelling and administered through the side of the mouth for pleurisy.”) (Sahih)Abū Dāwūd said: What is meant by aloes wood is costmary.

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3877 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ، وَحَامِدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ بِنْتِ مِحْصَنٍ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِابْنٍ لِي قَدْ أَعْلَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ العُذْرَةِ فَقَالَ: " عَلَامَ تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلَادَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلَاقِ عَلَيْكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْفِيَةٍ مِنْهَا ذَاتُ الْجَنْبِ: يُسْعَطُ مِنَ العُذْرَةِ، وَيُلَدُّ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ " قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: " يَعْنِي بِالْعُودِ: الْقُسْطَ "

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3878. It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbās said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Wear white garments, for they are among the best of your garments, and shroud your deceased in them, and the best of your kohl is antimony (Al-Ithmid), for it clears the vision and makes the hair grow.”) (Hasan)

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3878 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ، وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ، وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الْإِثْمِدُ: يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ، وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ "

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3879. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The evil eye is real.”) (Sahih)

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3879 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهِ، قَالَ: هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ»

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3880. It was narrated that ‘Āishah said: “He ﷺ would order the one who had put the evil eye on someone to perform Wudū, then he would tell the victim to perform Ghusl with that water.” (Da’if)

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3880 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: «كَانَ يُؤْمَرُ الْعَائِنُ فَيَتَوَضَّأُ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ مِنْهُ الْمَعِينُ»

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3881. It was narrated that Asmā’ bint Yazīd bin As-Sakan said: “I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: ‘Do not kill your children secretly, for Ghail catches up with people when they are riding their horses, and it wrestles them to the ground.’” (Da’if)

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3881 - حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ، قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ سِرًّا، فَإِنَّ الْغَيْلَ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ»

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3882. It was narrated from ‘Aishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, from Judāmah Al-Asadiyyah, that she heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: “I was thinking of forbidding Ghail, until I was told that the Romans and Persians do that, and it does not harm their children.” Mālik said: “Al-Ghail refers to a man having intercourse with his wife when she is breastfeeding.”[1] (Sahih)

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3882 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ جُدَامَةَ الْأَسَدِيَّةِ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَنْهَى عَنِ الغِيلَةِ حَتَّى ذَكَرْتُ أَنَّ الرُّومَ، وَفَارِسَ يَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ فَلَا يَضُرُّ أَوْلَادَهُمْ» قَالَ مَالِكٌ: " الْغِيلَةُ: أَنْ يَمَسَّ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ تُرْضِعُ "

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3883. It was narrated from Zainab, the wife of 'Abdullãh, that 'Abdulläh said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "Ruqyah, amulets (Tama'im) and love-spells (At-Tiwalah) are Shirk." She said: "I said: 'Why do you say that? By Allah, I had a discharge in my eye, and I kept going to so-and- so, the Jew, who did Ruqyah for me, and when he did Ruqyah for me, it calmed down.' 'Abdullãh said: 'That was the work of the Shaitãn who was poking it with his hand, but when he did Ruqyah for it, it stopped. It would have been sufficient for you to say as the Messenger of Allah used to say: "Adhhibil-bãsa rabban-nasa rabban- nas4JI, antash-shaft, lã shifa 'a illa shifa'uka shifa'an la yughadiru suqma (Take away the pain, 0 Lord of mankind, and grant healing, for You are the Healer, and there is no healing but Your Healing, a healing that leaves no trace of sickness)." (Da'J)

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3883 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي زَيْنَبَ امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ، امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ الرُّقَى، وَالتَّمَائِمَ، وَالتِّوَلَةَ شِرْكٌ» قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: لِمَ تَقُولُ هَذَا؟ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ كَانَتْ عَيْنِي تَقْذِفُ وَكُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ الْيَهُودِيِّ يَرْقِينِي فَإِذَا رَقَانِي سَكَنَتْ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ عَمَلُ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ يَنْخُسُهَا بِيَدِهِ فَإِذَا رَقَاهَا كَفَّ عَنْهَا، إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكِ أَنْ تَقُولِي كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا»

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3884. It was narrated from 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There should be no Ruqyah except for the evil eye or a venomous bite." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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3884 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا رُقْيَةَ إِلَّا مِنْ عَيْنٍ، أَوْ حُمَةٍ»

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3885. It was narrated from Yūsuf bin Muḥammad - Ibn Ṣāliḥ (one of the narrators) said: Muḥammad bin Yūsuf - bin Thābit bin Qais bin Shammās, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered upon Thābit bin Qais - Aḥmad (one of the narrators) said: when he was sick - and said: "Akshifil-ba'sa rabbannāsa 'an Thābiti bin Qaisi bin Shammās (Take away the affliction, O Lord of mankind, from Thābit bin Qais bin Shammās.)" Then he took some dust from Buṭḥān and put it in a bowl, then he added some water to it and poured it on him. (Da'if) Abū Dāwūd said: Ibn As-Sarḥ said: Yūsuf bin Muḥammad. Abū Dāwūd said: This is what is correct.

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3885 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، وابْنُ السَّرْحِ، - قَالَ: أَحْمَدُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، وقَالَ: ابْنُ السَّرْحِ - أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَمْروِ بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَقَالَ: ابْنُ صَالِحٍ: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ - قَالَ: أَحْمَدُ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ - فَقَالَ: «اكْشِفِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ» ثُمَّ أَخَذَ تُرَابًا مِنْ بَطْحَانَ فَجَعَلَهُ فِي قَدَحٍ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ عَلَيْهِ بِمَاءٍ وَصَبَّهُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «قَالَ ابْنُ السَّرْحِ يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ الصَّوَابُ»

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3886. It was narrated that 'Awf bin Mālik said: "We used to do Ruqyah during the Jāhiliyyah, and we said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, what do you think of that?' He said: 'Tell me your Ruqyah. There is nothing wrong with a Ruqyah that does not involve Shirk.'" (Sahih)

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3886 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: كُنَّا نَرْقِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالَ: «اعْرِضُوا عَلَيَّ رُقَاكُمْ لَا بَأْسَ بِالرُّقَى مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ شِرْكًا»

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3887. It was narrated that Ash-Shifā' bint 'Abdullāh said: "The Prophet ﷺ entered upon me while I was with Hafṣah, and he said to me: 'Why don't you teach this one the Ruqyah for Namilah (ulcers on the skin) as you taught her how to write?'" (Sahih)

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3887 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ، عَنِ الشِّفَاءِ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ فَقَالَ لِي: «أَلَا تُعَلِّمِينَ هَذِهِ رُقْيَةَ النَّمْلَةِ كَمَا عَلَّمْتِيهَا الْكِتَابَةَ»

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3888. 'Uthmān bin Ḥakīm narrated: My grandmother Ar-Rabāb narrated to me: I heard Sahl bin Ḥunaif say: "I passed by a river, and I went in it and washed myself, and when I came out I had a fever. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was told about that, and he said: 'Tell Abū Thābit to seek refuge with Allāh.' I said: 'O my master, will Ruqyah be beneficial?' He said: 'There should be no Ruqyah except for the evil eye or a venomous bite or a scorpion sting.'" (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: Al-Humah[1] is from snakes and what bites.

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3888 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي، قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ حُنَيفٍ، يَقُولُ: مَرَرْنَا بِسَيْلٍ فَدَخَلْتُ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ فِيهِ فَخَرَجْتُ مَحْمُومًا فَنُمِيَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مُرُوا أَبَا ثَابِتٍ يَتَعَوَّذُ» قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا سَيِّدِي وَالرُّقَى صَالِحَةٌ فَقَالَ: «لَا رُقْيَةَ إِلَّا فِي نَفْسٍ أَوْ حُمَةٍ أَوْ لَدْغَةٍ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: " الْحُمَةُ: مِنَ الْحَيَّاتِ وَمَا يَلْسَعُ "

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3889. It was narrated that Anas said: "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'There should be no Ruqyah except for the evil eye, a venomous bite, or nosebleeds.'" (Da'if) Al-'Abbās did not mention the eye, and this is the wording of Sulaimān bin Dāwūd.[2]

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3889 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ ذَرِيحٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا رُقْيَةَ إِلَّا مِنْ عَيْنٍ، أَوْ حُمَةٍ، أَوْ دَمٍ يَرْقَأُ» لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْعَبَّاسُ الْعَيْنَ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ

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3890. It was narrated that 'Abdul-'Azīz bin Šuhaib said: "Anas said to Thābit: 'Shall I not recite the Ruqyah of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ for you?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Allāhumma, rabbin-nāsi, mudhhibal-bāsi ishfi antash-shāfi, lā shāfiya illā anta, ishfihi shifā'an lā yughādiru suqmā (O Allāh, Lord of mankind, the One Who takes away affliction, grant healing, for You are the Healer, there is no healer except You. Grant him a healing that does not leave any trace of sickness).” (Sahih)

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3890 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَنَسٌ يَعْنِي لِثَابِتٍ أَلَا أَرْقِيكَ بِرُقْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ مُذْهِبَ الْبَأْسِ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شَافِيَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، اشْفِهِ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا»

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3891. It was narrated from 'Uthmān bin Abī Al-'Ās that he came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. 'Uthmān said: "I had a pain that was killing me. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Wipe it with your right hand seven times, and say: "A'ūdhu bi 'izzatillāhi, wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajid (I seek refuge in the glory and power of Allāh from the evil of what I feel)." I did that and Allāh took away the pain I felt, and I continued to tell my family and others to do that." (Sahih)

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3891 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُصَيْفَةَ ، أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ السُّلَمِيَّ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيرٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ، أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: وَبِي وَجَعٌ قَدْ كَادَ يُهْلِكُنِي قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " امْسَحْهُ بِيَمِينِكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَقُلْ: أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ، مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ " قَالَ: «فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا كَانَ بِي، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ آمُرُ بِهِ أَهْلِي وَغَيْرَهُمْ»

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3892. It was narrated that Abū Ad-Dardā' said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'If any of you is afflicted with a pain, or his brother complains to him (of pain) let him say: "Rabbunallāhulladhī fis-samā'i taqaddasamuka amrika fis-samā'i wal-ardī, kamā rahmatuka fis-samā'i faj'al rahmataka fil-ardī, ighfirlanā hūbanā wa khaṭāyanā, anta rabbuṭ-ṭayyibīna anzil rahmatan min rahmatika, wa shifā'an min shifā'ika 'ala hādḥāl-waja'i (Our Lord Allāh Who is above the heavens, sanctified is Your Name, Your Decree is executed in the heaven and on earth. As Your Mercy is in heaven, bestow Your Mercy on earth. Forgive us our major and minor sins, Lord of the good. Send down some of Your Mercy and some of Your Healing for this pain.)" Then it will be healed." (Da'if)

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3892 - حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ زِيَادَةَ بِنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ، عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ اشْتَكَى مِنْكُمْ شَيْئًا، أَوْ اشْتَكَاهُ أَخٌ لَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ رَبَّنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ، تَقَدَّسَ اسْمُكَ، أَمْرُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ، كَمَا رَحْمَتُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَاجْعَلْ رَحْمَتَكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ، اغْفِرْ لَنَا حُوبَنَا وَخَطَايَانَا، أَنْتَ رَبُّ الطَّيِّبِينَ، أَنْزِلْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَشِفَاءً مِنْ شِفَائِكَ عَلَى هَذَا الْوَجَعِ، فَيَبْرَأَ»

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3893. It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to teach them words to say in the event of fear: "A'ūdhu bikalimātillāhit-tāmmati min ghadabihi wa sharri 'ibādihi, wa min hamazātish-shayātini wa an yahdurūn (I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allāh from His Wrath and the evil of His slaves and from the suggestions of the devils and from their presence)." 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr used to teach it to those in his household who reached puberty, and for those who had not reached puberty he would write it down and hang it on them. (Da'if)

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3893 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ مِنَ الْفَزَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ: «أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ، مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ» وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يُعَلِّمُهُنَّ مَنْ عَقَلَ مِنْ بَنِيهِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْقِلْ كَتَبَهُ فَأَعْلَقَهُ عَلَيْهِ

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3894. Yazīd bin Abī 'Ubaid said: "I saw the mark of a wound on the shin of Salamah, and I said: 'What is this?' He said: 'I got it on the Day of Khaibar. The people said: "Salamah has been injured." I was brought to the Prophet ﷺ and he blew on me three times, and I have not felt any pain until now." (Sahih)

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3894 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي سُرَيْجٍ الرَّازِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ ضَرْبَةٍ فِي سَاقِ سَلَمَةَ فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذِهِ قَالَ: أَصَابَتْنِي يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ: النَّاسُ أُصِيبَ سَلَمَةُ فَأُتِيَ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَنَفَثَ فِيَّ ثَلَاثَ نَفَثَاتٍ» فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُهَا حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ

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3895. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "If a person complained of pain, the Prophet ﷺ would take some saliva with his finger, and put it in the dust, and say: Turbatu ardīnā bi-rīqati ba'dīna yushfā saqīmunā bi-idhni rabbīnā ('Dust of our land mixed with the saliva of one of us will heal our sick one, by the leave of our Lord).'" (Sahih)

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3895 - حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ إِذَا اشْتَكَى يَقُولُ: بِرِيقِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِهِ فِي التُّرَابِ: «تُرْبَةُ أَرْضِنَا، بِرِيقَةِ بَعْضِنَا، يُشْفَى سَقِيمُنَا، بِإِذْنِ رَبِّنَا»

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3896. It was narrated from Zakariyyā that 'Āmir narrated to him, from Khārijah bin Aṣ-Ṣalt At-Tamīmī, from his paternal uncle, that he went to the Prophet ﷺ and accepted Islam, then he came back. He passed by some people who had an insane man with them, who was bound in chains. His family said: "We were told that this companion of yours has brought something good. Do you have anything with which you could treat him?" (He said:) "I performed Ruqyah for him by reciting the Opening of the Book (Al-Fātiḥah) and he was healed, and they gave me a hundred sheep. I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and told him, and he said: 'Is that all (that you recited)?' – Musad-dad (one of the narrators) said elsewhere: 'Did you recite anything other than this?' – I said: 'No.' He said: 'Take them by my life,[1] for indeed, for the one who earns by means of false Ruqyah (will earn his burden of sin), but you have earned it by means of a truthful Ruqyah.'" (Hasan)

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3896 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَامِرٌ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ التَّمِيمِيِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ رَاجِعًا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، فَمَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ عِنْدَهُمْ رَجُلٌ مَجْنُونٌ مُوثَقٌ بِالْحَدِيدِ، فَقَالَ أَهْلُهُ: إِنَّا حُدِّثْنَا أَنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ هَذَا قَدْ جَاءَ بِخَيْرٍ، فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ تُدَاوِيهِ؟ فَرَقَيْتُهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ، فَبَرَأَ، فَأَعْطَوْنِي مِائَةَ شَاةٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: «هَلْ إِلَّا هَذَا» وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ «هَلْ قُلْتَ غَيْرَ هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ «خُذْهَا فَلَعَمْرِي لَمَنْ أَكَلَ بِرُقْيَةِ بَاطِلٍ لَقَدْ أَكَلْتَ بِرُقْيَةِ حَقٍّ»

English translation

3897. It was narrated from Ibn Ja'far, from Shu'bah, from 'Abdullāh bin Abī As-Safar, from Ash-Sha'bi, from Khārijah bin As-Salt, from his paternal uncle, that he said that he passed by... (and in it): "I did Ruqyah for him, reciting the Opening of the Book for three days, morning and evening, and every time he completed it," he collected his saliva and spat. It was as if he had been released from bonds. They gave him something, and he came to the Prophet ﷺ... (he narrated) a Hadīth like that of Musad-dad.[2] (Hasan)

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3897 - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ، قَالَ: فَرَقَاهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ غُدْوَةً وَعَشِيَّةً، كُلَّمَا خَتَمَهَا جَمَعَ بُزَاقَهُ ثُمَّ تَفَلَ، فَكَأَنَّمَا أُنْشِطَ مِنْ عِقَالٍ، فَأَعْطَوْهُ شَيْئًا، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَعْنَى حَدِيثِ مُسَدَّدٍ

English translation

3898. It was narrated from Suhail bin Abī Ṣāliḥ that his father said: "I heard a man from Aslam say: 'I was sitting with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when one of his Companions came and said: "O Messenger of Allāh, I was stung last night, and I did not sleep until morning came. He said: "By what?" He said: "A scorpion." He said: "If you had said when evening came, 'A'ūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaqa (I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allāh from the evil of that which He has created,)' it would not have harmed you, if Allāh wills." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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3898 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا، مَنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لُدِغْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمْ أَنَمْ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ، قَالَ «مَاذَا؟» قَالَ: عَقْرَبٌ قَالَ: " أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ تَضُرَّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ "

English translation

3899. It was narrated from Ṭāriq, meaning Ibn Mukhāshin, from Abū Hurairah, who said: "A man who had been stung by a scorpion was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'If he had said, 'A'ūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmati min sharri mā khalaqa (I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allāh from the evil of that which He has created,)' he would not have been stung,' or 'it would not have harmed him.'" (Ḥasan)

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3899 - حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، حَدَّثَنِي الزُّبَيْدِيُّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ طَارِقٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَخَاشِنٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: بِلَدِيغٍ لَدَغَتْهُ عَقْرَبٌ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: «لَوْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يُلْدَغْ» أَوْ «لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ»

English translation

3900. It was narrated from Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī that a group of Companions of the Prophet ﷺ went out on a journey, and they traveled, then they halted near one of the Arab tribes. Some of them said: "Our chief has been stung; do any of you have anything that may be of benefit to our companion?" One man said: "Yes, by Allāh, I can do Ruqyah, but we asked you for hospitality and you refused to welcome us. I will not do Ruqyah until you agree to give me some payment." They agreed to give him a flock of sheep. So he went to him, and recited the Essence of the Book (Al-Fātiḥah) over him, and blew on him until he was healed as if released from bonds. Then they gave them the payment that had been agreed upon. They said: "Divide it." The one who had done the Ruqyah said: "Do not do anything until we come to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and consult him" The next day they came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and told him about that, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "How did you know that it is a Ruqyah? Well done! Distribute them, and give me a share with you." (Saḥīḥ)

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3900 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَهْطًا، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ انْطَلَقُوا فِي سَفْرَةٍ سَافَرُوهَا فَنَزَلُوا بِحَيٍّ مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: إِنَّ سَيِّدَنَا لُدِغَ فَهَلْ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ شَيْءٌ يَنْفَعُ صَاحِبَنَا، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ: نَعَمْ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْقِي وَلَكِنِ اسْتَضَفْنَاكُمْ فَأَبَيْتُمْ أَنْ تُضَيِّفُونَا، مَا أَنَا بِرَاقٍ حَتَّى تَجْعَلُوا لِي جُعْلًا، فَجَعَلُوا لَهُ قَطِيعًا مِنَ الشَّاءِ، فَأَتَاهُ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّ الْكِتَابِ وَيَتْفُلُ حَتَّى بَرَأَ كَأَنَّمَا أُنْشِطَ مِنْ عِقَالٍ، قَالَ: فَأَوْفَاهُمْ جُعْلَهُمُ الَّذِي صَالَحُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا: اقْتَسِمُوا فَقَالَ: الَّذِي رَقَى لَا تَفْعَلُوا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَسْتَأْمِرَهُ فَغَدَوْا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ، أَحْسَنْتُمْ، اقْتَسِمُوا، وَاضْرِبُوا لِي مَعَكُمْ بِسَهْمٍ»

English translation

3901. It was narrated from Mu'ādḥ[1] and Muḥammad bin Ja'far, both of them narrated it from Shu'bah, from 'Abdullāh bin Abī As-Safar, from Ash-Sh'abī, from Khārijah bin Aṣ-Ṣalt At-Tamīmī that his paternal uncle said: "We came from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and arrived with an Arab tribe. They said: 'We have been told that you have brought something good from this man. Do you have any remedy or Ruqyah? For we have an insane man in chains.' We said: 'Yes.' So they brought an insane man who was in chains." He said: "I recited the Opening of the Book over him for three days, morning and evening, and every time I completed it, I collected my saliva and spat (on him), and it was as if he was released from bonds. They gave me some payment, and I said: 'Not until I ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.' He ﷺ said: 'Accept it, by my life, for indeed the one who earns by means of false Ruqyah (will earn his burden of sin), but you have earned it by means of a truthful Ruqyah.'" (Hasan)

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3901 - حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ح، وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ التَّمِيمِيِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، قَالَ: أَقْبَلْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى حَيٍّ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّا أُنْبِئْنَا أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ جِئْتُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ بِخَيْرٍ، فَهَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ دَوَاءٍ أَوْ رُقْيَةٍ فَإِنَّ عِنْدَنَا مَعْتُوهًا فِي الْقُيُودِ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: نَعَمْ قَالَ: فَجَاءُوا بِمَعْتُوهٍ فِي الْقُيُودِ، قَالَ: فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ غُدْوَةً، وَعَشِيَّةً، كُلَّمَا خَتَمْتُهَا أَجْمَعُ بُزَاقِي ثُمَّ أَتْفُلُ فَكَأَنَّمَا نَشَطَ مِنْ عِقَالٍ، قَالَ: فَأَعْطَوْنِي جُعْلًا، فَقُلْتُ: لَا، حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «كُلْ فَلَعَمْرِي مَنْ أَكَلَ بِرُقْيَةِ بَاطِلٍ لَقَدْ أَكَلْتَ بِرُقْيَةِ حَقٍّ»

English translation

3902. It was narrated from 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, that if the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ suffered some pain, he would recite Al-Mu'awwidhāt[1] over himself and blow. When the pain grew severe, I would recite it over him and wipe him with his own hand, seeking its blessing. (Sahih)

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3902 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَنْفُثُ، فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ وَجَعُهُ كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمْسَحُ عَلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ رَجَاءَ بَرَكَتِهَا»

English translation

3903. It was narrated that 'Āishah said: "My mother wanted to make me gain weight for my marriage to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, but I did not accept anything that she offered me until she offered me cucumbers with dates, then I gained weight in the best manner." (Sahih) The End of the Book of Medicine

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3903 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: " أَرَادَتْ أُمِّي أَنْ تُسَمِّنَنِي لِدُخُولِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: فَلَمْ أَقْبَلْ عَلَيْهَا بِشَيْءٍ مِمَّا تُرِيدُ حَتَّى أَطْعَمَتْنِي الْقِثَّاءَ بِالرُّطَبِ، فَسَمِنْتُ عَلَيْهِ كَأَحْسَنِ السَّمْنِ "