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2063. Abū Sa'eed narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ dispatched us on a military expedition. We camped with some people and asked them to entertain us but they did not entertain us. Their leader was stung so they came to us saying: 'Is there anyone among you who can treat a scorpion sting with Ruqyah?' I said: 'Yes I can. But I will not do any Ruqyah until you give us some sheep.' They said: 'Then we shall give you thirty sheep.' We accepted that, and I recited Al-Ḥamda [Lillāh] seven times. He became better and we took the sheep." He said: "We became concerned about that being permissible and said: 'Do not be hasty until we reach the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.'" He said: 'When we arrived with him I mentioned what I did to him. He ﷺ said: 'How did you know that it was a Ruqyah? Take the sheep, and assign me a share among you.'" (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh.
Abū Naḍrah's name is Al-Mundhir bin Mālik bin Quṭ'ah. Ash-Shāfi'ī permitted the teacher to take compensation for teaching the Qur'ān, and he saw no harm that he could make that a condition for doing so. He used this Ḥadīth as proof. [And Ja'far bin Iyās is Ja'far bin Abī Wahshiyah, and he is Abū Bishr].
Sh'ubah, Abū 'Awānah, [Hishām], and others reported this Hadīth [from Abū Bishr], from Abū Al-Mutawakkil, from Abū Sa'eed [from the Prophet ﷺ].
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Commentary
Al-Fātiḥah, the opening chapter of the Qur'an, has been described by the Prophet ﷺ as the 'Chapter of Healing'. Allāh also described the Qur'an as a Healing. Al-Fātiḥah, moreover, has rightly been described as the Essence of the Qur'an.
