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2064. Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated: "Some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came across a tribe of Bedouins that did not entertain them, nor behave hospitably with them. Their leader became ill, and they came to us saying: 'Do you have any medicine?' We said: 'Yes. But you did not entertain us nor have us as guests so we will not do anything until you give us something.' Then they gave some sheep for that." He said: "So a man from us began reciting the Opening of the Book (Sūrat Al-Fātiḥah) and he was cured. So when we came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ we mentioned that to him, He said: 'How did you know that it was a Ruqyah?' And he did not mention any prohibition against it, and he said: 'Eat, and assign me a share among you from them (the sheep).'" (Sahīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Sahīh. And this is more correct than the (previous) narration of Al-
A'mash from Ja'far bin Iyās. Similarly, more than one narrator reported this Hadīth from Abū Bishr Ja'far bin Abī Wahshiyyah, from Abū Al-Mutawakkil, from Abū Sa'eed. And Ja'far bin Iyās is Ja'far bin Abī Wahshiyyah.
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The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ desired to be given a share out of the gift in order to make the Companions feel easy and not have any pricks of conscience in the matter. For a discussion on the permissibility, or otherwise of accepting the wages for the teaching of the Qur'an see Al-Mughnī, v.8, pp.136-140.
