Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 71:
Medicine
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 582:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "There is no disease that Allah has created, except that He
also has created its treatment."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 583:
Narrated Rubai bint Mu'adh bin Afra: We used to go for Military expeditions along with Allah's Apostle and provide
the people with water, serve them and bring the dead and the wounded back to
Medina.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 584:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: (The Prophet said), "Healing is in three things: A gulp of honey, cupping, and
branding with fire (cauterizing)." But I forbid my followers to use
(cauterization) branding with fire."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 585:
Narrated 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)."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 586:
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet used to like sweet edible things and honey.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 587:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: I heard the Prophet saying, "If there is any healing in your medicines, then it
is in cupping, a gulp of honey or branding with fire (cauterization) that suits
the ailment, but I don't like to be (cauterized) branded with fire."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 588:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: A man came to the Prophet and said, "My brother has some abdominal trouble." The
Prophet said to him "Let him drink honey." The man came for the second time and
the Prophet said to him, 'Let him drink honey." He came for the third time and
the Prophet said, "Let him drink honey." He returned again and said, "I have
done that ' The Prophet then said, "Allah has said the truth, but your brother's
abdomen has told a lie. Let him drink honey." So he made him drink honey and he
was cured.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 589:
Narrated Anas: Some people were sick and they said, "O Allah's Apostle! Give us shelter and
food. So when they became healthy they said, "The weather of Medina is not
suitable for us." So he sent them to Al-Harra with some she-camels of his and
said, "Drink of their milk." But when they became healthy, they killed the
shepherd of the Prophet and drove away his camels. The Prophet sent some people
in their pursuit. Then he got their hands and feet cut and their eyes were
branded with heated pieces of iron. I saw one of them licking the earth with his
tongue till he died.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 590:
Narrated Anas: The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet ordered them to
follow his shepherd, i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a
medicine). So they followed the shepherd that is the camels and drank their milk
and urine till their bodies became healthy. Then they killed the shepherd and
drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet he sent some people in
their pursuit. When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their
eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 591:
Narrated Khalid bin Sad: We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way and
when we arrived at Medina he was still sick. Ibn Abi 'Atiq came to visit him and
said to us, "Treat him with black cumin. Take five or seven seeds and crush them
(mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting mixture into both nostrils, for
'Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet saying, 'This black cumin
is healing for all diseases except As-Sam.' Aisha said, 'What is As-Sam?' He
said, 'Death."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 592:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is healing in black cumin for all
diseases except death."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 593:
Narrated 'Ursa: Aisha used to recommend At-Talbina for the sick and for such a person as grieved
over a dead person. She used to say, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'At-Talbina
gives rest to the heart of the patient and makes it active and relieves some of
his sorrow and grief.' "
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 594:
Narrated Hisham's father: 'Aisha used to recommend At-Talbina and used to say, "It is disliked (by the
patient) although it is beneficial.''
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 595:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet was cupped and he paid the wages to the one who had cupped him and
then took Su'ut (Medicine sniffed by nose).
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 596:
Narrated Um Qais bint Mihsan: I heard the Prophet saying, "Treat with the Indian incense, for it has healing
for seven diseases; it is to be sniffed by one having throat trouble, and to be
put into one side of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy." Once I went to
Allah's Apostle with a son of mine who would not eat any food, and the boy
passed urine on him whereupon he asked for some water and sprinkled it over the
place of urine.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 597:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet was cupped while he was fasting.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 598:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet was cupped while he was in a state of Ihram.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 599:
Narrated Anas: that he was asked about the wages of the one who cups others. He said, 'Allah's
Apostle was cupped by Abd Taiba, to whom he gave two Sa of food and interceded
for him with his masters who consequently reduced what they used to charge him
daily. Then the Prophet s said, "The best medicines you may treat yourselves
with are cupping and sea incense.' He added, "You should not torture your
children by treating tonsillitis by pressing the tonsils or the palate with the
finger, but use incense."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 600:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: that he paid Al-Muqanna a visit during his illness and said, "I will not leave
till he gets cupped, for I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is healing in
cupping."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 601:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Buhaina: Allah's Apostle was cupped on the middle of his head at Lahl Jamal on his way to
Mecca while he was in a state of Ihram. Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Apostle was
cupped on his head.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 602:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet was cupped on his head for an ailment he was suffering from while he
was in a state of Ihram. at a water place called Lahl Jamal. Ibn 'Abbas further
said: Allah s Apostle was cupped on his head for unilateral headache while he
was in a state of Ihram .
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 603:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: I heard the Prophet saying, "If there is any good in your medicines, then it is
in a gulp of honey, a cupping operation, or branding (cauterization), but I do
not like to be (cauterized) branded.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 604:
Narrated Ka'b bin Ujrah: The Prophet came to me during the period of Al-Hudaibiya, while I was lighting
fire underneath a cooking pot and lice were falling down my head. He said, "Do
your lice hurt your?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Shave your head and fast for
three days or feed six poor persons or slaughter a sheep as a sacrifice:"
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 605:
Narrated Jabir: The Prophet said, "If there is any healing in your medicines then it is a
cupping operation, or branding (cauterization), but I do not like to be
(cauterized) branded."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 606:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Apostle said, 'Nations were displayed before me; one or two prophets
would pass by along with a few followers. A prophet would pass by accompanied by
nobody. Then a big crowd of people passed in front of me and I asked, Who are
they Are they my followers?" It was said, 'No. It is Moses and his followers It
was said to me, 'Look at the horizon.'' Behold! There was a multitude of people
filling the horizon. Then it was said to me, 'Look there and there about the
stretching sky! Behold! There was a multitude filling the horizon,' It was said
to me, 'This is your nation out of whom seventy thousand shall enter Paradise
without reckoning.' "Then the Prophet entered his house without telling his
companions who they (the 70,000) were. So the people started talking about the
issue and said, "It is we who have believed in Allah and followed His Apostle;
therefore those people are either ourselves or our children who are born m the
Islamic era, for we were born in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance.'' When the
Prophet heard of that, he came out and said. "Those people are those who do not
treat themselves with Ruqya, nor do they believe in bad or good omen (from birds
etc.) nor do they get themselves branded (Cauterized). but they put their trust
(only) in their Lord " On that 'Ukasha bin Muhsin said. "Am I one of them, O
Allah's Apostle?' The Prophet said, "Yes." Then another person got up and said,
"Am I one of them?" The Prophet said, 'Ukasha has anticipated you."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 607:
Narrated Um Salama: The husband of a lady died and her eyes became sore and the people mentioned her
story to the Prophet They asked him whether it was permissible for her to use
kohl as her eyes were exposed to danger. He said, "Previously, when one of you
was bereaved by a husband she would stay in her dirty clothes in a bad unhealthy
house (for one year), and when a dog passed by, she would throw a globe of dung.
No, (she should observe the prescribed period Idda) for four months and ten
days.'
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 608:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, '(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed
without Allah's permission). nor is there any bad omen (from birds), nor is
there any Hamah, nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should
run away from the leper as one runs away from a lion ''
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 609:
Narrated Said bin Zaid: I heard the Prophet saying, "Truffles are like Manna (i.e. they grow naturally
without man's care) and their water heals eye diseases."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 610:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas and 'Aisha: Abu Bakr kissed (the forehead of) the Prophet when he was dead. 'Aisha added: We
put medicine in one side of his mouth but he started waving us not to insert the
medicine into his mouth. We said, "He dislikes the medicine as a patient usually
does." But when he came to his senses he said, "Did I not forbid you to put
medicine (by force) in the side of my mouth?" We said, "We thought it was just
because a patient usually dislikes medicine." He said, "None of those who are in
the house but will be forced to take medicine in the side of his mouth while I
am watching, except Al-'Abbas, for he had not witnessed your deed."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 611:
Narrated Um Qais: I went to Allah's Apostle along with a a son of mine whose palate and tonsils I
had pressed with my finger as a treatment for a (throat and tonsil) disease. The
Prophet said, "Why do you pain your children by pressing their throats! Use Ud
Al-Hindi (certain Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases, one of which is
pleurisy. It is used as a snuff for treating throat and tonsil disease and it is
inserted into one side of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 612:
Narrated 'Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet)
When the health of Allah's Apostle deteriorated and his condition became
serious, he asked the permission of all his wives to allow him to be treated In
my house, and they allowed him. He came out, supported by two men and his legs
were dragging on the ground between Abbas and another man. (The sub-narrator
told Ibn 'Abbas who said: Do you know who was the other man whom 'Aisha did not
mention? The sub-narrator said: No. Ibn Abbas said: It was 'Ali.) 'Aisha added:
When the Prophet entered my house and his disease became aggravated, he said,
"Pour on me seven water skins full of water (the tying ribbons of which had not
been untied) so that I may give some advice to the people." So we made him sit
in a tub belonging to Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet and started pouring water
on him from those water skins till he waved us to stop. Then he went out to the
people and led them in prayer and delivered a speech before them.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 613:
Narrated Um Qais : that she took to Allah's Apostle one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she
had pressed because he had throat trouble. The Prophet said, "Why do you pain
your children by getting the palate pressed like that? Use the Ud Al-Hindi
(certain Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases one of which is pleurisy."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 614:
Narrated Abu Said: A man came to the prophet and said, 'My brother has got loose motions. The
Prophet said, Let him drink honey." The man again (came) and said, 'I made him
drink (honey) but that made him worse.' The Prophet said, 'Allah has said the
Truth, and the abdomen of your brother has told a lie." (See Hadith No. 88)
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 615:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, 'There is no 'Adha (no disease is conveyed from the sick
to the healthy without Allah's permission), nor Safar, nor Hama." A bedouin
stood up and said, "Then what about my camels? They are like deer on the sand,
but when a mangy camel comes and mixes with them, they all get infected with
mangy." The Prophet said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first
one?"
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 616:
Narrated Um Oais: that she took to Allah's Apostle one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she
had pressed to treat a throat trouble. The Prophet said, "Be afraid of Allah!
Why do you pain your children by having their tonsils pressed like that? Use the
Ud Al-Hindi (a certain Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases, one of which
is pleurisy."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 617:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle allowed one of the Ansar families to treat persons who have
taken poison and also who are suffering from ear ailment with Ruqya. Anas added:
I got myself branded cauterized) for pleurisy, when Allah's Apostle was still
alive. Abu Talha, Anas bin An-Nadr and Zaid bin Thabit witnessed that, and it
was Abu Talha who branded (cauterized) me.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 618:
Narrated Sahl bin Saud As-Sa'idi: When the helmet broke on the head of the Prophet and his face became covered
with blood and his incisor tooth broke (i.e. during the battle of Uhud), 'Ali
used to bring water in his shield while Fatima was washing the blood off his
face. When Fatima saw that the bleeding increased because of the water, she took
a mat (of palm leaves), burnt it, and stuck it (the burnt ashes) on the wound of
Allah's Apostle, whereupon the bleeding stopped.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 619:
Narrated Nazi': Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "The Prophet said, 'Fever is from the heat of Hell, so
put it out (cool it) with water.' " Nafi' added: 'Abdullah used to say, "O
Allah! Relieve us from the punishment," (when he suffered from fever).
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 620:
Narrated Fatima bint Al-Mundhir: Whenever a lady suffering from fever was brought to Asma' bint Abu Bakr, she
used to invoke Allah for her and then sprinkle some water on her body, at the
chest and say, "Allah's Apostle used to order us to abate fever with water."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 621:
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet said, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever with water."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 622:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever
with water."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 623:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Some people from the tribes of 'Ukl and 'Uraina came to Allah's Apostle and
embraced Islam and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are owners of livestock and have
never been farmers," and they found the climate of Medina unsuitable for them.
So Allah's Apostle ordered that they be given some camels and a shepherd, and
ordered them to go out with those camels and drink their milk and urine. So they
set out, but when they reached a place called Al-Harra, they reverted to
disbelief after their conversion to Islam, killed the shepherd and drove away
the camels. When this news reached the Prophet he sent in their pursuit (and
they were caught and brought). The Prophet ordered that their eyes be branded
with heated iron bars and their hands be cut off, and they were left at Al-Harra
till they died in that state.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 624:
Narrated Saud: The Prophet said, "If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter
it; but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave
that place."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 625:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas: 'Umar bin Al-Khattab departed for Sham and when he reached Sargh, the commanders
of the (Muslim) army, Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah and his companions met him and
told him that an epidemic had broken out in Sham. 'Umar said, "Call for me the
early emigrants." So 'Umar called them, consulted them and informed them that an
epidemic had broken out in Sham. Those people differed in their opinions. Some
of them said, "We have come out for a purpose and we do not think that it is
proper to give it up," while others said (to 'Umar), "You have along with you.
other people and the companions of Allah's Apostle so do not advise that we take
them to this epidemic." 'Umar said to them, "Leave me now." Then he said, "Call
the Ansar for me." I called them and he consulted them and they followed the way
of the emigrants and differed as they did. He then said to them, Leave me now,"
and added, "Call for me the old people of Quraish who emigrated in the year of
the Conquest of Mecca." I called them and they gave a unanimous opinion saying,
"We advise that you should return with the people and do not take them to that
(place) of epidemic." So 'Umar made an announcement, "I will ride back to Medina
in the morning, so you should do the same." Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah said (to 'Umar),
"Are you running away from what Allah had ordained?" 'Umar said, "Would that
someone else had said such a thing, O Abu 'Ubaida! Yes, we are running from what
Allah had ordained to what Allah has ordained. Don't you agree that if you had
camels that went down a valley having two places, one green and the other dry,
you would graze them on the green one only if Allah had ordained that, and you
would graze them on the dry one only if Allah had ordained that?" At that time 'Abdur-Rahman
bin 'Auf, who had been absent because of some job, came and said, "I have some
knowledge about this. I have heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'If you hear about it
(an outbreak of plague) in a land, do not go to it; but if plague breaks out in
a country where you are staying, do not run away from it.' " 'Umar thanked Allah
and returned to Medina.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 626:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amir 'Umar went to Sham and when h ached Sargh, he got the news that an epidemic (of
plague) had broken out in Sham. 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf told him that Allah's
Apostle said, "If you hear that it (plague) has broken out in a land, do not go
to it; but if it breaks out in a land where you are present, do not go out
escaping from it."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 627:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Neither Messiah (Ad-Dajjal) nor plague will enter
Medina."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 628:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "(Death from) plague is martyrdom for every Muslim."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 629:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "He (a Muslim) who dies of an abdominal disease is a a martyr,
and he who dies of plague is a martyr."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 630:
Narrated 'Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) that she asked Allah's Apostle about plague, and
Allah's Apostle informed her saying, "Plague was a punishment which Allah used
to send on whom He wished, but Allah made it a blessing for the believers. None
(among the believers) remains patient in a land in which plague has broken out
and considers that nothing will befall him except what Allah has ordained for
him, but that Allah will grant him a reward similar to that of a martyr."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 631:
Narrated 'Aisha: During the Prophet's fatal illness, he used to recite the Mu'auwidhat (Surat An-Nas
and Surat Al-Falaq) and then blow his breath over his body. When his illness was
aggravated, I used to recite those two Suras and blow my breath over him and
make him rub his body with his own hand for its blessings." (Ma'mar asked
Az-Zuhri: How did the Prophet use to blow? Az-Zuhri said: He used to blow on his
hands and then passed them over his face.)
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 632:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Some of the companions of the Prophet came across a tribe amongst the tribes of
the Arabs, and that tribe did not entertain them. While they were in that state,
the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion). They
said, (to the companions of the Prophet ), "Have you got any medicine with you
or anybody who can treat with Ruqya?" The Prophet's companions said, "You refuse
to entertain us, so we will not treat (your chief) unless you pay us for it." So
they agreed to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them (the Prophet's companions)
started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering his saliva and spitting it (at
the snake-bite). The patient got cured and his people presented the sheep to
them, but they said, "We will not take it unless we ask the Prophet (whether it
is lawful)." When they asked him, he smiled and said, "How do you know that
Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? Take it (flock of sheep) and assign a share for me."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 633:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Some of the companions of the Prophet passed by some people staying at a place
where there was water, and one of those people had been stung by a scorpion. A
man from those staying near the water, came and said to the companions of the
Prophet, "Is there anyone among you who can do Ruqya as near the water there is
a person who has been stung by a scorpion." So one of the Prophet's companions
went to him and recited Surat-al-Fatiha for a sheep as his fees. The patient got
cured and the man brought the sheep to his companions who disliked that and
said, "You have taken wages for reciting Allah's Book." When they arrived at
Medina, they said, ' O Allah's Apostle! (This person) has taken wages for
reciting Allah's Book" On that Allah's Apostle said, "You are most entitled to
take wages for doing a Ruqya with Allah's Book."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 634:
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet ordered me or somebody else to do Ruqya (if there was danger) from
an evil eye.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 635:
Narrated Um Salama: that the Prophet saw in her house a girl whose face had a black spot. He said.
"She is under the effect of an evil eye; so treat her with a Ruqya."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 636:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The effect of an evil eye is a fact." And he prohibited
tattooing
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 637:
Narrated Al-Aswad: I asked 'Aisha about treating poisonous stings (a snake-bite or a scorpion
sting) with a Ruqya. She said, "The Prophet allowed the treatment of poisonous
sting with Ruqya."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 638:
Narrated 'Abdul 'Aziz: Thabit and I went to Anas bin Malik. Thabit said, "O Abu Hamza! I am sick." On
that Anas said, "Shall I treat you with the Ruqya of Allah's Apostle?" Thabit
said, "Yes," Anas recited, "O Allah! The Lord of the people, the Remover of
trouble! (Please) cure (Heal) (this patient), for You are the Healer. None
brings about healing but You; a healing that will leave behind no ailment."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 639:
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the
place of ailment and used to say, "O Allah, the Lord of the people! Remove the
trouble and heal the patient, for You are the Healer. No healing is of any avail
but Yours; healing that will leave behind no ailment."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 640:
Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle used to treat with a Ruqya saying, "O the Lord of the people!
Remove the trouble The cure is in Your Hands, and there is none except You who
can remove it (the disease) . "
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 641:
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet used to say to the patient, "In the Name of Allah The earth of our
land and the saliva of some of us cure our patient."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 642:
Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle used to read in his Ruqya, "In the Name of Allah" The earth of
our land and the saliva of some of us cure our patient with the permission of
our Lord." with a slight shower of saliva) while treating with a Ruqya.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 643:
Narrated Abu Qatada: I heard the Prophet saying, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from
Satan. So if anyone of you sees (in a dream) something he dislikes, when he gets
up he should blow thrice (on his left side) and seek refuge with Allah from its
evil for then it will not harm him."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 644:
Narrated 'Aisha: Whenever Allah's Apostle went to bed, he used to recite Surat-al-Ikhlas,
Surat-al-Falaq and Surat-an-Nas and then blow on his palms and pass them over
his face and those parts of his body that his hands could reach. And when he
fell ill, he used to order me to do like that for him.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 645:
Narrated Abu Said: A group of the companions of Allah's Apostle proceeded on a journey till they
dismounted near one of the Arab tribes and requested them to entertain them as
their guests, but they (the tribe people) refused to entertain them. Then the
chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and he was
given all sorts of treatment, but all in vain. Some of them said, "Will you go
to the group (those travelers) who have dismounted near you and see if one of
them has something useful?" They came to them and said, "O the group! Our leader
has been bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and we have treated him with
everything but nothing benefited him Has anyone of you anything useful?" One of
them replied, "Yes, by Allah, I know how to treat with a Ruqya. But. by Allah,
we wanted you to receive us as your guests but you refused. I will not treat
your patient with a Ruqya till you fix for us something as wages." Consequently
they agreed to give those travellers a flock of sheep. The man went with them
(the people of the tribe) and started spitting (on the bite) and reciting
Surat-al-Fatiha till the patient was healed and started walking as if he had not
been sick. When the tribe people paid them their wages they had agreed upon,
some of them (the Prophet's companions) said, "Distribute (the sheep)." But the
one who treated with the Ruqya said, "Do not do that till we go to Allah's
Apostle and mention to him what has happened, and see what he will order us." So
they came to Allah's Apostle and mentioned the story to him and he said, "How do
you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? You have done the right thing. Divide
(what you have got) and assign for me a share with you."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 646:
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the
place of ailment and used to say, "O Lord of the people! Remove the difficulty
and bring about healing as You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your
Healing, a healing that will leave no ailment."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 647:
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet, during his fatal ailment used to blow (on his hands and pass them)
over his body while reciting the Mu'auwidhat (Surat-an-Nas and Surat-al-Falaq).
When his disease got aggravated, I used to recite them for him and blow (on his
hands) and let him pass his hands over his body because of its blessing. (Ma'mar
asked Ibn Shihab: How did he use to do Nafth? He said: He used to blow on his
hands and then pass them over his face.)
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 648:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet once came out to us and said, "Some nations were displayed before
me. A prophet would pass in front of me with one man, and another with two men,
and another with a group of people. and another with nobody with him. Then I saw
a great crowd covering the horizon and I wished that they were my followers, but
it was said to me, 'This is Moses and his followers.' Then it was said to me,
'Look'' I looked and saw a big gathering with a large number of people covering
the horizon. It was said, "Look this way and that way.' So I saw a big crowd
covering the horizon. Then it was said to me, "These are your followers, and
among them there are 70,000 who will enter Paradise without (being asked about
their) accounts. " Then the people dispersed and the Prophet did not tell who
those 70,000 were. So the companions of the Prophet started talking about that
and some of them said, "As regards us, we were born in the era of heathenism,
but then we believed in Allah and His Apostle . We think however, that these
(70,000) are our offspring." That talk reached the Prophet who said, "These
(70,000) are the people who do not draw an evil omen from (birds) and do not get
treated by branding themselves and do not treat with Ruqya, but put their trust
(only) in their Lord." then 'Ukasha bin Muhsin got up and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Am I one of those (70,000)?" The Prophet said, "Yes." Then another
person got up and said, "Am I one of them?" The Prophet said, " 'Ukasha has
anticipated you."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 649:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "There is neither 'Adha (no contagious disease is conveyed
to others without Allah's permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen may be in
three a woman, a house or an animal."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 650:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is no Tiyara, and the best omen is the
Fal." They asked, "What is the Fal?" He said, "A good word that one of you hears
(and takes as a good omen)."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 651:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "There is no Tiyara and the best omen is the Fal," Somebody
said, "What is the Fal, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "A good word that one of
you hears (and takes as a good omen)."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 652:
Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, "No 'Adha (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without
Allah's permission), nor Tiyara, but I like the good Fal, i.e., the good word."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 653:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "There is no 'Adha, nor Tiyara, nor Hama, nor Safar."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 654:
Narrated Abu Huraira : Allah's Apostle gave his verdict about two ladies of the Hudhail tribe who had
fought each other and one of them had hit the other with a stone. The stone hit
her abdomen and as she was pregnant, the blow killed the child in her womb. They
both filed their case with the Prophet and he judged that the blood money for
what was in her womb. was a slave or a female slave. The guardian of the lady
who was fined said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I be fined for a creature that has
neither drunk nor eaten, neither spoke nor cried? A case like that should be
nullified." On that the Prophet said, "This is one of the brothers of
soothsayers.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 655:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Two ladies (had a fight) and one of them hit the other with a stone on the
abdomen and caused her to abort. The Prophet judged that the victim be given
either a slave or a female slave (as blood-money). Narrated Ibn Shihab: Said bin
Al-Musayyab said, "Allah's Apostle judged that in case of child killed in the
womb of its mother, the offender should give the mother a slave or a female
slave in recompense The offender said, How can I be fined for killing one who
neither ate nor drank, neither spoke nor cried: a case like that should be
denied ' On that Allah's Apostle said 'He is one of the brothers of the
foretellers
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 656:
Narrated Abu Mas'ud: The Prophet forbade the utilization of the price of a dog, the earnings of
prostitute and the earnings of a foreteller
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 657:
Narrated 'Aisha: Some people asked Allah's Apostle about the fore-tellers He said. ' They are
nothing" They said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Sometimes they tell us of a thing which
turns out to be true." Allah's Apostle said, "A Jinn snatches that true word and
pours it Into the ear of his friend (the fore-teller) (as one puts something
into a bottle) The foreteller then mixes with that word one hundred lies."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 658:
Narrated 'Aisha: A man called Labid bin al-A'sam from the tribe of Bani Zaraiq worked magic on
Allah's Apostle till Allah's Apostle started imagining that he had done a thing
that he had not really done. One day or one night he was with us, he invoked
Allah and invoked for a long period, and then said, "O 'Aisha! Do you know that
Allah has instructed me concerning the matter I have asked him about? Two men
came to me and one of them sat near my head and the other near my feet. One of
them said to his companion, "What is the disease of this man?" The other
replied, "He is under the effect of magic.' The first one asked, 'Who has worked
the magic on him?' The other replied, "Labid bin Al-A'sam.' The first one asked,
'What material did he use?' The other replied, 'A comb and the hairs stuck to it
and the skin of pollen of a male date palm.' The first one asked, 'Where is
that?' The other replied, '(That is) in the well of Dharwan;' " So Allah's
Apostle along with some of his companions went there and came back saying, "O
'Aisha, the color of its water is like the infusion of Henna leaves. The tops of
the date-palm trees near it are like the heads of the devils." I asked. "O
Allah's Apostle? Why did you not show it (to the people)?" He said, "Since Allah
cured me, I disliked to let evil spread among the people." Then he ordered that
the well be filled up with earth.
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 659:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Avoid the Mubiqat, i.e., shirk and witchcraft."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 660:
Narrated Aisha: Magic was worked on Allah's Apostle so that he used to think that he had sexual
relations with his wives while he actually had not (Sufyan said: That is the
hardest kind of magic as it has such an effect). Then one day he said, "O 'Aisha
do you know that Allah has instructed me concerning the matter I asked Him
about? Two men came to me and one of them sat near my head and the other sat
near my feet. The one near my head asked the other. What is wrong with this
man?' The latter replied the is under the effect of magic The first one asked,
Who has worked magic on him?' The other replied Labid bin Al-A'sam, a man from
Bani Zuraiq who was an ally of the Jews and was a hypocrite.' The first one
asked, What material did he use)?' The other replied, 'A comb and the hair stuck
to it.' The first one asked, 'Where (is that)?' The other replied. 'In a skin of
pollen of a male date palm tree kept under a stone in the well of Dharwan' '' So
the Prophet went to that well and took out those things and said "That was the
well which was shown to me (in a dream) Its water looked like the infusion of
Henna leaves and its date-palm trees looked like the heads of devils." The
Prophet added, "Then that thing was taken out' I said (to the Prophet ) "Why do
you not treat yourself with Nashra?" He said, "Allah has cured me; I dislike to
let evil spread among my people."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 661:
Narrated 'Aisha: Magic was worked on Allah's Apostle so that he began to imagine that he had done
something although he had not. One day while he was with me, he invoked Allah
and invoked for a long period and then said, "O 'Aisha! Do you know that Allah
has instructed me regarding the matter I asked Him about?" I asked, "What is
that, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "Two men came to me; one of them sat near my
head and the other sat near my feet. One of them asked his companion, 'What is
the disease of this man?' The other replied, 'He is under the effect of magic.'
The first one asked, 'Who has worked magic on him?" The other replied, 'Labid
bin A'sam, a Jew from the tribe of Bani Zuraiq.' The (first one asked), 'With
what has it been done?' The other replied, 'With a a comb and the hair stuck to
it and a skin of the pollen of a male datepalm tree.' The first one asked,
'Where is it?' The other replied, 'In the well of Dharwan.' Then the Prophet
went along with some of his companions to that well and looked at that and there
were date palms near to it. Then he returned to me and said, 'By Allah the water
of that well was (red) like the infusion of Henna leaves and its date-palms were
like the heads of devils" I said, O Allah's Apostle! Did you take those
materials out of the pollen skin?" He said, 'No! As for me Allah has healed me
and cured me and I was afraid that (by Showing that to the people) I would
spread evil among them when he ordered that the well be filled up with earth,
and it was filled up with earth "
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 662:
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: Two men came from the East and addressed the people who wondered at their
eloquent speeches On that Allah's Apostle said. Some eloquent speech is as
effective as magic.'
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 663:
Narrated Saud: The Prophet said, "If somebody takes some 'Ajwa dates every morning, he will not
be effected by poison or magic on that day till night." (Another narrator said
seven dates).
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 664:
Narrated Saud: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "If Somebody takes seven 'Ajwa dates in the
morning, neither magic nor poison will hurt him that day."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 665o:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, 'No 'Adha (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others
without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen m the month of) Safar; nor Hama"
A bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! What about the camels which, when on the
sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel mixes with them they all
get infected with mange?" On that Allah s Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the
(mange) disease to the first (mangy)
camel?"
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 665e:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said: The cattle (sheep, cows, camels, etc.) suffering from a
disease should not be mixed up with healthy cattle, (or said: "Do not put a
patient with a healthy person ). " (as a precaution).
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 666:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "there is neither 'Adha nor Tiyara, and an evil omen is
only in three: a horse, a woman and a house." (See the foot-note of Hadith No.
649)
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 667:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "No 'Adha." Abu Huraira also said: The Prophet said, "The
cattle suffering from a disease should not be mixed up with healthy cattle (or
said "Do not put a patient with a healthy person as a precaution.") Abu Huraira
also said: Allah's Apostle said, "No 'Adha." A bedouin got up and said, "Don't
you see how camels on the sand look like deer but when a mangy camel mixes with
them, they all get infected with mange?" On that the Prophet said, "Then who
conveyed the (mange) disease to the first camel?"
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 668:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "No 'Adha nor Tiyara; but I like Fal." They said, "What is the
Fal?" He said, "A good word."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 669:
Narrated Abu Huraira: When Khaibar was conquered, Allah's Apostle was presented with a poisoned
(roasted) sheep. Allah's Apostle said, "Collect for me all the Jews present in
this area." (When they were gathered) Allah's Apostle said to them, "I am going
to ask you about something; will you tell me the truth?" They replied, "Yes, O
Abal-Qasim!" Allah's Apostle said to them, "Who is your father?" They said, "Our
father is so-and-so." Allah's Apostle said, "You have told a lie. for your
father is so-and-so," They said, "No doubt, you have said the truth and done the
correct thing." He again said to them, "If I ask you about something; will you
tell me the truth?" They replied, "Yes, O Abal-Qasim! And if we should tell a
lie you will know it as you have known it regarding our father," Allah's Apostle
then asked, "Who are the people of the (Hell) Fire?" They replied, "We will
remain in the (Hell) Fire for a while and then you (Muslims) will replace us in
it" Allah's Apostle said to them. ''You will abide in it with ignominy. By
Allah, we shall never replace you in it at all." Then he asked them again, "If I
ask you something, will you tell me the truth?" They replied, "Yes." He asked.
"Have you put the poison in this roasted sheep?" They replied, "Yes," He asked,
"What made you do that?" They replied, "We intended to learn if you were a liar
in which case we would be relieved from you, and if you were a prophet then it
would not harm you."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 670:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills
himself, will be in the (Hell) Fire falling down into it and abiding therein
perpetually forever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself with it, he
will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the (Hell) Fire
wherein he will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron
weapon, will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with
it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 671:
Narrated Sad: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Whoever takes seven 'Ajwa dates in the morning
will not be effected by magic or poison on that day."
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 672:
Narrated Abu Tha'laba Al-Khushani: The Prophet forbade the eating of wild animals having fangs. (Az-Zuhri said: I
did not hear this narration except when I went to Sham.) Al-Laith said: Narrated
Yunus: I asked Ibn Shihab, "May we perform the ablution with the milk of
she-asses or drink it, or drink the bile of wild animals or urine of camels?" He
replied, "The Muslims used to treat themselves with that and did not see any
harm in it. As for the milk of she-asses, we have learnt that Allah's Apostle
forbade the eating of their meat, but we have not received any information
whether drinking of their milk is allowed or forbidden." As for the bile of wild
animals, Ibn Shihab said, "Abu Idris Al-Khaulani told me that Allah's Apostle
forbade the eating of the flesh of every wild beast having fangs . "
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Volume 7, Book 71, Number 673:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip
all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings
there is a disease and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i e. the
treatment for that disease."
Natural Healing with Medicine of the Prophet By Imam (Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya).
Table of contents :
Part I: Traditional Medicine
Part II: Spiritual Medicine
Part III: Simple Food And Medicine And Their Physical and Spiritual Properties .
Partial Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 28:
Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)
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Book 28, Number 3846:
Narrated Usamah ibn Sharik:
I came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and his Companions were sitting as if
they had birds on their heads. I saluted and sat down. The desert Arabs then
came from here and there. They asked: Apostle of Allah, should we make use of
medical treatment? He replied: Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has not
made a disease without appointing a remedy for it, with the exception of one
disease, namely old age.
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Book 28, Number 3847:
Narrated Umm al-Mundhar bint Qays al-Ansariyyah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to visit me, accompanied by Ali
who was convalescing. We had some ripe dates hung up. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
got up and began to eat from them.
Ali also got up to eat, but the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said
repeatedly to Ali: Stop, Ali, for you are convalescing, and Ali stopped.
She said: I then prepared some barley and beer-root and brought it. The Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) then said: Take some of this, Ali, for it will be
more beneficial for you. AbuDawud said: The narrator Harun said: al-Adawiyyah
(i.e. Umm al-Mundhar).
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Book 28, Number 3848:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The best medical treatment you apply is
cupping.
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Book 28, Number 3849:
Narrated Salmah:
the maid-servant of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), said: No one
complained to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) of a headache but he told
him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them
with henna.
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Book 28, Number 3850:
Narrated AbuKabshah al-Ansari:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to have himself cupped on the top
of his head and between his shoulders, and that he used to say: If anyone pours
out any of his blood, he will not suffer if he applies no medical treatment for
anything.
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Book 28, Number 3851:
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) had himself cupped three times in the veins at
the sides of the neck and on the shoulder. Ma'mar said: I got myself cupped, and
I lost my memory so much so that I was instructed Surat al-Fatihah by others in
my prayer. He had himself cupped at the top of his head.
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Book 28, Number 3852:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone has himself cupped on the 17th,
19th and 21st it will be a remedy for every disease.
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Book 28, Number 3853:
Narrated Kabshah daughter of AbuBakrah:
(the narrator other than Musa said that Kayyisah daughter of AbuBakrah) She said
that her father used to forbid his family to have themselves cupped on a
Tuesday, and used to assert on the authority of the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) that Tuesday is the day of blood in which there is an hour
when it does not stop.
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Book 28, Number 3854:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) had himself cupped above the thigh for
a contusion from which he suffered.
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Book 28, Number 3855:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) sent a physician to Ubayy (ibn Ka'b), and he cut
his vein.
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Book 28, Number 3856:
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) forbade to cauterise; we cauterised but they
(cauterisation) did not benefit us, nor proved useful for us.
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Book 28, Number 3859:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was asked about a charm for one who is
possessed (nashrah). He replied: It pertains to the work of the devil.
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Book 28, Number 3860:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: If I drink an antidote, or
tie an amulet, or compose poetry, I am the type who does not care what he does.
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Book 28, Number 3861:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited unclean medicine.
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Book 28, Number 3862:
Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Uthman:
When a physician consulted the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) about putting frogs
in medicine, he forbade him to kill them.
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Book 28, Number 3864:
Narrated Tariq ibn Suwayd or Suwayd ibn Tariq:
Wa'il said: Tariq ibn Suwayd or Suwayd ibn Tariq asked the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) about wine, but he forbade it. He again asked him, but he
forbade him. He said to him: Prophet of Allah, it is a medicine. The Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) said: No it is a disease.
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Book 28, Number 3865:
Narrated AbudDarda:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah has sent down both the disease and
the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves
medically, but use nothing unlawful.
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Book 28, Number 3866:
Narrated Sa'd:
I suffered from an illness. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to pay
a visit to me. He put his hands between my nipples and I felt its coolness at my
heart. He said: You are a man suffering from heart sickness. Go to al-Harith ibn
Kaladah, brother of Thaqif. He is a man who gives medical treatment. He should
take seven ajwah dates of Medina and grind them with their kernels, and then put
them into your mouth.
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Book 28, Number 3869:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Wear your white garments, for they are
among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of
collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair
sprout.
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Book 28, Number 3871:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The man casting evil would be commanded to perform ablution, and then the man
affected was washed with it.
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Book 28, Number 3872:
Narrated Asma', daughter of Yazid ibn as-Sakan,:
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: Do not kill your
children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother
is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse.
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Book 28, Number 3874:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
Zaynab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, told that Abdullah said: I heard the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) saying: spells, charms and love-potions are
polytheism.
I asked: Why do you say this? I swear by Allah, when my eye was discharging I
used to go to so-and-so, the Jew, who applied a spell to me. When he applied the
spell to me, it calmed down. Abdullah said:
That was just the work of the Devil who was picking it with his hand, and when
he uttered the spell on it, he desisted. All you need to do is to say as the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say: Remove the harm, O Lord of
men, and heal. Thou art the Healer. There is no remedy but Thine which leaves no
disease behind.
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Book 28, Number 3875:
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: No spell is to be used except for the evil
eye or a scorpion sting.
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Book 28, Number 3876:
Narrated Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) entered upon Thabit ibn Qays. The
version of Ahmad (ibn Salih) has: When he was ill He (the Prophet) said: Remove
the harm, O Lord of men, from Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas. He then took some
dust of Bathan, and put it in a bowel, and then mixed it with water and blew in
it, and poured it on him.
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Book 28, Number 3878:
Narrated Ash-Shifa', daughter of Abdullah,:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) entered when I was with Hafsah, and he
said to me: Why do you not teach this one the spell for skin eruptions as you
taught her writing.
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Book 28, Number 3879:
Narrated Sahl ibn Hunayf:
I passed by a river. I entered it and took a bath in it. When I came out, I had
fever. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it. He said:
Ask AbuThabit to seek refuge in Allah from that I asked: O my Lord, will the
spell be useful? He replied: No, the spell is to be used except for the evil eye
or a snake bite or a scorpion sting.
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Book 28, Number 3883:
Narrated AbudDarda':
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: If any of you is suffering
from anything or his brother is suffering, he should say: Our Lord is Allah Who
is in the heaven, holy is Thy name, Thy command reigns supreme in the heaven and
the earth, as Thy mercy in the heaven, make Thy mercy in the earth; forgive us
our sins, and our errors; Thou art the Lord of good men; send down mercy from
Thy mercy, and remedy, and remedy from Thy remedy on this pain so that it is
healed up.
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Book 28, Number 3884:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sued to teach them the following words
in the case of alarm: I seek refuge in Allah's perfect words from His anger, the
evil of His servants, the evil suggestions of the devils and their presence.
Abdullah ibn Amr used to teach them to those of his children who had reached
puberty, and he wrote them down (on some material) and hung on the child who had
not reached puberty.
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Book 28, Number 3887:
Narrated Alaqah ibn Sahar at-Tamimi:
Alaqah came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and embraced Islam.
He then came back from him and passed some people who had a lunatic fettered in
chains.
His people said: We are told that your companion has brought some good. Have you
something with which you can cure him? I then recited Surat al-Fatihah and he
was cured. They gave me one hundred sheep. I then came to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) and informed him of it.
He asked: Is it only this? The narrator, Musaddad, said in his other version:
Did you say anything other than this? I said: No. He said: Take it, for by my
life, some accept if for a worthless chain, but you have done so for a genuine
one.
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Book 28, Number 3889:
Narrated AbuSalih Zakwan as-Samman:
A man from Aslam tribe said: I was sitting with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him). A man from among his Companions came and said: Apostle of
Allah! I have been stung last night, and I could not sleep till morning. He
asked: What was that? He replied: A scorpion.
He said: Oh, had you said in the evening: "I take refuge in the perfect words of
Allah from the evil of what He created," nothing would have harmed you, Allah
willing.
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Book 28, Number 3890:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
A man who was stung by a scorpion was brought to the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him). He said: Had he said the word: "I seek refuge in the
perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created, "he would not have been
stung, or he said, "It would not have harmed him."
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Book 28, Number 3892:
Narrated Alaqah ibn Sahar at-Tamimi:
We proceeded from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and came to a clan of
the Arabs.
They said: We have been told that you have brought what is good from this man.
Have you any medicine or a charm, for we have a lunatic in chains?
We said: Yes. Then they brought a lunatic in chains. He said: I recited Surat
al-Fatihah over him for three days, morning and evening. Whenever I finished it,
I would collect my saliva and spit it out, and he seemed as if he were set free
from a bond. He said: They gave me some payment, but I said: No, not until I ask
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
He (the Prophet) said: Accept it, for, by my life, some accept it for a
worthless charm, but you have done so for a genuine one.
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Book 28, Number 3894:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
My mother intended to make me fat to send me to the (house of) the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him). But nothing which he desired benefited me till she
gave me cucumber with fresh dates to eat. Then I became fat as good (as she
desired).
Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)
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Book 28, Number 3846:
Narrated Usamah ibn Sharik:
I came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and his Companions were sitting as if
they had birds on their heads. I saluted and sat down. The desert Arabs then
came from here and there. They asked: Apostle of Allah, should we make use of
medical treatment? He replied: Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has not
made a disease without appointing a remedy for it, with the exception of one
disease, namely old age.
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Book 28, Number 3847:
Narrated Umm al-Mundhar bint Qays al-Ansariyyah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to visit me, accompanied by Ali
who was convalescing. We had some ripe dates hung up. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
got up and began to eat from them.
Ali also got up to eat, but the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said
repeatedly to Ali: Stop, Ali, for you are convalescing, and Ali stopped.
She said: I then prepared some barley and beer-root and brought it. The Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) then said: Take some of this, Ali, for it will be
more beneficial for you. AbuDawud said: The narrator Harun said: al-Adawiyyah
(i.e. Umm al-Mundhar).
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Book 28, Number 3848:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The best medical treatment you apply is
cupping.
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Book 28, Number 3849:
Narrated Salmah:
the maid-servant of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), said: No one
complained to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) of a headache but he told
him to get himself cupped, or of a pain in his legs but he told him to dye them
with henna.
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Book 28, Number 3850:
Narrated AbuKabshah al-Ansari:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to have himself cupped on the top
of his head and between his shoulders, and that he used to say: If anyone pours
out any of his blood, he will not suffer if he applies no medical treatment for
anything.
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Book 28, Number 3851:
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) had himself cupped three times in the veins at
the sides of the neck and on the shoulder. Ma'mar said: I got myself cupped, and
I lost my memory so much so that I was instructed Surat al-Fatihah by others in
my prayer. He had himself cupped at the top of his head.
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Book 28, Number 3852:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone has himself cupped on the 17th,
19th and 21st it will be a remedy for every disease.
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Book 28, Number 3853:
Narrated Kabshah daughter of AbuBakrah:
(the narrator other than Musa said that Kayyisah daughter of AbuBakrah) She said
that her father used to forbid his family to have themselves cupped on a
Tuesday, and used to assert on the authority of the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) that Tuesday is the day of blood in which there is an hour
when it does not stop.
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Book 28, Number 3854:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) had himself cupped above the thigh for
a contusion from which he suffered.
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Book 28, Number 3855:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) sent a physician to Ubayy (ibn Ka'b), and he cut
his vein.
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Book 28, Number 3856:
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) forbade to cauterise; we cauterised but they
(cauterisation) did not benefit us, nor proved useful for us.
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Book 28, Number 3859:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was asked about a charm for one who is
possessed (nashrah). He replied: It pertains to the work of the devil.
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Book 28, Number 3860:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: If I drink an antidote, or
tie an amulet, or compose poetry, I am the type who does not care what he does.
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Book 28, Number 3861:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited unclean medicine.
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Book 28, Number 3862:
Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Uthman:
When a physician consulted the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) about putting frogs
in medicine, he forbade him to kill them.
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Book 28, Number 3864:
Narrated Tariq ibn Suwayd or Suwayd ibn Tariq:
Wa'il said: Tariq ibn Suwayd or Suwayd ibn Tariq asked the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) about wine, but he forbade it. He again asked him, but he
forbade him. He said to him: Prophet of Allah, it is a medicine. The Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) said: No it is a disease.
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Book 28, Number 3865:
Narrated AbudDarda:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah has sent down both the disease and
the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves
medically, but use nothing unlawful.
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Book 28, Number 3866:
Narrated Sa'd:
I suffered from an illness. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to pay
a visit to me. He put his hands between my nipples and I felt its coolness at my
heart. He said: You are a man suffering from heart sickness. Go to al-Harith ibn
Kaladah, brother of Thaqif. He is a man who gives medical treatment. He should
take seven ajwah dates of Medina and grind them with their kernels, and then put
them into your mouth.
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Book 28, Number 3869:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Wear your white garments, for they are
among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of
collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair
sprout.
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Book 28, Number 3871:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The man casting evil would be commanded to perform ablution, and then the man
affected was washed with it.
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Book 28, Number 3872:
Narrated Asma', daughter of Yazid ibn as-Sakan,:
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: Do not kill your
children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother
is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse.
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Book 28, Number 3874:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
Zaynab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, told that Abdullah said: I heard the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) saying: spells, charms and love-potions are
polytheism.
I asked: Why do you say this? I swear by Allah, when my eye was discharging I
used to go to so-and-so, the Jew, who applied a spell to me. When he applied the
spell to me, it calmed down. Abdullah said:
That was just the work of the Devil who was picking it with his hand, and when
he uttered the spell on it, he desisted. All you need to do is to say as the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say: Remove the harm, O Lord of
men, and heal. Thou art the Healer. There is no remedy but Thine which leaves no
disease behind.
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Book 28, Number 3875:
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: No spell is to be used except for the evil
eye or a scorpion sting.
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Book 28, Number 3876:
Narrated Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) entered upon Thabit ibn Qays. The
version of Ahmad (ibn Salih) has: When he was ill He (the Prophet) said: Remove
the harm, O Lord of men, from Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas. He then took some
dust of Bathan, and put it in a bowel, and then mixed it with water and blew in
it, and poured it on him.
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Book 28, Number 3878:
Narrated Ash-Shifa', daughter of Abdullah,:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) entered when I was with Hafsah, and he
said to me: Why do you not teach this one the spell for skin eruptions as you
taught her writing.
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Book 28, Number 3879:
Narrated Sahl ibn Hunayf:
I passed by a river. I entered it and took a bath in it. When I came out, I had
fever. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it. He said:
Ask AbuThabit to seek refuge in Allah from that I asked: O my Lord, will the
spell be useful? He replied: No, the spell is to be used except for the evil eye
or a snake bite or a scorpion sting.
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Book 28, Number 3883:
Narrated AbudDarda':
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: If any of you is suffering
from anything or his brother is suffering, he should say: Our Lord is Allah Who
is in the heaven, holy is Thy name, Thy command reigns supreme in the heaven and
the earth, as Thy mercy in the heaven, make Thy mercy in the earth; forgive us
our sins, and our errors; Thou art the Lord of good men; send down mercy from
Thy mercy, and remedy, and remedy from Thy remedy on this pain so that it is
healed up.
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Book 28, Number 3884:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sued to teach them the following words
in the case of alarm: I seek refuge in Allah's perfect words from His anger, the
evil of His servants, the evil suggestions of the devils and their presence.
Abdullah ibn Amr used to teach them to those of his children who had reached
puberty, and he wrote them down (on some material) and hung on the child who had
not reached puberty.
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Book 28, Number 3887:
Narrated Alaqah ibn Sahar at-Tamimi:
Alaqah came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and embraced Islam.
He then came back from him and passed some people who had a lunatic fettered in
chains.
His people said: We are told that your companion has brought some good. Have you
something with which you can cure him? I then recited Surat al-Fatihah and he
was cured. They gave me one hundred sheep. I then came to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) and informed him of it.
He asked: Is it only this? The narrator, Musaddad, said in his other version:
Did you say anything other than this? I said: No. He said: Take it, for by my
life, some accept if for a worthless chain, but you have done so for a genuine
one.
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Book 28, Number 3889:
Narrated AbuSalih Zakwan as-Samman:
A man from Aslam tribe said: I was sitting with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him). A man from among his Companions came and said: Apostle of
Allah! I have been stung last night, and I could not sleep till morning. He
asked: What was that? He replied: A scorpion.
He said: Oh, had you said in the evening: "I take refuge in the perfect words of
Allah from the evil of what He created," nothing would have harmed you, Allah
willing.
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Book 28, Number 3890:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
A man who was stung by a scorpion was brought to the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him). He said: Had he said the word: "I seek refuge in the
perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created, "he would not have been
stung, or he said, "It would not have harmed him."
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Book 28, Number 3892:
Narrated Alaqah ibn Sahar at-Tamimi:
We proceeded from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and came to a clan of
the Arabs.
They said: We have been told that you have brought what is good from this man.
Have you any medicine or a charm, for we have a lunatic in chains?
We said: Yes. Then they brought a lunatic in chains. He said: I recited Surat
al-Fatihah over him for three days, morning and evening. Whenever I finished it,
I would collect my saliva and spit it out, and he seemed as if he were set free
from a bond. He said: They gave me some payment, but I said: No, not until I ask
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
He (the Prophet) said: Accept it, for, by my life, some accept it for a
worthless charm, but you have done so for a genuine one.
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Book 28, Number 3894:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
My mother intended to make me fat to send me to the (house of) the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him). But nothing which he desired benefited me till she
gave me cucumber with fresh dates to eat. Then I became fat as good (as she
desired).
