Sunan Ibn Majah: Chapter 31

“I saw the Bedouins
asking
the Prophet (PbUH): ‘Is there any harm in such and such, is
there
any harm in such and such?’ He said to them: ‘O slaves of Allah!
Allah has only made harm in that which transgresses the honor of
one’s
brother. That is what is sinful.’ They said: ‘O Messenger
of Allah! Is
there any sin if we do not seek treatment?’ He said:
‘Seek treatment,
O slaves of Allah! For Allah does not create any
disease but He also
creates with it the cure, except for old age.’
They said: ‘O Messenger
of Allah, what is the best thing that a
person may be given?’ He said:
‘Good manners.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
was
asked: ‘Do you think that the medicines with which we treat
ourselves, the Ruqyah by which we seek healing, and the means of
protection that we seek, change the decree of Allah at all?’ He
said:
‘They are part of the decree of Allah.’”

“Allah
does
not send down any disease, but He also sends down the cure for
it.”

“Allah does not send down any disease, but He also sends down
the
cure.”

“What do you desire?” He said: “I
want
wheat bread.” The Prophet (PbUH) said: “Whoever has wheat
bread, let
him send it to his brother.” Then the Prophet (PbUH)
said: “When a sick
person among you desires something, give it to
him.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) went to
visit
a sick person, and said: ‘Do you want anything? Do you want
cake?’
He said: ‘Yes.’ So they looked for some for him.”

“The
Messenger
of Allah (PbUH) entered upon us, and with him was ‘Ali bin
Abu
Talib, who had recently recovered from an illness. We had bunches
of
unripe dates hanging up, and the Prophet (PbUH) was eating from
them.
‘Ali reached out to eat some, and the Prophet (PbUH) said to
‘Ali:
‘Stop, O ‘Ali! You have just recovered from an illness.’ I made
some greens and barley for the Prophet (PbUH), and the Prophet (PbUH)
said to ‘Ali: ‘O ‘Ali, eat some of this, for it is better for
you.’”

“I came to the Prophet (PbUH) and in
front of him there were some bread and dates. The Prophet (PbUH) said:
‘Come and eat.’ So I started to eat some of the dates. Then the
Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘Are you eating dates when you have an
inflammation in your eye?’ I said: ‘I am chewing from the other
side.’
And the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) smiled.”

“Do not force your sick ones to eat or drink.
Allah
will feed them and give them to drink.”

“If any of his family members
became
ill, the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) would order that some broth
be
made. And he would say: ‘It consoles the grieving heart and
cleanses the ailing heart, as anyone of you cleanses her face of dirt
with water.’”

“You should
eat the beneficial thing that is unpleasant to eat: Talbinah,”
meaning
broth. If any member of the family of the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) was
sick, the cooking pot would remain on the fire until one of
two things
happened, either the person recovered or died.

“In
black seed there is healing for every disease, except the Sam.” "Sam means death. And black seed is Shuwniz."

“I heard Salim
bin
‘Abdullah narrating from his father that the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) said: ‘You should eat this black seed, for in it there is
healing from every disease, except the Sam (death).’”

“We went out and with us
was
Ghalib bin Abjar. He fell sick along the way, and when we came to
Al-Madinah he was sick. Ibn Abu ‘Atiq came to visit him and said to
us: ‘You should use this black seed. Take five or seven (seeds) and
grind them to a powder, then drop them into his nose with drops of
olive oil, on this side and on this side. For ‘Aishah narrated to
them
that she heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say: “This black
seed is a
healing for every disease, except the Sam.” I said: “What
is the Sam?”
He said: “Death.”

“Whoever eats honey three mornings each month, will not suffer
any
serious calamity.”

“Some honey was given
as
a gift to the Prophet (PbUH), and he shared among us spoonful by
spoonful. I took my spoonful then I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,
can I
have another?’ He said: ‘Yes.’”

“You should take the two that bring healing: Honey and the
Qur’an.”

“Truffles are a type of manna, and their water is a
healing for eye (diseases). And the ‘Ajwah* are from Paradise, and
they are healing for possession.”**

“I heard Sa’eed bin Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail
narrating from the Prophet (PbUH) that: ‘Truffles are a type of
manna
that Allah sent down to the Children of Israel, and their water
is a
healing for eye (diseases).’”

“We used to narrate from the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) and mention truffles, and they said: ‘(It
is)
the smallpox of the earth.’ When the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
was told
of what they were saying: he said: ‘Truffles are a type of
manna, and
the Ajwah are from Paradise, and they are a healing from
poison.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
say: “Ajwah and the rock* are from Paradise.’”

“I heard Abu Ubayy bin Umm Haram, who had
prayed with the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) facing both the Qiblah,
saying: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say: “You should
use senna and the Sannut, for in them there is healing for every
disease, except the Sam.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah,
what is the Sam?” He said: “Death.”
(One of the narrators) ‘Mar said: “Ibn Abu ‘Ablah said: the ‘Sannut is dill.” Others said: “Rather, it is honey that is kept in a skin (i.e., receptacle) used for ghee.”*

“The Prophet (PbUH) set out in
the
early morning and I did likewise. I prayed, then I sat. The
Prophet
(PbUH) turned to me and said: ‘Do you have a stomach problem?’*
I
said: ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘Get up and pray,
for in
prayer there is healing.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
forbade treating illness with foul things (Khabith), meaning
poison.”*

“Whoever drinks poison and kills himself, will be sipping it in
the
fire of Hell forever and ever.’”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) said to me: ‘What do you use as a laxative?’ I said: ‘The
Shubrum (spurge – Euphorb).’ He said: (It is) hot and powerful.’
Then
I used senna as a laxative and he said: ‘If anything were to
cure
death, it would be senna. Senna is a cure for death.’”

“I brought a son of
mine
to the Prophet (PbUH), and I had pressed on an area of his throat
due
to tonsillitis. He said: ‘Why do you poke your children with this
pressing?’ You should use this aloeswood, for in it there are seven
cures. It should be inhaled for pustules in the throat, and given in
the side of the mouth for pleurisy.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) saying:
‘The
cure for sciatica is the fat from the tail of a Bedouin sheep (or
wild sheep), which should be melted and divided into three parts, one
part to be taken each day on an empty stomach.’”

“The Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) was wounded on the Day of Uhud. His molar was broken and
his helmet was crushed on his head. Fatimah was washing the blood
from
him and ‘Ali was pouring water on him from a shield. When
Fatimah
realized that the water was only making the bleeding worse,
she took a
piece of a mat and burnt it, and when it had turned to
ashes, she
applied it to the wound to stop the bleeding.

“On the
Day of
Uhud, I recognized the one who wounded the face of the
Messenger of
Allah (PbUH), the one who was washing the blood from the
face of the
Messenger of Allah (PbUH) and treating him, and the one
who was
bringing the water in a shield, and with what the wound was
treated
until the bleeding stopped. The one who was carrying the
water in the
shield was ‘Ali. The one who was treating the wound
was Fatimah. When
the bleeding would not stop, she burned a piece of
a worn out mat and
applied the ashes to it (the wound), then the
bleeding stopped.

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Whoever
gives
medical treatment, with no prior knowledge of medicine, is
responsible
(for any harm done).’”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
prescribed Wars (memecyclon tinctorium), Indian aloeswood and
olive
oil for pleurisy, to be administered through the side of the
mouth.”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘You
should
use Indian aloeswood for it contains seven cures, including (a
cure
for) pleurisy.’”

“Mention of fever was made in
the
presence of the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), and a man cursed it. The
Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘Do not curse it, for it erases sin as fire
removes filth from iron.’”

“Be of good
cheer,
for Allah says: ‘It is My fire which I have causes to overwhelm
My
believing slave in this world, to be his share of the Fire in the
Hereafter.”

“Fever is
from
the heat of the Hell-fire, so cool it down with water.”

“Intense
fever is from the heat of Hell-fire, so cool it down with water.”

“I heard the Prophet
(PbUH)
say: ‘Fever is from the heat of the Hell-fire, so cool it down
with
water.’ He entered upon a son of ‘Ammar and said: ‘Take away
the
harm, O Lord of mankind, O God of mankind.’”

The Prophet (PbUH) said:
“Cool
it down with water,” and he said: “It is from the heat of
Hell-fire.”

“Fever is one of the bellows of Hell, so avert it from
yourselves
with cold water.”

“If
there
is any good in any of the remedies you use, it is in cupping.”

“On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’),
I did not pass by any group of angels but all of them said to me: ‘O
Muhammad, you should use cupping.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
said: ‘What a good slave is the cupper. He takes away the blood,
reduces pressure on the spine, and improves the eyesight.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘On the
night on
which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did not
pass by
any group (of angels) but they said to me: “O Muhammad, tell
your
nation to use cupping.”

It was
narrated from Jabir that Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet
(PbUH),
asked the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) for permission to be cupped,
and
the Prophet (PbUH) told Abu Taibah to cup her.

“I heard ‘Abdullah bin Buhainah
say:
‘The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) was cupped in Lahyi Jamal,* in
the
middle of his head, while he was a Muhrim.”

“Jibra’il came down to the Prophet
(PbUH) with (the recommendation of) cupping in the two veins at the
side of the neck and the base of the neck.”

It was
narrated from Anas that the Prophet (PbUH) was cupped in the
two veins
at theside of the neck and the base of the neck.

“Whoever
lets blood from these places, it does not matter if he does
not seek
treatment for anything else.”

“Meaning that the Prophet (PbUH) was cupped because of that for bruising.”

“Whoever wants to be cupped, let him seek out the seventeenth,
nineteenth or twenty-first (of the month); and let none of you allow
his blood to rage so that it kills him.”

“O Nafi’! The blood is boiling
in
me, find me a cupper, but let it be someone gentle if you can, not
an
old man or a young boy. For I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
say:
‘Cupping on an empty stomach is better, and in it there is
healing
and blessing, and it increases one’s intellect and memory. So
have
yourselves cupped for the blessing of Allah on Thursdays, and
avoid
cupping on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Have
yourselves cupped on Mondays and Tuesdays, for that is the day on
which Allah relieved Ayyub of Calamity, and He inflicted calamity
upon
him on a Wednesday, and leprosy and leucoderma only appear on
Wednesdays, or on the night of Wednesday.”

“Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘O Nafi’! The
blood
is boiling in me. Bring me a cupper and let him be a young man,
not an
old man or a boy.’ Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘I heard the
Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) say: “Cupping on an empty stomach is
better, and it increases
one’s intellect and memory. And it
increases the memory of one who has
a good memory so whoever wants to
be cupped, (let him do it) on a
Thursday, in the Name of Allah. Avoid
cupping on Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays. Have yourselves cupped on
Mondays and Tuesdays, and avoid
cupping on Wednesdays, for that is
the day on which the calamity
befell Ayyub, and leprosy and
leucoderma only appear on Wednesday or
the night of Wednesday.”

“Whoever seeks treatment by cauterization, or
with
Ruqyah, then he had absolved himself of reliance upon Allah.”

“The Messenger of Allah
(PbUH) forbade cauterization. I had myself cauterized and I have not
prospered or succeeded.”

“Healing is in three things: A
drink of honey, the glass of the cupper, and cauterizing with fire,
but I forbid my nation to use cauterization.” And he attributed it
to
the Prophet (PbUH).

“I
heard
my paternal uncle Yahya – and I have not seen a man among us
like
him – tell the people that Sa'd bin Zurarah, who was the
grandfather of Muhammad through his mother, was suffering from pain
in
his throat, known as croup. The Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘I shall do
my
best for Abu Umamah.’ Such that I will be excused (i.e., free of
blame
if he is not healed). And he cauterized him with his own hand,
but he
died. The Prophet (sw) said: ‘May the Jews be doomed! They
will say:
“Why could he not avert death from his Companions?” But
I have no
power to do anything for him or for my own self.’”

“Ubayy bin Ka’b fell sick, and the
Prophet (PbUH) sent a doctor to him who cauterized him on his medical
arm vein.”

It was
narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
cauterized Sa’d bin Mu’adh on his medial arm vein, twice.

“The Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) said: ‘You should use antimony, for it improves the
eyesight and makes the hair (eyelashes) grow.’”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
say: ‘You should use antimony when you go to sleep, for it
improves
the eyesight and makes the hair (eyelashes) grow.’”

“The best of your kohl is antimony, for it improves the eyesight
and makes the hair (eyelashes) grow.”

“Whoever
applies kohl, let him do it an odd number of times. Whoever
does that
has done well, and whoever does not, it does not matter.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) had a kohl
container from which he would apply kohl three times, to each eye.”

“I said: ‘O
Messenger of Allah, in our land there are grapes which we squeeze (to
make wine). Can we drink from it?’ He said: ‘No.’ I repeated
the
question and said: ‘We treat the sick with it.’ He said:
‘That is not
a cure, it is a disease.’”

“The
best remedy is the Qur’an.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) did not suffer any injury or thorn-
prick
but he would apply henna to it.”

“Why don’t you go out to a flock of
camels of
ours, and drink their milk and urine.” And they did that.

“On one
of the wings of a fly there is a poison and on the other is the cure.
If it falls into the food, then dip it into it, for it puts the
poison
first and holds back the cure.”

“If a
fly
falls into your drink, dip it into it then throw it away, for on
one
of its wings is a disease and on the other is a cure.”

“The evil eye is real.”

‘The evil eye is real.”

‘Seek
refuge with Allah, for the evil eye is real.”

“ ‘Amir bin
Rabi’ah passed by Sahl bin Hunaif when he was having a bath, and
said:
‘I have never seen such beautiful skin.’ Straightaway, he
(Sahl) fell
to the ground. He was brought to the Prophet (PbUH) and it
was said:
‘Sahl has had a fit.’ He said: ‘Whom do you accuse
with regard to
him?’ They said: “ ‘Amir bin Rabi’ah.’ They
said: ‘Why would anyone of
you kill his brother? If he sees
something that he likes, then let him
pray for blessing for him.’
Then he called for water, and he told
‘Amir to perform ablution,
then he washed his face and his arms up to
the elbows, his knees and
inside his lower garment, then he told him
to pour the water over
him.”

“Asma’ said:
‘O Messenger of Allah! The children of Ja’far have been afflicted
by
the evil eye, shall I recite Ruqyah* for them?’ He said: ‘Yes,
for if
anything were to overtake the Divine decree it would be the
evil
eye.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
used
to seek refuge from the evil eye of the jinn and of mankind. When
the
Mu’awwidhatain* were revealed, he started to recite them and
stopped reciting anything else.”

It was
narrated from ‘Aishah that the Prophet (PbUH) commanded her to
recite Ruqyah to treat the evil eye.

“There
is no Ruqyah except for the evil eye or from the sting of a
scorpion.”

It as
narrated from Abu Bakr bin Muhammad that Khalidah bint Anas,
the
mother of Banu Hazm As-Sa’idiyyah, came to the Prophet (PbUH) and
recited a Ruqyah to him, and he told her to use it.

“There was a family among the Ansar,
called Al ‘Amr bin Hazm, who used to recite Ruqyah for the scorpion
sting, but the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) forbade Ruqyah. They came to
him and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! You have forbidden Ruqyah, but
we
recite Ruqyah against the scorpion’s sting.’ He said to them:
‘Recite
it to me.’ So they recited it to him, and he said: ‘There
is nothing
wrong with this, this is confirmed.’”

It was
narrated from Anas that the Prophet (PbUH) allowed Ruqyah for
the
scorpion’s sting, the evil eye, and Namlah (sores or small
pustules
ulcers or sores on a person’s sides).

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
allowed
Ruqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings.”

“A scorpion stung a man and
he did
not sleep all the night. It was said to the Prophet (PbUH): ‘So-
and-so
was stung by a scorpion and he did not sleep all the night.’ He
said: ‘If he had said, last night: A’udhu
bikalimatil-lahit-tammati
min sharri ma khalaq (I seek refuge in the
Perfect Words of Allah from
the evil of that which He has created),
the scorpion sting would not
have harmed him, until morning.’”

“I recited the Ruqyah for
snakebite to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), or it was recited to him,
and he commanded that it be used.”

“When the Messenger of Allah (PbUH)
came to a sick person, he would make supplication for him, and would
say: Adhhibil-bas, Rabban-nas, washfi Antash-Shafi, la shifa’a illa
shifa’uka shifan la yughadiru saqama (Take away the pain, O Lord of
mankind, and grant healing, for You are the Healer, and there is no
healing but Your healing that leaves no trace of sickness).’”

“Bismillah, turbatu ardina, biriqati ba’dina,
liyushfa
saqimuna. Bi’dhni Rabbina (In the Name of Allah, the dust of
our
land mixed with the saliva of one of us, to cure our sick one by
the
permission of our Lord).”

“I came to
the
Prophet (PbUH) and I was suffering pain that was killing me. The
Prophet (PbUH) said to me: ‘Put your right hand on it and say:
Bismillah, a’udhu bi’izzatil-lahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma
ajidu wa
uhadhiru. (In the Name of Allah, I seek refuge in the might
and power
of Allah from the evil of what I feel and what I fear),”
seven times.’
I said that, and Allah healed me.”

“O Muhammad, you are ill. He said: ‘Yes.’ He said:
Bismillahi arqika, min kulli shay’in yu’dika, min sharri kulli
nafsin
aw ‘aynin aw hasidin. Allahu yashfika, bismillahi arqika (In
the Name
of Allah I perform Ruqyah for you, from everything that is
harming
you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye, may Allah
heal you.
In the Name of Allah I perform Ruqyah for you).

“The Prophet (PbUH) came to
visit
me (when I was sick), and said to me: ‘Shall I not recite for
you a
Ruqyah that Jibra’il brought to me?’ I said: ‘May my father and
mother be ransomed for you! Yes, O Messenger of Allah!’ He said:
Bismillah arqika, wallahu yashfika, min kulli da’in fika, min
sharrin-
naffathati fil-‘uqad, wa min sharri hasidin idha hasad (In
the Name of
Allah I perform Ruqyah for you, from every disease that
is in you, and
from the evil of those who (practice witchcraft when
they) blow in the
knots, and from the evil of the envier when he
envies), three times.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) used to seek
refuge for Hasan and Husain and say: A’udhu bi
kalimatil-lahil-
tammati, min kulli shaitanin wa hammah, wa min kulli
‘aynin lammah (I
seek refuge for you both in the Perfect Words of
Allah, from every
devil and every poisonous reptile, and from every
evil eye).’ And he
would say: ‘Thus Ibrahim used to seek refuge
with Allah for Isma’il
and Ishaq,’ or he said: ‘for Isma’il
and Ya’qub.’”

“Bismillahil-kabir,
a’udhu
billahil-‘Azim min sharri ‘irqin na’ar wa, min sharri
harrin-
nar (In the Name of Allah the Great, I seek refuge with Allah
the
Almighty from the evil of a vein gushing (with blood) and the
evil of
the heat of the Fire.”

“I
heard ‘Ubadah bin Samit say: ‘Jibra’il (as) came to the
Prophet
(PbUH) when he was suffering from fever and said: ‘Bismillahi
arqika, min kulli shay’in yu’dhika, min hasadi hasidin, wa min
kulli
‘aynin, Allahu yashfika (In the Name of Allah I perform
Ruqyah for
you, from everything that is harming you; from the envy of
the envier
and from every evil eye, may Allah heal you).’”

It was
narrated from ‘Aishah that the Prophet (PbUH) used to blow when
performing Ruqyah.

“Whenever the Prophet (PbUH) fell ill,
he
would recite the Mu’awwidhat and blow, and when his pain grew
worse, I would recite over him and wipe his hand over him, hoping for
its blessing.”

“There was an old woman who used to
enter upon us and perform Ruqyah from erysipelas: Contagious disease
which causes fever and leaves a red coloration of the skin. We had a
bed with long legs, and when ‘Abdullah entered he would clear his
throat and make noise. He entered one day and when she heard his
voice she veiled herself from him. He came and sat beside me, and
touched me, and he found a sting. He said: ‘What is this?’ I
said: ‘An amulet against erysipelas.’ He pulled it, broke it and
threw it away, and said: ‘The family of ‘Abdullah has no need of
polytheism.’ I heard the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) say: “Ruqyah
(i.e., which consist of the names of idols and devils etc.), amulets
and Tiwalah (charms) are polytheism.’”
“I said: ‘I went out one day and so-and-so looked at me, and my eye began to water on the side nearest him. When I recited Ruqyah for it, it stopped, but if I did not recite Ruqyah it watered again.’ He said: ‘That is Satan, if you obey him he leaves you alone but if you disobey him he pokes you with his finger in your eye. But if you do what the Messenger of Allah (PbUH) used to do, that will be better for you and more effective in healing. Sprinkle water in your eye and say: Adhhibil-bas Rabban-nas, washfi Antash-Shafi, la shifa’a illa shafi’uka, shafi’an la yughadiru saqaman (Take away the pain, O Lord of mankind, and grant healing, for You are the Healer, and there is no healing but Your healing that leaves no trace of sickness).’”

“What is this ring?” He
said: “It is for Wahinah.”* He said: “Take it off, for it will
only
increase you in weakness.”

“I saw the Messenger of Allah
(PbUH)
stoning the ‘Aqabah Pillar from the bottom of the valley on the
Day
of Sacrifice, then he went away. A woman from Khath’am followed
him, and with her was a son of hers who had been efflicted, he could
not speak. She said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! This is my son, and he
is
all I have left of my family. He has been afflicted and cannot
speak.’
The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘Bring me some water.’
So it was
brought, and he washed his hands and rinsed out his mouth.
Then he
gave it to her and said: ‘Give him soem to drink, and pour
some over
him, and seek Allah’s healing for him.’” She (Umm
Jundub) said: “I met
that woman and said: ‘Why don’t you give
me some?’ She said: ‘It is
only for the sick one.’ I met that
woman one year later and asked her
about the boy. She said: ‘He
recovered and became (very) smart, not
like the rest of the people.’”

“The
best remedy is the Qur’an.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) enjoined
killing
Dhit-Tufytain* for it takes away the sight and causes
miscarriage.”

“Kill snakes, and kill Dhit-Tufytain and the Abtar,*
for they take away the sight and cause miscarriage.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) used to
like
good signs and hate bad omens.”

“The Prophet (PbUH) said: ‘There is no
‘Adwa* and no omen, but I like Al-Fa’l As-Salih.”**

“The omen is polytheistic deed and anyone of us may think he
sees
an omen but Allah will dispel it by means of relying upon Him.”

“There is no ‘Adwa, no omen, no Hamah and no Safar.”*

“The Messenger of Allah (PbUH) said: ‘There is no
‘Adwa, no omen, and no Hamah.’ A man stood up and said: ‘O
Messenger
of Allah, what if a camel has mange and another camel gets
mange from
it?’ He said: ‘That is the Divine decree. Who causes
the mange in the
first one?’”

“A
man with sick camels should not let them graze or drink
alongside
healthy ones.”

“Eat,
with trust in Allah and reliance upon Allah.”

“Do not
keep looking at those who have leprosy.”

“There was a leper among the delegation of
Thaqif. The Prophet (PbUH) sent word to him: ‘Go back, for we have
accepted your oath of allegiance.’”

“A Jew from among the Jews of Bani
Zuraiq, whose name was Labid bin A’sam, cast a spell on the Prophet
(PbUH), and the Prophet (PbUH) began to imagine that he had done
something when he had not. One day, or one night, the Messenger of
Allah (PbUH) supplicated, and then supplicated again. Then he said: ‘O
‘Aishah, 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 at
my head and the other at my feet. The one at my head said to the one at my feet, or the one at my feet said to the one at my head "what is ailing this man ?" He
said: “He has been affected by a spell.” He said: “Who cast the
spell on him?” He said: “Labid bin A’sam.” He said: “With
what?” He said: “With a comb and the hairs stuck to it, and the
spathe of a male date palm.” He said: “Where is that?” He said:
“In the well of Dhu Arwan.”
She said: “So the Prophet (PbUH) went to it, with a group of his Companions, then he came and said: ‘By Allah. O ‘Aishah. It was as if its water was infused with henna and its date palms were like the heads of devils.’”
She said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, why don’t you burn them?’ He said: ‘As for me, Allah has healed me, and I do not like to let evil spread among the people.’ Then he issued orders that the well be filled up with earth.”

“O Messenger of
Allah, every year you are still suffering pain because of the
poisoned
meat that you ate.” He said: “Nothing that happens to
me, but it was
decreed for me when Adam was still at the stage of
being clay.’”

“If
anyone of you, when he stops to camp (while on a journey), says
A’udhu bi kalimatil-lahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq (I seek
refuge
in the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of that which He
has
created), then nothing will harm him in that place until he moves
on.”

“When the Messenger
of
Allah (PbUH) appointed me as governor of Ta’if, I began to get
confused during my prayer, until I no longer knew what I was doing.
When I noticed that, I travelled to the Messenger of Allah (PbUH), and
he said: ‘The son of Abul-‘As?’ I said: ‘Yes, O Messenger of
Allah.’
He said: ‘What brings you here?’ He said: ‘O
Messenger of Allah, I get
confused during my prayer, until I do not
know what I am doing.’ He
said: ‘That is Satan. Come here.’ So
I came close to him, and sat upon
the front part of my feet then he
struck my chest with his hand and
put some spittle in my mouth and
said: ‘Get out, O enemy of Allah!’ He
did that three times, then
he said: ‘Get on with your work.’” ‘Uthman
said: “Indeed, I
never felt confused (during my prayer) after that.”

“I was sitting with the Prophet (PbUH) when a Bedouin came
to
him and said: ‘I have a brother who is sick.’ He said: ‘What is
the
matter with your brother?’ He said: ‘He suffers from a slight
mental
derangement.’ He said: ‘Go and bring him.’” He said:
“(So he went) and
he brought him. He made him sit down in front of
him and I heard him
seeking refuge for him with Fatihatil-Kitab; four
Verses from the
beginning of Al-Baqarah, two Verses from its middle:
‘And your Ilah
(God) is One Ilah (God – Allah),’ [2:163] and
Ayat Al-Kursi; and three
Verses from its end; a Verse from Al ‘Imran,
I think it was: ‘Allah
bears witness that La ilaha illa Huwa (none
has the right to be
worshipped but He),’ [3:18] a Verse from
Al-A’raf: ‘Indeed, your Lord
is Allah,’ [7:54] a Verse from
Al-Mu’minn: ‘And whoever invokes (or
worships), besides Allah,
any other ilah (god), of whom he has no
proof,’[23:117] a Verse
from Al-Jinn: ‘And He, exalted is the Majesty
of our Lord,’
[72:3] ten Verses from the beginning of As-Saffat; three
Verses from
the end of Al-Hashr; (then) ‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One,’
[112:1] and Al-Mu’awwidhatain. Then the Bedouin stood up, healed,
and
there was nothing wrong with him.”