Sahih Muslim Hadith 5703 – Witchcraft, Magic Lt) – ()V JI)

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[5703] 43 – (2189) It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "A spell was cast on the Prophet until he imagined that he had done a thing when he had not done it. One day – or one night – the Messenger of Allah said a Du'â, then he said a Du'â, then hL said a Du'â, then he said: '0 'Aishah, do you know that Allah has responded concerning that which I asked Him about? Two men came to me and one of Washing the body was a treatment used for the one thought to have given the evil eye. He would be washed with water, and some of that water would be caught and washed over the one afflicted. It is reported in authentic narrations in the Sunnah. them sat at my head and the other at my feet. The one who was at my head said to the one who was at my feet, or the one who was at my feet said to the one who was at my head: "What is ailing the man?" He said: "He has been bewitched." He said: "Who has bewitched him?" He said: "LabId bin A1-A'sam." He said: "With what?" He said: "With a comb, the hair that is stuck to it, and the pollen of a male date palm." He said: "Where is it?" He said: "In the well of Dhü Arwân." She said: "The Messenger of Allah jog went to it, with some of his Companions, then he said: '0 'Aishah, by Allah, its water is like an infusion of henna and its date palms are like the heads of devils." "I said: '0 Messenger of Allah, why don't you burn it?' He said: 'No. Allah has healed me, and I feared that it might bring evil upon the people. But I ordered that it be filled in."