Volume 4, Book 54, Number 490:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Magic was worked on the Prophet so that he began to fancy that he was doing a thing which he
was not actually doing. One day he invoked (Allah) for a long period and then said, “I feel that Allah
has inspired me as how to cure myself. Two persons came to me (in my dream) and sat, one by my
head and the other by my feet. One of them asked the other, “What is the ailment of this man?” The
other replied, ‘He has been bewitched” The first asked, ‘Who has bewitched him?’ The other replied,
‘Lubaid bin Al-A’sam.’ The first one asked, ‘What material has he used?’ The other replied, ‘A comb,
the hair gathered on it, and the outer skin of the pollen of the male date-palm.’ The first asked,
‘Where is that?’ The other replied, ‘It is in the well of Dharwan.’ ” So, the Prophet went out towards
the well and then returned and said to me on his return, “Its date-palms (the date-palms near the
well) are like the heads of the devils.” I asked, “Did you take out those things with which the magic
was worked?” He said, “No, for I have been cured by Allah and I am afraid that this action may
spread evil amongst the people.” Later on the well was filled up with earth.