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.”
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.”
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 bless –
ings.” (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.)
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 re –
fuse 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.”
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 wa –
ter, 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 com –
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panions 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.”
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.
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 ef –
fect of an evil eye; so treat her with a Ruqya.”
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 Al –
lah 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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