Volume 7, Book 72, Number 674:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Allah will not look at the person who drags his garment (behind him) out of
conceit.”
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.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 659:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Avoid the Mubiqat, i.e., shirk and witchcraft.”
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 ef –
fect). Then one day he said, “O ‘Aisha do you know that Allah has instructed me concerning the mat –
ter 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
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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 ad –
ded, “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.”
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 al –
though 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 “
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.”
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.’
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 aggrav –
ated, 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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