حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ کَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَکْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ الشِّفَائِ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا عِنْدَ حَفْصَةَ فَقَالَ لِي أَلَا تُعَلِّمِينَ هَذِهِ رُقْيَةَ النَّمْلَةِ کَمَا عَلَّمْتِيهَا الْکِتَابَةَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3886
Awf bin Malik said: In the pre-Islamic period we used to apply spells and we asked: Messenger of Allah! how do you look upon it ? He replied: Submit your spells to me. There is no harm in spells so long as they involve no polytheism.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020