حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح و حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ أَقْبَلْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَی حَيٍّ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا أُنْبِئْنَا أَنَّکُمْ قَدْ جِئْتُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ بِخَيْرٍ فَهَلْ عِنْدَکُمْ مِنْ دَوَائٍ أَوْ رُقْيَةٍ فَإِنَّ عِنْدَنَا مَعْتُوهًا فِي الْقُيُودِ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَجَائُوا بِمَعْتُوهٍ فِي الْقُيُودِ قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَاتِحَةَ الْکِتَابِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ غُدْوَةً وَعَشِيَّةً کُلَّمَا خَتَمْتُهَا أَجْمَعُ بُزَاقِي ثُمَّ أَتْفُلُ فَکَأَنَّمَا نَشَطَ مِنْ عِقَالٍ قَالَ فَأَعْطَوْنِي جُعْلًا فَقُلْتُ لَا حَتَّی أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ کُلْ فَلَعَمْرِي مَنْ أَکَلَ بِرُقْيَةِ بَاطِلٍ لَقَدْ أَکَلْتَ بِرُقْيَةِ حَقٍّ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3900
Abu Saad al-KHudri said: Some of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ went on a journey. They alighted with a certain clan of the Arabs. Someone of them said: Our chief has been stung by a scorpion or bitten by a snake. Has any of you something which gives relief to our chief? A man of the people said: Yes, I swear by Allah. I shall apply charm ; but we asked you for hospitality and you denied it to us. I shall not apply charm until you give me some payment. So they promised to give some sheep to him. He came to him and recited Surat al-Fatihah over him and spat till he was cured, and ha seemed as if he were set free from a bond. So they gave him the payment that was agreed between them. They said: Apportion them. The man who applied charm said: Do not do it until we approach the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: From where did you learn that it was a charm ? you have done right. Apportion them, and give me a share along with you.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020