Volume 7- Book 76, Medicine—————–5678–5782
Chapter: There is no disease except its treatment
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5678
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “There is no disease that Allah has created, except that He also has created its treatment.”
Chapter: May a man treat a woman or a woman treat a man?
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5679
Narrated Rubai bint Mu‘adh bin Afra:
We used to go on military expeditions along with Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and provide the people with water, serve them, and bring the dead and wounded back to Medina.
Chapter: There is cure in three things
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5680
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Healing is in three things: a gulp of honey, cupping, and branding with fire (cauterizing). But I forbid my followers to use branding with fire.”
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5681
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Healing is in three things: cupping, a gulp of honey, or cauterization (branding with fire), but I forbid my followers to use cauterization.”
Chapter: Treatment with honey
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5682
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to like sweet edible things and honey.
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5683
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying, “If there is any healing in your medicines, then it is in cupping, a gulp of honey, or branding with fire (cauterization) that suits the ailment, but I do not like to be branded with fire.”
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5684
Narrated Abu Sa‘id Al-Khudri:
A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, “My brother has some abdominal trouble.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to him, “Let him drink honey.” The man came for the second time, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Let him drink honey.” He came for the third time, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) again said, “Let him drink honey.” He returned and said, “I have done that.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said, “Allah has said the truth, but your brother’s abdomen has told a lie. Let him drink honey.” So he made him drink honey, and he was cured.
Chapter: To treat with the milk of camels
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5685
Narrated Anas:
Some people were sick and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! Give us shelter and food.” When they became healthy, they said, “The weather of Medina is not suitable for us.” So the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent them to Al-Harra with some of his she-camels and said, “Drink of their milk.” When they became healthy, they killed the shepherd of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and drove away his camels. The Prophet (peace be upon him) sent some people in pursuit of them. Then he ordered that their hands and feet be cut off and their eyes branded with heated pieces of iron. I saw one of them licking the earth with his tongue until he died.
Chapter: To treat with the urine of camels
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5686
Narrated Anas:
The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered them to follow his shepherd and drink the milk and urine of the camels as a medicine. They followed the shepherd, drank the milk and urine until they became healthy. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet (peace be upon him), he sent some people to pursue them. When they were brought, he ordered that their hands and feet be cut off and their eyes branded with heated pieces of iron.
Chapter: To treat with black cumin (Nigella seeds)
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5687
Narrated Khalid bin Sa‘d:
We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way, and when we arrived at Medina, he was still sick. Ibn Abi ‘Atiq came to visit him and said to us, “Treat him with black cumin. Take five or seven seeds, crush them, mix the powder with oil, and drop the resulting mixture into both nostrils. For Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say, ‘This black cumin is healing for all diseases except As-Sam.’ Aisha said, ‘What is As-Sam?’ He said, ‘Death.’”
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5688
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, “There is healing in black cumin for all diseases except death.”
Chapter: At-Talbina prepared for the patient
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5689
Narrated Urwa:
Aisha used to recommend at-Talbina for the sick and for a person who was grieving over the dead. She used to say, “I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, ‘At-Talbina gives rest to the heart of the patient, makes it active, and relieves some of his sorrow and grief.’”
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5690
Narrated Hisham’s father:
Aisha used to recommend at-Talbina and used to say, “It is disliked by the patient, though it is beneficial.”
Chapter: Sa‘ut (Medicine sniffed through the nose)
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5691
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was cupped, paid the wages to the one who cupped him, and then took Su‘ut (medicine sniffed by nose).
Chapter: To sniff the Indian and sea Qust (kind of incense)
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5692–5693
Narrated Um Qais bint Mihsan:
I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying, “Treat with the Indian incense, for it has healing for seven diseases; it is to be sniffed by one having throat trouble, and to be put into one side of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy.” Once I went to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) with a son of mine who would not eat any food, and the boy passed urine on him, whereupon he asked for some water and sprinkled it over the place of urine.
Chapter: What time one should be cupped
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5694
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was cupped while he was fasting.
Chapter: To be cupped while on a journey or in Ihram
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5695
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was cupped while he was in a state of Ihram.
Chapter: To be cupped (as a treatment) for a disease
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5696
Narrated Anas:
He was asked about the wages of the one who cups others. He said, “Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was cupped by Abu Taiba, to whom he gave two Sa of food and interceded for him with his masters, who consequently reduced what they used to charge him daily.” Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The best medicines you may treat yourselves with are cupping and sea incense.” He added, “You should not torture your children by treating tonsillitis by pressing the tonsils or the palate with the finger, but use incense.”
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5697
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
He visited Al-Muqanna during his illness and said, “I will not leave till he gets cupped, for I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, ‘There is healing in cupping.’”
Chapter: Cupping on the head
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5698–5699
Narrated Abdullah bin Buhaina:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was cupped on the middle of his head at a place called Lahl Jamal on his way to Mecca while he was in a state of Ihram.
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was cupped on his head.
Chapter: Cupping to treat unilateral or bilateral headache
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5700–5701
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was cupped on his head for an ailment he was suffering from while he was in a state of Ihram at a water place called Lahl Jamal. Ibn Abbas further said: Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was cupped on his head for unilateral headache while he was in a state of Ihram.
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5702
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying, “If there is any good in your medicines, then it is in a gulp of honey, a cupping operation, or branding (cauterization), but I do not like to be branded.”
Chapter: To get one’s head shaved because of some ailment
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5703
Narrated Ka’b bin Ujrah:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) came to me during the period of Al-Hudaibiya while I was lighting a fire under a cooking pot, and lice were falling from my head. He said, “Do your lice hurt you?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Shave your head and fast for three days, or feed six poor persons, or slaughter a sheep as a sacrifice.”
Chapter: Branding (cauterizing)
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5704
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If there is any healing in your medicines, then it is in a cupping operation or branding (cauterization), but I do not like to be branded.”
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Number 5705
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Nations were displayed before me; one or two prophets would pass by along with a few followers. A prophet would pass by accompanied by nobody. Then a big crowd of people passed in front of me and I asked, ‘Who are they? Are they my followers?’ It was said, ‘No. It is Moses and his followers.’ Then I was told to look at the horizon, and there was a multitude of people filling it. It was said to me, ‘This is your nation, out of whom seventy thousand shall enter Paradise without reckoning.’”
Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) entered his house without telling his companions who they were. So the people started talking about it and said, “It is we who have believed in Allah and followed His Messenger; therefore those people are either ourselves or our children who were born in Islam.” When the Prophet (peace be upon him) heard of that, he came out and said, “Those people are those who do not treat themselves with Ruqya, nor do they believe in omens, nor do they get themselves branded (cauterized), but they put their trust (only) in their Lord.”
Then ‘Ukasha bin Muhsin said, “Am I one of them, O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Yes.” Then another man got up and said, “Am I one of them?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “‘Ukasha has anticipated you.”
Chapter: To treat ophthalmia with antimony or kohl
Sahih al-Bukhari 5706
Narrated Umm Salama:
The husband of a lady died and her eyes became sore, and the people mentioned her story to the Prophet (peace be upon him). They asked him whether it was permissible for her to use kohl as her eyes were in danger. He said, “Previously, when one of you was bereaved by a husband, she would stay in her dirty clothes in a bad unhealthy house for one year, and when a dog passed by, she would throw a globe of dung. No, she should observe the prescribed period (Idda) for four months and ten days.”
Chapter: Leprosy
Sahih al-Bukhari 5707
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “There is no ‘Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah’s permission), nor is there any bad omen (from birds), nor any Hamah, nor any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should run away from the leper as one runs away from a lion.”
Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or hidden means but that Allah is ultimately in control and any fearful superstition around these is false.
Chapter: Al-Mann heals eye diseases
Sahih al-Bukhari 5708
Narrated Sa‘id bin Zaid:
I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying, “Truffles are like Manna, and their water heals eye diseases.”
Chapter: Al-Ladud (the medicine which is poured into one side of a patient’s mouth)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5709–5712
Narrated Ibn Abbas and Aisha:
Abu Bakr kissed the forehead of the Prophet (peace be upon him) when he was dead. Aisha added: We put medicine in one side of his mouth, but he started waving us not to insert the medicine into his mouth. We said, “He dislikes the medicine as a patient usually does.” But when he came to his senses, he said, “Did I not forbid you to put medicine by force in the side of my mouth?” We said, “We thought it was just because a patient usually dislikes medicine.” He said, “None of those who are in the house will be forced to take medicine in the side of his mouth while I am watching, except Al-Abbas, for he had not witnessed your deed.”
Narrated Umm Qais:
I went to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) along with a son of mine whose palate and tonsils I had pressed with my finger as a treatment for a throat disease. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Why do you pain your children by pressing their throats? Use Ud al-Hindi (Indian incense), for it cures seven diseases, one of which is pleurisy. It is used as a snuff for treating throat and tonsil disease, and it is inserted into one side of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy.”
Chapter
Sahih al-Bukhari 5714
Narrated Aisha:
When the health of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) deteriorated and his condition became serious, he asked permission of all his wives to allow him to be treated in my house, and they allowed him. He came out supported by two men, and his legs were dragging on the ground between Abbas and another man. Aisha said: When the Prophet entered my house and his disease became aggravated, he said, “Pour on me seven water skins full of water, the tying ribbons of which had not been untied, so that I may give some advice to the people.” So we made him sit in a tub belonging to Hafsa, and started pouring water on him from those water skins till he waved us to stop. Then he went out to the people, led them in prayer, and delivered a speech before them.
Chapter: Al-Udhra (throat or tonsil diseases)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5715
Narrated Umm Qais:
She took to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she had pressed because he had throat trouble. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Why do you pain your children by getting the palate pressed like that? Use Ud al-Hindi (Indian incense), for it cures seven diseases, one of which is pleurisy.”
Chapter: The treatment for a person suffering from diarrhea
Sahih al-Bukhari 5716
Narrated Abu Sa‘id:
A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, “My brother has got loose motions.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Let him drink honey.” The man came again and said, “I made him drink honey, but that made him worse.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Allah has said the Truth, and the abdomen of your brother has told a lie.”
Chapter: There is no Safar disease that afflicts the abdomen
Sahih al-Bukhari 5717
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “There is no ‘Adwa (no disease is conveyed from the sick to the healthy without Allah’s permission), nor Safar, nor Hama.” A Bedouin said, “Then what about my camels? They are like deer on the sand, but when a mangy camel comes and mixes with them, they all get infected.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Then who conveyed the disease to the first one?”
Chapter: Pleurisy
Sahih al-Bukhari 5718
Narrated Umm Qais:
She took to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she had pressed to treat a throat trouble. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Be afraid of Allah! Why do you pain your children by having their tonsils pressed like that? Use Ud al-Hindi (Indian incense), for it cures seven diseases, one of which is pleurisy.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5719–5721
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) allowed one of the Ansar families to treat people who had taken poison or were suffering from ear ailments with Ruqyah. Anas added: I got myself branded for pleurisy when Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was still alive. Abu Talha, Anas bin An-Nadr, and Zaid bin Thabit witnessed that, and it was Abu Talha who branded me.
Chapter: To burn a mat to stop bleeding
Sahih al-Bukhari 5722
Narrated Sahl bin Saud As-Sa`idi:
When the helmet broke on the head of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his face became covered with blood and his incisor tooth broke (i.e. during the battle of Uhud), `Ali used to bring water in his shield while Fatima was washing the blood off his face. When Fatima saw that the bleeding increased because of the water, she took a mat (of palm leaves), burnt it, and stuck it (the burnt ashes) on the wound of Allah’s Apostle, whereupon the bleeding stopped.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5723
Chapter: Fever is from the heat of Hell
Narrated Nafi’:
Abdullah bin Umar said, “The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘Fever is from the heat of Hell, so put it out with water.’” Nafi’ added: Abdullah used to say, “O Allah! Relieve us from the punishment,” when he suffered from fever.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5724
Narrated Fatima bint Al-Mundhir:
Whenever a lady suffering from fever was brought to Asma’ bint Abu Bakr, she used to invoke Allah for her and then sprinkle some water on her body at the chest and say, “Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) used to order us to abate fever with water.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5725
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever with water.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5726
Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij:
I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, “Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever with water.”
Chapter: Whoever went out of a land because of its climate and water
Sahih al-Bukhari 5727
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Some people from the tribes of Ukl and Uraina came to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and embraced Islam, saying, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! We are owners of livestock and have never been farmers,” and they found the climate of Medina unsuitable for them. So Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) ordered that they be given some camels and a shepherd, and ordered them to go out with those camels and drink their milk and urine. They set out, but when they reached a place called Al-Harra, they reverted to disbelief, killed the shepherd, and drove away the camels. When this news reached the Prophet (peace be upon him), he sent in their pursuit, and when they were caught, he ordered that their eyes be branded with heated iron bars, their hands be cut off, and they were left at Al-Harra till they died in that state.
Chapter: What has been mentioned about the plague
Sahih al-Bukhari 5728
Narrated Sa’d:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5729
Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas:
Umar bin Al-Khattab departed for Sham and when he reached Sargh, the commanders of the Muslim army met him and told him that an epidemic had broken out in Sham. Umar consulted the emigrants, the Ansar, and then the elders of Quraysh. They advised him to return to Medina and not expose the people to the epidemic. Abu Ubaida said, “Are you running away from what Allah has ordained?” Umar replied, “Yes, we are running from what Allah has ordained to what Allah has ordained.” Then Abdur-Rahman bin Auf came and said, “I have heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, ‘If you hear about it (plague) in a land, do not go to it; but if it breaks out where you are, do not flee from it.’” Umar thanked Allah and returned to Medina.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5730
Narrated Abdullah bin Amir:
Umar went to Sham and when he reached Sargh, he got the news that an epidemic had broken out in Sham. Abdur-Rahman bin Auf told him that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “If you hear that it has broken out in a land, do not go to it; but if it breaks out in a land where you are present, do not go out escaping from it.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5731
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Neither the Messiah (Ad-Dajjal) nor plague will enter Medina.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5732
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Death from plague is martyrdom for every Muslim.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5733
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “He who dies of an abdominal disease is a martyr, and he who dies of plague is a martyr.”
Chapter: The reward of a person who suffers from plague and remains patient
Sahih al-Bukhari 5734
Narrated Aisha:
She asked Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) about the plague. He said, “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, believing that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him, but that Allah will grant him a reward similar to that of a martyr.”
Chapter: Ar-Ruqa with the Qur’an and the Mu’awwidhat
Sahih al-Bukhari 5735
Narrated Aisha:
During the Prophet’s fatal illness, he used to recite the Mu‘awwidhat (Surat An-Nas and Surat Al-Falaq) and blow over his body. When his illness worsened, I used to recite those Suras and blow over him and make him rub his body with his own hand for its blessings. When asked how he used to blow, Az-Zuhri said: He used to blow into his hands and then pass them over his face.
Chapter: To do Ruqya by reciting Surat Al-Fatiha
Sahih al-Bukhari 5736
Narrated Abu Sa‘id Al-Khudri:
Some of the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) came across a tribe that did not entertain them. The chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake, and they asked if anyone could treat him. The Prophet’s companions said, “You refused to entertain us, so we will not treat him unless you pay us.” They agreed to give a flock of sheep. One of them recited Surat Al-Fatiha, gathered his saliva, and spat on the bite. The man was cured, and his people gave them the flock. They said, “We will not take it until we ask the Prophet (peace be upon him).” When they told him, he smiled and said, “How did you know that Surat Al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? Take it and assign a share for me.”
Chapter: Conditions for doing Ruqya with Surat Al-Fatiha
Sahih al-Bukhari 5737
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Some of the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) 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 water 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 companions went to him and recited Surat Al-Fatiha for a sheep as his fee. 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 Messenger (peace be upon him)! This person has taken wages for reciting Allah’s Book.” On that, Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “You are most entitled to take wages for doing a Ruqya with Allah’s Book.”
Chapter: Ruqya for an evil eye
Sahih al-Bukhari 5738
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered me or somebody else to do Ruqya (if there was danger) from an evil eye.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5739
Narrated Umm Salama:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) saw in her house a girl whose face had a black spot. He said, “She is under the effect of an evil eye; so treat her with a Ruqya.”
Chapter: The effect of an evil eye is a fact
Sahih al-Bukhari 5740
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The effect of an evil eye is a fact.” And he prohibited tattooing.
Chapter: To treat a snakebite or a scorpion sting with a Ruqya
Sahih al-Bukhari 5741
Narrated Al-Aswad:
I asked Aisha about treating poisonous stings (a snake-bite or a scorpion sting) with a Ruqya. She said, “The Prophet (peace be upon him) allowed the treatment of poisonous stings with Ruqya.”
Chapter: Whoever does not treat or get treated with a Ruqya
Sahih al-Bukhari 5742
Narrated Abdul Aziz:
Thabit and I went to Anas bin Malik. Thabit said, “O Abu Hamza! I am sick.” On that Anas said, “Shall I treat you with the Ruqya of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)?” Thabit said, “Yes.” Anas recited, “O Allah! The Lord of the people, the Remover of trouble! Please cure this patient, for You are the Healer. None brings about healing but You; a healing that will leave behind no ailment.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5743
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the place of ailment and used to say, “O Allah, the Lord of the people! Remove the trouble and heal the patient, for You are the Healer. No healing is of any avail but Yours; healing that will leave behind no ailment.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5744
Narrated Aisha:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) used to treat with a Ruqya saying, “O the Lord of the people! Remove the trouble. The cure is in Your Hands, and there is none except You who can remove it (the disease).”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5745
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say to the patient, “In the Name of Allah, the earth of our land and the saliva of some of us cure our patient.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5746
Narrated Aisha:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) used to read in his Ruqya, “In the Name of Allah, the earth of our land and the saliva of some of us cure our patient with the permission of our Lord.”
Chapter: An-Nafth while treating with a Ruqya
Sahih al-Bukhari 5747
Narrated Abu Qatada:
I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying, “A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan. So if anyone of you sees something he dislikes, when he gets up he should blow thrice (on his left side) and seek refuge with Allah from its evil, for then it will not harm him.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5748
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) went to bed, he used to recite Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat Al-Falaq, and Surat An-Nas, then blow on his palms and pass them over his face and those parts of his body that his hands could reach. When he fell ill, he used to order me to do that for him.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5749
Narrated Abu Sa’id:
A group of the companions of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) proceeded on a journey till they dismounted near one of the Arab tribes and requested them to entertain them as their guests, but they refused. 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 until you fix for us something as wages.” Consequently, they agreed to give those travelers a flock of sheep. The man went with them and started spitting on the bite and reciting Surat Al-Fatiha until the patient was healed and started walking as if he had not been sick. When the tribe paid them their wages, some of the Prophet’s companions said, “Distribute the sheep.” But the one who treated with the Ruqya said, “Do not do that until we go to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and mention to him what has happened and see what he will order us.” So they came to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) 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.”
Chapter: Passing right hand on the place of ailment while treating with a Ruqya
Sahih al-Bukhari 5750
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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.”
Chapter: A woman may treat a man with a Ruqya
Chapter: Whoever does not treat or get treated with a Ruqya
Sahih al-Bukhari 5751
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet (peace be upon him), during his fatal ailment, used to blow (on his hands and pass them) over his body while reciting the Mu’awwidhat (Surat-an-Nas and Surat-al-Falaq). When his disease got aggravated, 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.)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5752
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) once came out to us and said, “Some nations were displayed before me. A prophet would pass in front of me with one man, and another with two men, and another with a group of people, and another with nobody with him. Then I saw a great crowd covering the horizon and I wished that they were my followers, but it was said to me, ‘This is Moses and his followers.’ Then it was said to me, ‘Look.’ I looked and saw a big gathering with a large number of people covering the horizon. It was said, ‘Look this way and that way.’ So I saw a big crowd covering the horizon. Then it was said to me, ‘These are your followers, and among them there are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without (being asked about their) accounts.’ Then the people dispersed and the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not tell who those seventy thousand were. So the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) started talking about that and some of them said, ‘As regards us, we were born in the era of heathenism, but then we believed in Allah and His Apostle. We think, however, that these seventy thousand are our offspring.’ That talk reached the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said, ‘These are the people who do not draw an evil omen (from birds), do not get treated by branding themselves, and do not treat with Ruqya, but put their trust only in their Lord.’ Then Ukasha bin Muhsin got up and said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! Am I one of those seventy thousand?’ The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘Yes.’ Then another person got up and said, ‘Am I one of them?’ The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, ‘Ukasha has anticipated you.’”
Chapter: At-Tiyara (drawing an evil omen from birds, etc.)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5753
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “There is neither ‘Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah’s permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen may be in three: a woman, a house, or an animal.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5754
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, “There is no Tiyara, and the best omen is the Fal.” They asked, “What is the Fal?” He said, “A good word that one of you hears and takes as a good omen.”
Chapter: Al-Fa’l (good omen)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5755
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “There is no Tiyara and the best omen is the Fal.” Somebody said, “What is the Fal, O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)?” He said, “A good word that one of you hears and takes as a good omen.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5756
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “No ‘Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah’s permission), nor Tiyara, but I like the good Fal, i.e., the good word.”
Chapter: No Hama
Sahih al-Bukhari 5757
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “There is no ‘Adwa, nor Tiyara, nor Hama, nor Safar.”
Chapter: Foretellers
Sahih al-Bukhari 5758
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) gave his verdict about two ladies of the Hudhail tribe who had fought each other, and one of them had hit the other with a stone. The stone hit her abdomen and as she was pregnant, the blow killed the child in her womb. They both filed their case with the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he judged that the blood money for what was in her womb was a slave or a female slave. The guardian of the lady who was fined said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! Shall I be fined for a creature that has neither drunk nor eaten, neither spoke nor cried? A case like that should be nullified.” On that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “This is one of the brothers of soothsayers.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5759-5760
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Two ladies (had a fight) and one of them hit the other with a stone on the `Abdomen and caused her to abort. The Prophet (ﷺ) judged that the victim be given either a slave or a female slave (as blood-money). Narrated Ibn Shihab: Sa`id bin Al-Musayyab said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) judged that in case of child killed in the womb of its mother, the offender should give the mother a slave or a female slave in recompense The offender said, How can I be fined for killing one who neither ate nor drank, neither spoke nor cried: a case like that should be denied ‘ On that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said ‘He is one of the brothers of the foretellers
Sahih al-Bukhari 5761
Narrated Abu Mas‘ud:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade the utilization of the price of a dog, the earnings of a prostitute, and the earnings of a foreteller.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5762
Narrated Aisha:
Some people asked Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) about the foretellers. He said, “They are nothing.” They said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! Sometimes they tell us of a thing which turns out to be true.” Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “A Jinn snatches that true word and pours it into the ear of his friend (the foreteller) as one puts something into a bottle. The foreteller then mixes with that word one hundred lies.”
Chapter: Magic
Sahih al-Bukhari 5763
Narrated Aisha:
A man called Labid bin al-A‘sam from the tribe of Bani Zaraiq worked magic on Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) till he 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 for a long period, and then said, “O Aisha! Do you know that Allah has instructed me concerning the matter I asked Him about? Two men came to me; one 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 Messenger (peace be upon him) 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 Messenger (peace be upon him), 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.
Chapter: Shirk and witchcraft are from the Mubiqat (great destructive sins)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5764
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Avoid the Mubiqat, i.e., shirk and witchcraft.”
Chapter: Should a bewitched person be treated?
Sahih al-Bukhari 5765
Narrated Aisha:
Magic was worked on Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) so that he used to think that he had sexual relations with his wives while he actually had not. Then one day he said, “O Aisha, do you know that Allah has instructed me concerning the matter I asked Him about? Two men came to me, and one of them sat near my head and the other near my feet. The one near my head asked the other, ‘What is wrong with this man?’ The latter replied, ‘He 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 (peace be upon him) 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 (peace be upon him) added, “Then that thing was taken out.” I said, “Why do you not treat yourself with Nashra?” He said, “Allah has cured me; I dislike to let evil spread among my people.”
Chapter: Witchcraft
Sahih al-Bukhari 5766
Narrated Aisha:
Magic was worked on Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) so that he began to imagine that he had done something although 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 Messenger (peace be upon him)?” He said, “Two men came to me; one of them sat near my head and the other 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 comb and the hair stuck to it and a skin of the pollen of a male date palm tree.’ The first one asked, ‘Where is it?’ The other replied, ‘In the well of Dharwan.’ Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) went along with some of his companions to that well and looked at it. Then he returned to me and said, ‘By Allah, the water of that well was like the infusion of henna leaves, and its date palms were like the heads of devils.’ I said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! 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 it to the people I would spread evil among them.’ Then he ordered that the well be filled up with earth, and it was filled up.”
Chapter: Some eloquent speech is as effective as magic
Sahih al-Bukhari 5767
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
Two men came from the East and addressed the people, who wondered at their eloquent speeches. On that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Some eloquent speech is as effective as magic.”
Chapter: The use of ‘Ajwa dates as medicine for magic
Sahih al-Bukhari 5768
Narrated Sa’d:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If somebody takes some Ajwa dates every morning, he will not be affected by poison or magic on that day till night.” (Another narrator said seven dates.)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5769
Narrated Sa’d:
I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, “If somebody takes seven Ajwa dates in the morning, neither magic nor poison will hurt him that day.”
Chapter: No Hama
Sahih al-Bukhari 5770
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “No ‘Adwa (i.e., no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah’s permission); nor any evil omen in the month of Safar; nor Hama.” A Bedouin said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! What about the camels which, when on the sand, look like deer, but when a mangy camel mixes with them, they all get infected with mange?” On that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Then who conveyed the disease to the first camel?”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5771
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “The cattle suffering from a disease should not be mixed up with healthy cattle (or said: Do not put a patient with a healthy person as a precaution).”
Chapter: No ‘Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed without Allah’s permission)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5772
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “There is neither ‘Adwa nor Tiyara, and an evil omen is only in three: a horse, a woman, and a house.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5773–5775
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “No ‘Adwa.” Abu Huraira also said: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The cattle suffering from a disease should not be mixed up with healthy cattle (or said: Do not put a patient with a healthy person as a precaution).” A Bedouin got up and said, “Don’t you see how camels on the sand look like deer but when a mangy camel mixes with them, they all get infected with mange?” On that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Then who conveyed the disease to the first camel?”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5776
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “No ‘Adwa nor Tiyara; but I like Fal.” They said, “What is Fal?” He said, “A good word.”
Chapter: The poison given to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5777
Narrated Abu Huraira:
When Khaibar was conquered, Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was presented with a poisoned roasted sheep. Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “Collect for me all the Jews present in this area.” When they were gathered, he said to them, “I am going to ask you about something; will you tell me the truth?” They replied, “Yes, O Abal-Qasim!” He said, “Who is your father?” They said, “Our father is so-and-so.” He said, “You have told a lie, for your father is so-and-so.” They said, “No doubt, you have said the truth and done the correct thing.” He then said, “Have you put the poison in this roasted sheep?” They replied, “Yes.” He asked, “What made you do that?” They replied, “We intended to learn if you were a liar, in which case we would be relieved from you, and if you were a prophet, then it would not harm you.”
Chapter: The taking of poison and treating with it
Sahih al-Bukhari 5778
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills himself will be in the Hellfire, falling down into it and abiding therein perpetually forever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself with it, he will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the Hellfire wherein he will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with it in the Hellfire wherein he will abide eternally forever.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5779
Narrated Sa’d:
I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, “Whoever takes seven Ajwa dates in the morning will not be affected by magic or poison on that day.”
Chapter: The milk of she-asses
Sahih al-Bukhari 5780–5781
Narrated Abu Tha‘laba Al-Khushani:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade the eating of wild animals having fangs. Az-Zuhri said, “I did not hear this narration except when I went to Sham.” Al-Laith said: Yunus narrated, “I asked Ibn Shihab, ‘May we perform ablution with the milk of she-asses or drink it, or drink the bile of wild animals or urine of camels?’ He replied, ‘The Muslims used to treat themselves with that and did not see any harm in it. As for the milk of she-asses, we have learned that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade the eating of their meat, but we have not received any information whether drinking of their milk is allowed or forbidden.’ As for the bile of wild animals, Ibn Shihab said, ‘Abu Idris Al-Khaulani told me that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade the eating of the flesh of every wild beast having fangs.’”
Chapter: If a housefly falls in a utensil
Sahih al-Bukhari 5782
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing, the antidote for that disease.”