سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الطبChapters on Medicine
بَابُ : الاِسْتِشْفَاءِ بِالْقُرْآنِChapter: Seeking a cure with the Qur’an
Hadith 3501
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْكِنْدِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ , حَدَّثَنَا سَعَّادُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ , عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق /a> , عَنْ الْحَارِثِ , عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ , قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " خَيْرُ الدَّوَاءِ الْقُرْآنُ " .
´It was narrated from ‘Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “The best remedy is the Qur’an.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
The mentioned narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
However, it is established from other evidences
that the correct method of treatment through the Qur’an is to recite Qur’anic verses and supplications (ad‘iyah) and then blow (phoonk) upon the patient.
For example, Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri radi Allahu anhu recited Surah al-Fatihah and performed ruqyah (spiritual healing) on the person who had been bitten by a snake.
When this was presented to the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he affirmed it.
See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Medicine, Chapter: Ruqyah with al-Fatihah, Hadith: 5736)
➌
Recitation of the Qur’an and its understanding is a complete cure for diseases of the heart and soul.
➊
The mentioned narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
However, it is established from other evidences
that the correct method of treatment through the Qur’an is to recite Qur’anic verses and supplications (ad‘iyah) and then blow (phoonk) upon the patient.
For example, Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri radi Allahu anhu recited Surah al-Fatihah and performed ruqyah (spiritual healing) on the person who had been bitten by a snake.
When this was presented to the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he affirmed it.
See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Medicine, Chapter: Ruqyah with al-Fatihah, Hadith: 5736)
➌
Recitation of the Qur’an and its understanding is a complete cure for diseases of the heart and soul.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3501
