Reports on ruqyah for the evil eye, illness and other things

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A nation will enter Paradise with all of its people. They are those who do not seek ruqyah (incantation), do not have themselves cauterised, and rely upon their Lord."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know. The sahih (authentic) hadiths on this subject are those concerning the one who will enter Paradise without any reckoning.

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three things are part of sorcery: ruqyah (incantation, that is, chanting spells), tiwalah, and amulets." Ali bin Yazid says: Tiwalah means that a woman does something to her husband so that he comes to love her.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Ali bin Yazid al-Alhani, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Jabalah bin al-Azraq (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), narrates: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led his Companions in prayer beside a wall with many stones; he led them in the Zuhr or Asr prayer. When he sat after two rak'ahs, a scorpion came out and stung him, and he fainted. The people performed ruqyah on him, and when he regained consciousness he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty has healed me; your ruqyah has not healed me."
Al-Tabarani recorded it from his teacher Bakr bin Sahl, from Abdullah bin Salih, the scribe of al-Layth. Both of them have been declared da'if (weak) and have also been declared thiqah (trustworthy); the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her): "Why is it that the bodies of my nephews have become weak? Are they suffering from hunger?" Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) said: No, but the evil eye quickly strikes them. Shall we perform ruqyah on them? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "With what words?" Sayyidah Asma' (may Allah be pleased with her) recited those (words) before him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ruqyah on them."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell ill, Jibril performed ruqyah on him, reciting this: "Seeking blessing by the name of Allah Almighty, I perform ruqyah on you, against every illness, that He may heal you, and (that He may protect you) from the evil of the envier when he envies, and from the evil of everyone who casts the evil eye."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to visit him in his illness, and Allah knows best how severe the pain he had was. Then I came to him in the evening, and he had fully recovered. I said: I came to you in the morning and you were in such pain that Allah knows its severity, and I have come to you in the evening and you have recovered. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ibn al-Samit, Jibril performed ruqyah on me, by which I recovered. Shall I not teach you those words?" I said: Yes, indeed! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (that is, he recited these words:) "Seeking blessing by the name of Allah Almighty, I perform ruqyah on you against whatever harms you, and against the envy of every envier, and against every evil eye." [The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:] "And take the name of Allah (or say Bismillah), and He will heal you."
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Sulayman, a man from the people of Sham; no one has declared him da'if (weak), and the remaining narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a marfu' hadith: "These words are a cure for every illness: 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah Almighty, and in all of His names in general, from the evil of the venomous creature and the vermin, and from the evil of the afflicting evil eye, and from the evil of the envier when he envies, and from the evil of Abu Qitrah and what he has begotten.'" [The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:] "Thirty-three angels come to their Lord and say: 'There is illness, illness in our land.' The Lord says: 'Take from your land and wipe it over your sick one.' This is the ruqyah of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Whoever takes payment for it, or conceals it from anyone, will never succeed."
Abu Ya'la, al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded it, and he (al-Tabarani) added these words: "in our land", and he reported these words: "Take soil from your land"; the rest of the narration is as before. Its chain contains a narrator, Layth bin Abi Sulaym, and he is a mudallis (one who conceals defects in the chain); the remaining narrators of Abu Ya'la are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I fell ill, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit me. He performed ruqyah on me, reciting this: "Seeking blessing by the name of Allah Almighty, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, I place you under the protection of Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient, who has not begotten anyone and was not begotten, and to whom no one is equal, from the evil of everything that you feel (or find)." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, he said: "O Uthman, seek refuge by means of it! You will not seek refuge by means of anything (any other words) like it."
Abu Ya'la recorded it in al-Kabir from his teacher Musa bin Hayyan, whom I do not know. The remaining narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ruqyah is only for the evil eye or for a sting."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted permission to perform ruqyah for (the sting of) every venomous creature.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a person whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In the days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah) I used to perform ruqyah for the evil eye. When I accepted Islam, I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: "Present its words to me!" I presented them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ruqyah with them! There is no harm in them." Sayyiduna Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Had it not been for this, I would never have performed ruqyah on any human being.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A scorpion stung the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was praying. When he finished his prayer, he said: "May Allah Almighty curse the scorpion! It spares neither one who prays nor one who does not." Then he called for water and salt, began to wipe that spot with his hand, and began to recite Surah al-Kafirun, Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A ruqyah for stings was mentioned before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: "Present its words to me." The people presented its words to him, which were: 'Bismillah, qarniyyatun shajjatun milhatu bahrin qifta'. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These are the covenants that Sayyiduna Sulayman (peace be upon him) took from the venomous creatures; I see no harm in it."
The narrator says: Once a man was with Alqamah and something stung him. He performed ruqyah on him with these words, and the man recovered as though he had been released from a tether.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We presented a ruqyah for stings to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he permitted us to use it and said: "It is a covenant." The words of the ruqyah are: 'Bismillah, shajjatun qarniyyatun milhatu bahrin'.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man from the Ansar named Amr bin Hannah, who used to perform ruqyah for snakebite, came and said: O Messenger of Allah, you have forbidden ruqyah, and I perform ruqyah for snakebite. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite its words to me." He recited those words before him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm in them; these are covenants (mawathiq)." The narrator says: A man from the Ansar who used to perform ruqyah for scorpion stings came to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is able to benefit his brother should do so." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This report is in the Sahih in abridged form.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Qays bin al-Rabi'; Shu'bah and al-Thawri declared him thiqah (trustworthy), and a group declared him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a cord around the neck of a woman of his household with amulets on it. He stretched out his hand forcefully and broke it, and said: "If one of you women were to call for water, sprinkle it on her head and face, and then recite Bismillah, Surah al-Ikhlas, Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas, then, if Allah wills, this would benefit her."
Al-Tabarani recorded it within a long hadith; the narrator Abu Ubaydah did not hear from his father [Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)].

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Sabit (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) suffered from a throat ailment until it caused him pain, and the signs of that pain were seen on him. Jibril came to him and said: Your Lord has sent me to you so that I may perform ruqyah on you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) uncovered his head, and Jibril recited: "Seeking blessing by the name of Allah Almighty, I perform ruqyah on you against every evil that harms you, and against the evil of the eye of every envier I perform ruqyah on you." He repeated these words over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) three times, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recovered.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Aban al-Ju'fi, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her while a woman named al-Shifa' was with her, who used to perform ruqyah for namlah (skin sores). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Teach the words of this ruqyah to Hafsah."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us while there was a child with us who was in pain. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is wrong with him?" We said: He has been struck by the evil eye. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you not have ruqyah performed on him for the evil eye?"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. He reported it from his teacher Sahl bin Mawdud, whom I do not know. The remaining narrators of this report are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Something from a cooking pot fell on my hand. My mother took me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was seated in a certain place. He recited something which contained these words: "O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction." The narrator says: I think the narration also contains these words: "And heal; You are the Healer." The narrator says: Along with this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was applying his saliva (or blowing).
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I went near a cooking pot that was boiling and put my hand into it, and the hand was burned. The narrator is unsure whether the words are: and it swelled. My mother took me to a man who was in al-Batha'. He recited something and blew. When the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came, I asked my mother: Who was that man? She said: He was the Messenger of Allah.
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded something similar, except that he reported these words: "O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the hand of (my son) Muhammad has been burned."

In a narration of al-Tabarani there are these words: "My mother took me to a man who was seated by a graveyard. My mother said: O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am at your service. Then my mother brought me close to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to blow and to recite some words; I do not know what they were. Later I asked my mother what those words were, and she told me that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had recited: 'O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction; grant healing, You are the Healer; there is no healer but You.'" The narrators of Ahmad and the narrators of this chain are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this statement of Sayyidah Umm Jamil bint al-Mujallil (may Allah be pleased with her), that is, his mother. She says: I brought you from the land of Abyssinia, and when I was one or two nights' journey from Madinah, I cooked a pot of food for you. The firewood ran out and I went out in search of firewood. You came to the pot and tipped it over onto your arms. I brought you to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, this is Muhammad bin Hatib. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put some of his saliva in your mouth, wiped his hand over your head and prayed for you, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to blow over your hand, reciting: "O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction; grant healing, You are the Healer; there is no healing except Your healing; grant a healing that leaves no illness behind." She says: I had not yet got up with you from the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) before your hand was healed.
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, except that he (al-Tabarani) reported these words: "O Messenger of Allah, this is Muhammad bin Hatib; he is the first child to be named after you." The chain of this report contains a narrator, Abd al-Rahman bin Uthman al-Hatibi, whom Abu Hatim declared da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Hatib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A cooking pot fell on my hand and my hand was burned. My father took me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began to blow over the hand and to recite: "O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction." The narrator says: The narration also contains these words: "Grant healing! Indeed, You are the Healer."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah on me by reciting Surah al-Fatihah.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Yazid al-Bakri, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin al-Sa'ib al-Hilali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates; he was the nephew of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). He narrates: Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to me: Come, my nephew, so that I may perform on you the ruqyah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform. Then Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) recited: "Seeking blessing by the name of Allah Almighty, I perform ruqyah on you; may Allah Almighty heal you from every illness that is in you. O Lord of mankind, remove the affliction; grant healing; there is no healer but You."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Salih, the scribe of al-Layth. He has been declared thiqah (trustworthy), and there is weakness in him; in any case its chain is hasan (good), and the chain of al-Mu'jam al-Awsat is better.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah on Hasan and Husayn by reciting this: "I place you both under the protection of the perfect words of Allah Almighty from every devil and every hammah (ill omen), and from every afflicting evil eye."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Ayyub bin Waqid, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by, both of them children. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring my two sons to me, so that I may perform on them the ruqyah with which Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) used to seek protection for his two sons, Sayyiduna Isma'il and Sayyiduna Ishaq." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited these words: "I place you both under the protection of the perfect words of Allah Almighty from every afflicting evil eye, and from every devil and every hammah (ill-omened thing)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Dhakwan, whom Shu'bah and Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), and a group declared da'if (weak). The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ruqyah on Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) by reciting this: "I place you both under the protection of the perfect words of Allah Almighty from the evil of everything that He has created and made."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Ahmad bin Harun, and a narrator, Ibn Rawh. If this narrator is Ahmad bin Harun al-Baladi or Ahmad bin Harun al-Missisi, then he is da'if (weak), and if he is someone other than these two, then I do not know him. The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy), except for Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla, for he has a poor memory.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Abi Hathmah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out, and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him. When the two of them reached the stony ground (al-Harrah), a snake bit Abd al-Rahman bin Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call Amr bin Hazm to me!" He presented the words of his ruqyah to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm in it; perform ruqyah on him!" Ibn Hazm placed his hand on him and said: O Messenger of Allah, he is about to die, or he has already died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ruqyah on him, even if he has died, or even if he is about to die." He performed ruqyah on him, and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) recovered and went on his way.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Bishr bin Abdullah bin Mukayth, whom I do not know; the remaining narrators of this report range between thiqah (trustworthy) and mastur (of unknown standing).

Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Sayyiduna Ibn Nu'ayman (may Allah be pleased with him) and made this supplication: "O Lord of mankind, God of mankind, remove the affliction."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was suffering from fever. He said: "Shall I not teach you a ruqyah that Jibril performed on me?" I said: Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Its words are:) "Seeking blessing by the name of Allah Almighty, I perform ruqyah on you; may Allah Almighty heal you from every illness that afflicts you (or that you wish to be cured of)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take it, and may it (the knowledge of it) bring you joy."
Al-Tabarani recorded it from his teacher al-Miqdam bin Dawud, and he is da'if (weak); the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy). I say: Other hadiths of this kind will come later, in the chapter on adhkar (remembrances) and in the chapter on seeking refuge, about what one should recite in the morning and evening, if Allah wills.