Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: "We used to perform ruqyah (incantations) in the time of ignorance, so we said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is your ruling on that?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Present your incantations to me.' Then he said: 'There is no harm in ruqyah as long as it contains no shirk.'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain, and Mu'awiyah is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الباء / 3257
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 2200، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 6094، والحاكم فى «المستدرك» برقم: 7580، وأبو داود فى «سننه» برقم: 3886، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 19655، والبزار فى «مسنده» برقم: 2744، والطحاوي فى «شرح معاني الآثار» برقم: 7192، والطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 88»