Al-Shifa bint Abdullah bin Hashim bin Khalaf bin Abd Shams (may Allah be pleased with her), mother of Sulayman bin Abi Hathmah

It is narrated from Sayyidah al-Shifa' bint Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for rain on Friday in the mosque, raised both his hands and said: "Seek forgiveness from your Lord; indeed, He is Ever-Forgiving." And he ((peace and blessings be upon him)) turned his cloak around.

It is narrated from Sayyidah al-Shifa' Umm Sulayman (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Abu Jahm bin Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) in charge of the spoils of war. He struck a man with his bow and inflicted on his head a wound that displaced the bone (munaqqilah), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled fifteen camels (as blood money) for it.

Sayyidah al-Shifa' bint Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: One day I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask him for (something), and he ((peace and blessings be upon him)) began apologising to me while I began reproaching him ((peace and blessings be upon him)). Then the time of Zuhr came, so I left and went to my daughter, who was married to Shurahbil bin Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him). I found Shurahbil in the house, so I began reproaching him. He said: O daughter, do not reproach me; I had a garment which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has borrowed. I said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for him ((peace and blessings be upon him)); I have been reproaching him ((peace and blessings be upon him)) all day, and this is his ((peace and blessings be upon him)) condition, and I did not even know.

Sayyidah al-Shifa' bint Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me while I was sitting with Hafsah bint Umar (may Allah be pleased with her), and he ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "What harm is there for you in teaching her the ruqyah for namlah (skin sores), just as you have taught her writing?"

Sayyidah al-Shifa' (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man asked him ((peace and blessings be upon him)): Which deed is best? He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Faith in Allah, jihad in the way of Allah, and an accepted Hajj (Hajj mabrur)."

The paternal grandmother (father's mother) of Uthman bin Abi Sulayman said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I want to wage jihad in the way of Allah. He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Shall I not direct you to a jihad in which there is no danger?" I said: Certainly. He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Hajj to the House of Allah."

It is narrated that the narrator's paternal grandmother heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The best deed is faith in Allah, jihad in the way of Allah, and an accepted Hajj (Hajj mabrur)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah al-Shifa' (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Which deed is best? He ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Faith in Allah, jihad in the way of Allah, and an accepted Hajj (Hajj mabrur)."

Sayyidah al-Shifa' bint Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask him for (something), and he ((peace and blessings be upon him)) began apologising to me while I began reproaching him ((peace and blessings be upon him)). Then the time of prayer came, so I left and went to my daughter, who was married to Shurahbil bin Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him). I found Shurahbil in the house, and I said: The time of prayer has come and you are at home? And I began reproaching him. He said: O aunt, do not reproach me; we had a garment which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) borrowed. I said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for him ((peace and blessings be upon him)); I have been reproaching him ((peace and blessings be upon him)) all day, and this is his ((peace and blessings be upon him)) condition, and I did not even know. Shurahbil said: It was only a shirt (dir') which we had patched.

Kurayb al-Kindi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ali bin Husayn (may Allah have mercy on him) took me by the hand, and we went to an elderly man of Quraysh called Ibn Abi Hathmah, who was praying facing a pillar. We sat down with him, and when he finished the prayer, Ali said to him: Tell us the hadith of your mother about ruqyah. He said: My mother told me that she used to perform a ruqyah of hers in the Days of Ignorance. When Islam came, she said: I will not perform ruqyah with it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So I came to him ((peace and blessings be upon him)) and asked his ((peace and blessings be upon him)) permission, and he ((peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Perform ruqyah as long as there is no shirk in it."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her while there was a woman with her called al-Shifa' who was performing ruqyah for namlah (skin sores), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Teach it to Hafsah as well."

It is narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the narrator's grandmother al-Shifa' (may Allah be pleased with her): "Teach Hafsah your ruqyah."

Sayyidah al-Shifa' (may Allah be pleased with her) (the mother of Sulayman bin Abi Hathmah) said: We saw elderly women praying the obligatory prayers with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

The mother of Sulayman bin Abi Hathmah said: We saw elderly women praying with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque.