Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 25130 — The sick person: what ruqyah

Sulayman bin Amr bin al-Ahwas narrates from his mother, Sayyidah Umm Jundab (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a woman following behind him, and she had with her a child of hers who had some illness. The woman was saying: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! This is my son and he is all that remains of my family, but he has an illness and does not speak. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring me a little water." So water was brought to him, and he washed both his hands in it and rinsed his mouth. Then he gave this water to the woman and said: "Give this child some of this water to drink, pour some of the water over him, and ask Allah Almighty to heal him." (The narrator said:) I met that woman and said to her: If only you would give me some of it as a gift! The woman said: It is only for this afflicted one. Then I met that woman the following year and asked her about the child. She said: He recovered, and he has an intellect unlike the intellects of ordinary people.