Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there were cure in your medicines, it would be in the cupper's incision, in drinking honey and in branding with fire, but I do not like to be branded."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19542
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there is good in your medicines, it is in three things: in cupping, in drinking honey and in branding with fire, but I do not like to be branded."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19543
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is cure in three things: (1) in branding with fire, (2) in drinking honey and (3) in cupping; but I have forbidden my Ummah from branding."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19544
Husayn bin Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was sitting with Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him), and he said: "(Which of you saw the star that fell last night?)" I said: "My (mentioning this) was so that it would not be thought that I had been praying; rather, (the truth is that) last night I was stung (by a venomous creature)." He asked: "Did you have ruqyah done?" I said that al-Sha'bi narrates from Buraydah bin Husayb (may Allah be pleased with him): "There is no ruqyah except for the evil eye or the sting of a venomous creature." The narrator said that Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seventy thousand of my Ummah will enter Paradise without reckoning." The narrator asked: Who are they? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who do not seek ruqyah, do not take evil omens, and rely upon their Lord."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19545
Aqqar bin al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah narrates from his father, Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has himself branded or seeks ruqyah has no reliance (upon Allah)."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19546
Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade us from cauterization." We had ourselves cauterized, and we did not succeed.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19547