Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad narrates from his father: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about ruqyah for the sting of a venomous creature, and she said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "granted permission for ruqyah for the sting of every venomous creature."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19584
Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a yellowness on the face of a girl in her house and said: "Have ruqyah done for her, for the evil eye has struck her."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19585
Muhammad bin al-Walid al-Zubaydi narrates with his chain that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a yellowness on the face of a girl in the house of Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "The evil eye has struck her; have ruqyah done for her," meaning there was a yellowness on her face.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19586
Sayyidah Asma bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I said: "O Messenger of Allah! The sons of Ja'far are struck by the evil eye; shall I have ruqyah done for them?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) answered in the affirmative: "If anything could outstrip destiny, it would be the evil eye."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19587
Asma bint Umays (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!" He used the word qada' (decree) instead of qadar (destiny).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19588
Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ruqyah is for the evil eye or for the sting of a venomous creature."
The Shaykh says: That is, and Allah knows best, these two are the most deserving of ruqyah because of the greater harm in them; and al-humah is the venom of venomous creatures.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19589
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "granted permission for ruqyah for facial palsy (laqwah), for a sore that appears on the side (namlah), and for the sting of a venomous creature."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19590
Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it with his chain, and he mentioned the evil eye instead of facial palsy (laqwah).
Abu Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Al-Asma'i said: Al-namlah is sores that appear on the side and elsewhere.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19591
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted Banu Amr bin Hazm to perform ruqyah for snakebite.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19592
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her): "Why do I see the bodies of my nephews so thin? Are they suffering some hardship?" She said: "There is no hardship; it is only that the evil eye strikes them quickly. Shall I perform ruqyah for them?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "With what?" So she recited some words to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform ruqyah for them with it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19593
Abu al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) heard Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) say: A scorpion stung a man among us while we were sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Shall I perform ruqyah for him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever among you is able to benefit his brother, let him do so."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19594
Abu Sufyan narrates from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade ruqyah, and the family of Amr bin Hazm used to perform ruqyah for scorpion stings. They came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (and said): "You (peace and blessings be upon him) have forbidden ruqyah, whereas we used to perform ruqyah for scorpion stings." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite it before me." They recited (those words) to him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I see no harm in it; whoever among you is able to benefit his brother, let him (benefit him)."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19595
Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We used to perform ruqyah in the Jahiliyyah, so we said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is your view on that?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Present your ruqyahs to me; there is no harm in ruqyah so long as it contains no shirk."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19596
Abu Bakr bin Sulayman bin Abi Hathmah narrates from Sayyidah al-Shifa (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) while I was with her. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Will you not teach her the ruqyah for boils and sores (al-namlah), just as you taught her writing?"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19597
The father of Abu Khuzamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that (he asked): O Messenger of Allah! What do you think of the medicine we treat ourselves with, the ruqyah we seek, and the things we use for protection; can these avert anything of Allah's decree? Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These too are from Allah's decree."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19598
Abu Khuzamah Zayd bin al-Harith narrates from his father that he asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (the same question). This is how he (the narrator) stated it, but the first is more correct, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh said: It has also been narrated from Ma'mar and Abd al-Rahman bin Ishaq, from al-Zuhri, from Ibn Abi Khuzamah, from his father; and the first is more correct.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19600
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her while a Jewish woman was performing ruqyah over her. He said: Perform ruqyah over her with the Book of Allah.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19601
Al-Rabi' says: I asked Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) about ruqyah, and he said: "There is no harm in a man performing ruqyah with the Book of Allah and the well-known remembrance of Allah." I asked: May the People of the Book perform ruqyah over Muslims? He said: "When they perform ruqyah with the Book of Allah or the remembrance of Allah, it is permissible." I asked: What is the proof for this? He said: There is more than one proof; and the narration of our companion and yours is that Amrah bint Abd al-Rahman says that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) while she was ill and a Jewish woman was performing ruqyah over her, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Perform ruqyah over her with the Book of Allah."
The Shaykh said: There are many hadiths stating that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ruqyah and had ruqyah performed over him, and concerning the treatments he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19602