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[Machine] "Indeed, the master of the house is safe, so is there anyone among you who can recite Qur'an gracefully? He said, then a man stood up with her whom we did not think could recite it well. So, he went with her and separated from her. Then, he returned healed, so they gave him thirty sheep. He said, and they also used to give us milk to drink. When he came back to us, we said to him, 'Were you able to recite it well?' He said, 'No, I only recited the Opening Chapter of the Book.' Then, I told them, 'Do not disclose anything until we go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' When we arrived, we went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I mentioned it to him. He said, 'He did not know that it was a form of recitation for healing. So, take an oath and shoot an arrow with me.'"  

أحمد:١١٧٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَأَتَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ

إِنَّ سَيِّدَ الْحَيِّ سَلِيمٌ فَهَلْ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ رَاقٍ؟ قَالَ فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مَا كُنَّا نَظُنُّهُ يُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَانْطَلَقَ مَعَهَا فَرَقَاهُ فَبَرِئَ فَأَعْطَوْهُ ثَلَاثِينَ شَاةً قَالَ وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَدْ قَالَ وَأَسْقَوْنَا لَبَنًا فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَيْنَا قُلْنَا لَهُ أَكُنْتَ تُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً؟ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا رَقَيْتُهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ لَا تُحْدِثُوا فِيهَا شَيْئًا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ يُدْرِيهِ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ اقْسِمُوا وَاضْرِبُوا بِسَهْمِي مَعَكُمْ  


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Collected by Muslim, Ibn Ḥibbān
muslim:2201cAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Akhīh Maʿbad b. Sīrīn > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Nazalnā Manzil Faʾatatnā Āmraʾah

We landed at a place where a woman came to us and said: A scorpion has bitten the chief of the tribe. Is there any incantator amongst you? A person amongst us stood up (and went with her). We had no idea that he had been a good incantator but he practiced incantation with the help of Sura al-Fatiha and the (the chief) was all right. They gave him a flock of sheep and served us milk. We said (to him): Are you a good incantator. Thereupon he said: I did not do it but by the help of Sura al-Fatiha. He said: Do not drive (these goats) until we go to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and find out (whether it is permissible to accept (this reward of incantation). So we came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: How did you come to know that this (Sura al-Fatiha) could be used as an incantation? So distribute them (amongst those who had been present there with him) and allocate a share of mine also.  

مسلم:٢٢٠١cوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلاً فَأَتَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ

إِنَّ سَيِّدَ الْحَىِّ سَلِيمٌ لُدِغَ فَهَلْ فِيكُمْ مِنْ رَاقٍ فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا مَا كُنَّا نَظُنُّهُ يُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَرَقَاهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَبَرَأَ فَأَعْطَوْهُ غَنَمًا وَسَقَوْنَا لَبَنًا فَقُلْنَا أَكُنْتَ تُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَقَالَ مَا رَقَيْتُهُ إِلاَّ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لاَ تُحَرِّكُوهَا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ يُدْرِيهِ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ اقْسِمُوا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ مَعَكُمْ  

ibnhibban:6113ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Akhīh Maʿbad b. Sīrīn > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Nazalnā Manzil Faʾatatnā Āmraʾah

We landed at a place where a woman came to us and said: A scorpion has bitten the chief of the tribe. Is there any incantator amongst you? A person amongst us stood up (and went with her). We had no idea that he had been a good incantator but he practiced incantation with the help of Sura al-Fatiha and the (the chief) was all right. They gave him a flock of sheep and served us milk. We said (to him): Are you a good incantator. Thereupon he said: I did not do it but by the help of Sura al-Fatiha. He said: Do not drive (these goats) until we go to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and find out (whether it is permissible to accept (this reward of incantation). So we came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: How did you come to know that this (Sura al-Fatiha) could be used as an incantation? So distribute them (amongst those who had been present there with him) and allocate a share of mine also. (Using translation from Muslim 2201c)   

ابن حبّان:٦١١٣أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَأَتَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ

إِنَّ سَيِّدَ الْحَيِّ سُلَيْمٌ لُدِغَ فَهَلْ فِيكُمْ مِنْ رَاقٍ؟ قَالَ فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا كُنَّا نَظُنُّهُ يُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَرَقَى بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَبَرَأَ فَأَعْطَوْهُ غَنَمًا وَسَقَوْهُ لَبَنًا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَا تُحَرِّكُوهُ حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَ يُدْرِيهِ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ؟ اقْسِمُوا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ مَعَكُمْ»