Messenger of Allah, you forbade to practise incantation, whereas I employ it for curing the sting of the scorpion, whereupon he said: He who amongst you is capable of employing it as a means to do good should do that. (Using translation from Muslim 2199c)
كَانَ خَالِي يَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَلَمَّا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرُّقَى أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الرُّقَى وَإِنِّي أَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَقَالَ مَنْ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ
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