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ahmad:25483ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwahaʿan ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] About the Prophet (PBUH), whenever he fell sick, he used to recite the "Mu'awwidhat" (i.e. Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Nas) and blow onto himself.  

أحمد:٢٥٤٨٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا مَرِضَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَنْفُثُ  


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muslim:2192c[Chain 1] Abū al-Ṭāhir And Ḥarmalah > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus [Chain 2] ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Rawḥ [Chain 4] ʿUqbah b. Mukram And ʾAḥmad b. ʿUthmān al-Nawfalī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād Kulluhum

" When Allah's Apostle ﷺ fell ill, he blew over his body by reciting Mu'awwidhatan and rubbed him with his hand.  

مسلم:٢١٩٢cوَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ النَّوْفَلِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادٌ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ بِإِسْنَادِ مَالِكٍ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِهِ وَلَيْسَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ رَجَاءَ بَرَكَتِهَا إِلاَّ فِي حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ وَفِي حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ وَزِيَادٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى نَفَثَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَمَسَحَ عَنْهُ بِيَدِهِ  

nasai-kubra:7507ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá / Ibn Yūnus > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the Mu'awwathat (Surahs of refuge: Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Nas) on himself when he felt unwell and blew upon himself.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اشْتَكَى قَرَأَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَيَنْفُثُ»