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[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, indeed you have prohibited ruqyah, but I perform it with the snake." He said, "Tell me the details." So, he narrated the incident to him, and he said, "There is no harm in this, these are covenants." He said, "And my close relative from the Ansar came, and he used to perform ruqyah with scorpions." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed you have prohibited ruqyah, but I perform it with scorpions." He said, "Whoever is able to benefit his brother, then let him do so."  

الحاكم:٨٢٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الزُّهْرِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَاضِرُ بْنُ الْمُوَرِّعِ ثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ حَزْمٍ وَكَانَ يَرْقِي مِنَ الْحَيَّةِ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الرُّقَى وَأَنَا أَرْقِي مِنَ الْحَيَّةِ قَالَ «قُصَّهَا عَلَيَّ» فَقَصَّهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «لَا بَأْسَ بِهَذِهِ هَذِهِ مَوَاثِيقُ» قَالَ وَجَاءَ خَالِي مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكَانَ يَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الرُّقَى وَأَنَا أَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ قَالَ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

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muslim:2199c – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

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.  

مسلم:٢١٩٩c – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ لِي خَالٌ يَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرُّقَى قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الرُّقَى وَأَنَا أَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَقَالَ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ  

ahmad:14382 – [Chain 1] Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash [Chain 2] al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

We know an incantation which we use for curing the sting of the scorpion but you have prohibited it. They recited (the words of incantation) before him, whereupon he said: I do not see any harm (in it), so he who amongst you is competent to do good to his brother should do that. (Using translation from Muslim 2199e)   

أحمد:١٤٣٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ح وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الرُّقَى قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَأَتَاهُ خَالِي وَكَانَ يَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ قَالَ فَجَاءَ آلُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَنَا رُقْيَةٌ نَرْقِي بِهَا مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ وَإِنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الرُّقَى قَالَ فَعَرَضُوهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا أَرَى بَأْسًا مَنْ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَنْفَعْهُ  

ahmad:14231 – Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

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)  

أحمد:١٤٢٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

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  

عَمْرُو بْنُ حَنَّةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ

tabarani:14203 – ʿAmr b. Jaʿfar al-Sadūsī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir > Jāʾ a man from al-Anṣār

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, indeed you have forbidden the practice of Ruqyah (recitation of healing verses and prayers) and I am more skilled in it than the snake." He (the Prophet) said, "Tell me about it." So, I told him about it and he said, "There is no harm in this, these are just remedies." Then, a man from the Ansar (helpers of the Prophet) came and he used to perform Ruqyah for scorpion stings. He said, "Whoever is capable of benefiting his brother should do so."  

الطبراني:١٤٢٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ حَنَّةَ وَكَانَ يَرْقِي مِنَ الْحَيَّةِ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الرُّقَى وَأَنَا أَرْقِي مِنَ الْحَيَّةِ قَالَ «فَقُصَّهَا عَلَيَّ» فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «لَا بَأْسَ بِهَذِهِ هَذِهِ مَوَاثِيقُ» قَالَ وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكَانَ يَرقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَقَالَ «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَ أَخَاهُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ»