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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَسْتَرْقِيَ إِذَا عَانَهُ أَخُوهُ الْمُسْلِمُ

ibnhibban:6104ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Mūsá b. al-Sindī > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Anas b. Mālik

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed Ruqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3517)   

ابن حبّان:٦١٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ السِّنْدِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ وَالْحُمَةِ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
muslim:2196aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Khaythamah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh

Anas b. Malik reported in connection with incantation that he had been granted sanction (to use incantation as a remedy) for the sting of the scorpion and for curing small pustules and dispelling the influence of an evil eye.  

مسلم:٢١٩٦aوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فِي الرُّقَى قَالَ

رُخِّصَ فِي الْحُمَةِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ وَالْعَيْنِ  

muslim:2196b[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sufyān [Chain 2] Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥasan / Ibn Ṣāliḥ > ʿĀṣim > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas

Anas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted him sanction to use incantation (as a cure) for the, influence of an evil eye, the sting of the scorpion and small pustules.  

مسلم:٢١٩٦bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ صَالِحٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ وَالْحُمَةِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ  

ibnmajah:3516ʿAbdah b. ʿAbdullāh > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Anas

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ allowed Ruqyah for the scorpion’s sting, the evil eye, and Namlah (sores or small pustules ulcers or sores on a person’s sides).  

ابن ماجة:٣٥١٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْحُمَةِ وَالْعَيْنِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ  

ahmad:12173Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ al-Ruʾāsī > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Yūsuf > Anas

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed Ruqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3517)   

أحمد:١٢١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ الرُّؤَاسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنْ الْعَيْنِوَالْحُمَةِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ  

ahmad:12194Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Yūsuf > Anas

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed Ruqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3517)   

أحمد:١٢١٩٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ وَالْحُمَةِ  

ahmad:12282Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Anas

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed Ruqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3517)   

أحمد:١٢٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ وَالْحُمَةِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ  

ahmad:25739Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Shaybānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿĀʾishah

I asked 'A'isha about incantation. She said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ had granted its sanction to the members of a family of the Ansar for incantation in curing every type of poison. (Using translation from Muslim 2193a)   

أحمد:٢٥٧٣٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنْ كُلِّ ذِي حُمَةٍ  

ahmad:26172Asbāṭ > al-Shaybānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿĀʾishah

I asked 'A'isha about incantation. She said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ had granted its sanction to the members of a family of the Ansar for incantation in curing every type of poison. (Using translation from Muslim 2193a)   

أحمد:٢٦١٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنْ كُلِّ ذِي حُمَةٍ  

ahmad:24326Asbāṭ > al-Shaybānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿĀʾishah

I asked 'A'isha about incantation. She said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ had granted its sanction to the members of a family of the Ansar for incantation in curing every type of poison. (Using translation from Muslim 2193a)   

أحمد:٢٤٣٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ عَنْ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنْ كُلِّ ذِي حُمَةٍ  

ibnhibban:6101Muḥammad b. Ghaylān Biʾadhanah > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān Lūwayn > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Mughīrah > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed Ruqyah for snakebites and scorpion stings.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3517)  

ابن حبّان:٦١٠١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ بِأَذَنَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ لُوَيْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ»  

nasai-kubra:7499Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Yūsuf / Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ granted permission for the practice of Ruqyah for treating eye diseases, swelling and ant bites."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٤٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ وَالْحُمَّةِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ»