Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There is no Tiyara and the best omen is the Fal,” Somebody said, “What is the Fal,
O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)?” He said, “A good word that one of you hears (and takes as a good omen).

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the place of ailment and
used to say, “O Lord of the people! Remove the difficulty and bring about healing as You are the
Healer. There is no healing but Your Healing, a healing that will leave no ailment.”

The Prophet, during his fatal ailment used to blow (on his hands and pass them) over his body while
reciting the Mu’auwidhat (Surat-an-Nas and Surat-al-Falaq). When his disease got aggravated, I used
to recite them for him and blow (on his hands) and let him pass his hands over his body because of its
blessing. (Ma`mar asked Ibn Shihab: How did he use to do Nafth? He said: He used to blow on his
hands and then pass them over his face.)

The Prophet (ﷺ) once came out to us and said, “Some nations were displayed before me. A prophet would
pass in front of me with one man, and another with two men, and another with a group of people. and
another with nobody with him. Then I saw a great crowd covering the horizon and I wished that they
were my followers, but it was said to me, ‘This is Moses and his followers.’ Then it was said to me,
‘Look” I looked and saw a big gathering with a large number of people covering the horizon. It was
said, “Look this way and that way.’ So I saw a big crowd covering the horizon. Then it was said to me,
“These are your followers, and among them there are 70,000 who will enter Paradise without (being
asked about their) accounts. ” Then the people dispersed and the Prophet (ﷺ) did not tell who those 70,000
were. So the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) started talking about that and some of them said, “As regards
us, we were born in the era of heathenism, but then we believed in Allah and His Apostle . We think
however, that these (70,000) are our offspring.” That talk reached the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, “These
(70,000) are the people who do not draw an evil omen from (birds) and do not get treated by branding
themselves and do not treat with Ruqya, but put their trust (only) in their Lord.” then ‘Ukasha bin
Muhsin got up and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Am I one of those (70,000)?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Yes.”
Then another person got up and said, “Am I one of them?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ” ‘Ukasha has anticipated
you.”

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan. So if anyone
of you sees (in a dream) something he dislikes, when he gets up he should blow thrice (on his left
side) and seek refuge with Allah from its evil for then it will not harm him.”

Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went to bed, he used to recite Surat-al-Ikhlas, Surat-al-Falaq and Surat-an-
Nas and then blow on his palms and pass them over his face and those parts of his body that his hands
could reach. And when he fell ill, he used to order me to do like that for him.

A group of the companions of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) proceeded on a journey till they dismounted near one of
the Arab tribes and requested them to entertain them as their guests, but they (the tribe people) refused
to entertain them. Then the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and he
was given all sorts of treatment, but all in vain. Some of them said, “Will you go to the group (those
travelers) who have dismounted near you and see if one of them has something useful?” They came to
them and said, “O the group! Our leader has been bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and we
have treated him with everything but nothing benefited him Has anyone of you anything useful?” One
of them replied, “Yes, by Allah, I know how to treat with a Ruqya. But. by Allah, we wanted you to
receive us as your guests but you refused. I will not treat your patient with a Ruqya till you fix for us
something as wages.” Consequently they agreed to give those travellers a flock of sheep. The man
went with them (the people of the tribe) and started spitting (on the bite) and reciting Surat-al-Fatiha
till the patient was healed and started walking as if he had not been sick. When the tribe people paid
them their wages they had agreed upon, some of them (the Prophet’s companions) said, “Distribute
(the sheep).” But the one who treated with the Ruqya said, “Do not do that till we go to Allah’s
Apostle and mention to him what has happened, and see what he will order us.” So they came to
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and mentioned the story to him and he said, “How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is
a Ruqya? You have done the right thing. Divide (what you have got) and assign for me a share with
you.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to treat with a Ruqya saying, “O the Lord of the people! Remove the trouble The
cure is in Your Hands, and there is none except You who can remove it (the disease) . ”

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say to the patient, “In the Name of Allah The earth of our land and the saliva of
some of us cure our patient.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to read in his Ruqya, “In the Name of Allah” The earth of our land and the saliva
of some of us cure our patient with the permission of our Lord.” with a slight shower of saliva) while
treating with a Ruqya.