Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3268
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سُحِرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ هِشَامٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ وَوَعَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ سُحِرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى كَانَ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ يَفْعَلُ الشَّىْءَ وَمَا يَفْعَلُهُ، حَتَّى كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ دَعَا وَدَعَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ " أَشَعَرْتِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَفْتَانِي فِيمَا فِيهِ شِفَائِي أَتَانِي رَجُلاَنِ، فَقَعَدَ أَحَدُهُمَا عِنْدَ رَأْسِي وَالآخَرُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَىَّ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلآخَرِ مَا وَجَعُ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ مَطْبُوبٌ. قَالَ وَمَنْ طَبَّهُ قَالَ لَبِيدُ بْنُ الأَعْصَمِ. قَالَ فِي مَاذَا قَالَ فِي مُشُطٍ وَمُشَاقَةٍ وَجُفِّ طَلْعَةٍ ذَكَرٍ. قَالَ فَأَيْنَ هُوَ قَالَ فِي بِئْرِ ذَرْوَانَ ". فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ حِينَ رَجَعَ " نَخْلُهَا كَأَنَّهَا رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ ". فَقُلْتُ اسْتَخْرَجْتَهُ فَقَالَ " لاَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ شَفَانِي اللَّهُ، وَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يُثِيرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ شَرًّا، ثُمَّ دُفِنَتِ الْبِئْرُ ".
Ibrahim ibn Musa narrated to us: ʿIsa informed us, from Hisham, from his father, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) was bewitched. Al-Layth said: Hisham wrote to me that he heard and retained this from his father, from ʿAʾisha, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) was bewitched to the point that he imagined he was doing something when he was not. One day he supplicated repeatedly, then said: ‘Do you know that Allah has shown me the cure for what afflicts me? Two men came to me, and one sat by my head and the other by my feet. One said to the other, “What ails this man?” He said, “He has been bewitched.” He asked, “Who bewitched him?” He said, “Labid ibn al-Aʿsam.” He asked, “With what?” He said, “With a comb, hairs caught in it, and the spathe of a male date palm.” He asked, “Where is it?” He said, “In the well of Dhi Arwan.”’ The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to it, then returned and said to ʿAʾisha: ‘Its palm trees looked like the heads of devils.’ I said, ‘Did you take it out?’ He said, ‘No. Allah has healed me, and I feared that it might stir evil among the people.’ Then the well was filled in.’
Translation notes
The Arabic gives a brief report first, then a fuller wording transmitted in a letter from Hisham; both are retained here.