Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5763
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَحَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ لَبِيدُ بْنُ الأَعْصَمِ، حَتَّى كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ يَفْعَلُ الشَّىْءَ وَمَا فَعَلَهُ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَهْوَ عِنْدِي لَكِنَّهُ دَعَا وَدَعَا ثُمَّ قَالَ " يَا عَائِشَةُ، أَشَعَرْتِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَفْتَانِي فِيمَا اسْتَفْتَيْتُهُ فِيهِ، أَتَانِي رَجُلاَنِ فَقَعَدَ أَحَدُهُمَا عِنْدَ رَأْسِي، وَالآخَرُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَىَّ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ مَا وَجَعُ الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ مَطْبُوبٌ. قَالَ مَنْ طَبَّهُ قَالَ لَبِيدُ بْنُ الأَعْصَمِ. قَالَ فِي أَىِّ شَىْءٍ قَالَ فِي مُشْطٍ وَمُشَاطَةٍ، وَجُفِّ طَلْعِ نَخْلَةٍ ذَكَرٍ. قَالَ وَأَيْنَ هُوَ قَالَ فِي بِئْرِ ذَرْوَانَ ". فَأَتَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي نَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ " يَا عَائِشَةُ كَأَنَّ مَاءَهَا نُقَاعَةُ الْحِنَّاءِ، أَوْ كَأَنَّ رُءُوسَ نَخْلِهَا رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ ". قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ أَسْتَخْرِجُهُ قَالَ " قَدْ عَافَانِي اللَّهُ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُثَوِّرَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فِيهِ شَرًّا ". فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَدُفِنَتْ. تَابَعَهُ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَأَبُو ضَمْرَةَ وَابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ هِشَامٍ. وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ وَابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ فِي مُشْطٍ وَمُشَاقَةٍ. يُقَالُ الْمُشَاطَةُ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ إِذَا مُشِطَ، وَالْمُشَاقَةُ مِنْ مُشَاقَةِ الْكَتَّانِ.
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: A man from Banu Zurayq named Labid ibn al-Aʿsam bewitched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, until he imagined that he had done something when he had not done it. One day—or one night—while he was with me, he prayed earnestly, then said, “Aisha, do you know that Allah has given me an answer regarding what I asked Him? Two men came to me. One sat by my head and the other by my feet. One of them said to the other, ‘What is wrong with the man?’ He replied, ‘He has been bewitched.’ He asked, ‘Who bewitched him?’ He replied, ‘Labid ibn al-Aʿsam.’ He asked, ‘With what?’ He replied, ‘With a comb, hair combed out, and the dried sheath of a male date palm.’ He asked, ‘Where is it?’ He replied, ‘In the well of Dharwan.’” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went there with some of his Companions. When he returned, he said, “Aisha, its water looked like an infusion of henna, or its palm-tree tops looked like the heads of devils.” I asked, “Messenger of Allah, why did you not take it out?” He replied, “Allah has healed me, and I disliked stirring up evil among the people over it.” He ordered that it be buried.
Abu Usama, Abu Damrah, and Ibn Abi al-Zinad also transmit it from Hisham. Al-Layth and Ibn Uyaynah, transmitting from Hisham, say: “a comb and mushaqah.” Al-mushatah is what comes out of the hair when it is combed; al-mushaqah is flax fibers.