Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3514
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَّ خَالِدَةَ بِنْتَ أَنَسٍ أُمَّ بَنِي حَزْمٍ السَّاعِدِيَّةَ، جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَعَرَضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الرُّقَى فَأَمَرَهَا بِهَا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿUmārah, from Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad: Khālidah bint Anas, the mother of Banū Ḥazm al-Sāʿidiyyah, came to the Prophet and presented him with the ruqyas. He instructed her to use them.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic has the plural الرُّقَى (ruqyas/protective recitations), while the English witness uses a singular. The text does not give their wording or explain their content.
جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَعَرَضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الرُّقَى فَأَمَرَهَا بِهَا .
الرُّقَى is plural and refers to ruqya recitations/remedies; the report does not identify their words or method.
Should this remain ‘the ruqyas/protective recitations’ rather than a single ruqya?