Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3517

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَهَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ مِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah and Hannād ibn al-Sarī both narrated to us: Abū al-Aḥwaṣ narrated to us, from Mughīrah, from Ibrāhīm, from al-Aswad, from ʿĀʾishah: The Messenger of Allah permitted ruqya for snakebite and scorpion stings.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic explicitly names a snake and a scorpion as the causes for which ruqya was permitted.