Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3528
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، وَسَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ يَنْفِثُ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah, ʿAlī ibn Maymūn al-Raqqī, and Sahl ibn Abī Sahl narrated to us: They said: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Anas, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah: The Prophet used to blow lightly while performing ruqya.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb يَنْفُثُ refers to blowing lightly; the report does not specify the words of the ruqya or where the breath was directed.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ يَنْفِثُ فِي الرُّقْيَةِ .
يَنْفُثُ indicates blowing lightly, but this brief report does not specify the target or exact manner.
Should يَنْفُثُ be rendered as ‘blow lightly’ without adding a target?